period piece
noun
: a work (as of literature, art, furniture, cinema, or music) whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period
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His much-ballyhooed press tours are not aimed at awards voters; they’re aimed at Gen-Z men, who require a hard sell to buy tickets for a period piece about a Ping-Pong player or a biopic of an old folk singer.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Set over an explosive night in the Jim Crow South, this terrifying period piece plays like a boozy bass riff stretched across genres.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
His dignified aura and classical training make Hyde a frequent presence in period pieces.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Through the apocalyptic lens of 2025, a forty-five-year-old period piece seems reborn as a countercultural statement.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Set over an explosive night in the Jim Crow South, this terrifying period piece plays like a boozy bass riff stretched across genres.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
His dignified aura and classical training make Hyde a frequent presence in period pieces.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Through the apocalyptic lens of 2025, a forty-five-year-old period piece seems reborn as a countercultural statement.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for period piece
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“Period piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/period%20piece. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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