period dramas — The Attic on Eighth

In our latest curation of period dramas, EIC Olivia Gündüz-Willemin shares the period dramas that distracted her and kept her amused while battling Covid.

CultureOlivia Gündüz-WilleminOctober 18, 2022period dramas, film, illness, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, popular Comment

Emma. Reviewed.

“Perfect, with not a tightly wound pin curl out of place.” In her latest, Attic Editor & Film Columnist Zoë G. Burnett takes on Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.

Culture, LiteratureZoë G. BurnettMarch 10, 2020Emma, Emma., Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Emma, Autumn de Wilde, Eleanor Catton, Anna Taylor-Joy, film, film reviews, movie, period dramas, Zoë G. Burnett, Emma. Review, popularComment

So You Want to Read Jane Austen?

With Jane Austen Mania hitting once again with the release of Emma, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin guides us through Austen’s body of work and tells you what to read based on your interests.

Literature, CultureOlivia Gündüz-WilleminFebruary 29, 2020Jane Austen, Emma 2020, Emma, period dramas, classic literature, where to start with Jane Austen, Austen, Janeites, Janeite, comforting thingsComment

Five Period Dramas to Pull You Out of Winter

In her first piece for The Attic on Eighth, Kara Thompson shares five period dramas to get you out of your winter blues and into springtime gladness.

CultureKara ThompsonFebruary 27, 2020film, period dramas, spring films, Kara Thompson, contributor posts, contributor post, The Duchess, Little Women, Renoir, The Danish Girl, A Room with a View, Colette, springtime, springtime at the attic, popularComment

Discussing Little Women

As a favorite Attic novel becomes yet another film, we’re getting into everything to do with Little Women and Louisa May Alcott. In this classic Attic on Eighth piece, we discuss the novel and its most recent adaptation by Greta Gerwig.

Literature, CultureThe Attic On EighthJanuary 12, 2020Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, lit, literature, period dramas, period films, movies, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Milena Le Fouillé, M.A. McCuen, Eliza Campbell, Lauren Olmeda, Jessica Armstrong, comforting things Comment

Jo March for a New Generation of Little Women

Kicking off our series on Little Women, writer Camilla Danaher takes a look at Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel and considers how the director tenderly reframes the narrative to place Jo March and her writing at its center.