https://period-piece.com/ Films and television pinned to the year they depict. New titles as they enter the archive, and notes in the margin on how saltiness is judged, on particular films, and on what a timeline of historical cinema keeps showing us. en Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://period-piece.com/review/alexander-nevsky https://period-piece.com/review/alexander-nevsky Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 1938 · Letterboxd 3.8/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Northern Crusades https://period-piece.com/review/city-of-life-and-death https://period-piece.com/review/city-of-life-and-death Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2009 · Letterboxd 4.1/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Second Sino-Japanese War https://period-piece.com/review/michael-collins https://period-piece.com/review/michael-collins Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 1996 · Letterboxd 3.5/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Irish Civil War World War I Interwar Years Irish War of Independence https://period-piece.com/review/nasser-56 https://period-piece.com/review/nasser-56 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 1996 · Letterboxd 3.3/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Cold War https://period-piece.com/review/ponniyin-selvan-i https://period-piece.com/review/ponniyin-selvan-i Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2022 · Letterboxd 3.5/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive https://period-piece.com/review/the-13th-warrior https://period-piece.com/review/the-13th-warrior Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 1999 · Letterboxd 3.2/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Viking Age Islamic Golden Age https://period-piece.com/review/the-crown/hyde-park-corner https://period-piece.com/review/the-crown/hyde-park-corner Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. TV Ep. · S1E2 · Serializd 4.3/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Cold War https://period-piece.com/review/the-woman-king https://period-piece.com/review/the-woman-king Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2022 · Letterboxd 3.7/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive https://period-piece.com/review/toussaint-louverture/l-envoi https://period-piece.com/review/toussaint-louverture/l-envoi Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. TV Ep. · S1E1 · Serializd 3.5/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Haitian Revolution French Revolution https://period-piece.com/review/toussaint-louverture/le-combat-des-aigles https://period-piece.com/review/toussaint-louverture/le-combat-des-aigles Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. TV Ep. · S1E2 · Serializd 3.5/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Haitian Revolution Napoleonic Wars https://period-piece.com/review/utu https://period-piece.com/review/utu Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 1983 · Letterboxd 3.6/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive New Zealand Wars Victorian Era https://period-piece.com/review/american-crime-story/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy https://period-piece.com/review/american-crime-story/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. TV Ep. · S1E1 · Serializd 4.1/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Post-Cold War Era https://period-piece.com/review/anthropoid https://period-piece.com/review/anthropoid Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2016 · Letterboxd 3.6/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive World War II https://period-piece.com/review/as-oka https://period-piece.com/review/as-oka Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2001 · Letterboxd 3.1/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Hellenistic Period https://period-piece.com/review/atonement https://period-piece.com/review/atonement Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Added to the archive. Film · 2007 · Letterboxd 4.0/5 · not yet judged for saltiness. No write-up yet. New in the archive Western Front (World War II) Interwar Years https://period-piece.com/marginalia/the-spaghetti-western https://period-piece.com/marginalia/the-spaghetti-western Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A rundown of western titles made by European directors and production studios during the 1960s. Marginalia Florilegium