History Film Club

Your one-way ticket to escapism... welcome to the History Film Club podcast 💙 Join us and our guests for all things history, film, and TV. Listen to our latest eps today⬇️ wavve.link/historyfilmclu…

Q&A: My friend historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann discusses the intersection of fact and fiction in her work and pop culture - including her latest book FALLEN IDOLS and podcast HISTORY FILM CLUB. #ScreenwritingTwitter #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon…

Thank you lots @Hannah_Greig @alexvtunzelmann for interviewing me for @HistoryFilmClub! Had a blast, lots of laughs talking about Africans Queens: Njinga @netflix, medieval trade & multiculturalism, and Akan moonshine 😁

Each episode, our guest leaves behind a historical film/TV show they LOVE for our club library 💙 @Amanda_Vickery's pick? Fellini's Casanova (1976) A sex scandal lands Giacomo Casanova in prison, but an escape to Paris provides him a new lease of life. youtube.com/watch?v=LOkiSg…

👉 Why We're Obsessed With Jane Austen 👈 @alexvtunzelmann and @Hannah_Greig chat to @Amanda_Vickery about Colin Firth's erections, why we love the Georgians so much, and what vigorous dancing until 2am says about you. 🎧👇

FIRST EP OUT NEXT THURSDAY📅 The story of reign and fall of Noele Gordon, who was a mainstay long-running ITV soap opera star. Stream Nolly, starring Helena Bonham Carter, on @ITVX 💙

What's the best theme song from a historical film/TV show?

Each episode, our guest leaves behind a historical film/TV show they LOVE for our club library 💙 @amalexathorn's pick? The Body (2001) A crucified body dated back to the first century A.D is uncovered at an ancient cave in Jerusalem. youtube.com/watch?v=BX_5-x…

👉 Secrets of the Real-Life Indiana Joneses 👈 @alexvtunzelmann and @Hannah_Greig talk to Dr @amalexathorn about the real-life Indiana Joneses at work between the wars. All that and mummies, exorcists, Nazis. 🎧👇

OUT NEXT FRIDAY 📅 Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

What was the last historical film you watched? What did you think? 🤔

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Each episode, our guest leaves behind a historical film/TV show they LOVE for our club library @thehistoryguy's pick? The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War. youtube.com/watch?v=yaQeVn…

👉 How to Re-enact Last of the Mohicans 👈 @alexvtunzelmann and @Hannah_Greig talk to @thehistoryguy about the best historical epics of all time, whether films can turn you into a historian, what some people get away with in nightclubs and which of them is the youngest. 🎧👇

I've mentioned this to a couple of people so I thought I'd RT, here's me on the always delightful @HistoryFilmClub talking (of course) about Bible Movies.