This and That - Aug.2, 2010

The latest issue of Costume Chronicles is available! You can check out this free online magazine of period drama here.

This issue focuses on Untamed Lands (Westerns) with articles on:
- John Wayne, the Cowboy
- The Face of Feminism, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Australia
- The Devil You Know, Reflections on Mary Carson
- The Man From Snowy River
- Oklahoma!
- Snowy River, Perfecting the Aussie Western
- It's Not Dyin' I'm Talkin' About, Lonesome Dove
- Stagecoach & the Creation of the American Western
- Four Legged Best Friend, Hidalgo
- The Thorn Birds
- Banditas

 Currently filming: The Kennedys, an eight hour miniseries, 

which is set to be broadcast on The History Channel in 2011

Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear on set in Toronto

Robin Wright in The Conspirator about Lincoln's assassination,
directed by Robert Redford

-> Director Paul Anderson chats about the upcoming Three Musketeers (cast includes Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen, Milla Jovovich, Juno Temple.) Read article.

-> TIFF (Toronto Film Festival) has announced the films that will be shown in September (period dramas include The King's Speech, Brighton Rock, The Conspirator, Miral, Mysteries of Lisbon)

-> Venice Film Festival announces its lineup...period dramas include Shakespeare's The Tempest (starring Helen Mirren) which will close the festival.