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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The energetic period piece follows five young and wealthy American women in the 1870s, who travel to London searching for husbands.
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s fantasy, time travel, a period piece, romance.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
The freaky period piece and tragic family drama features Anja Taylor-Joy as a troubled 17th-century teen on the cusp of adulthood who goes down a dark path and Black Phillip as the G.O.A.T. of hellish goats.
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—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The story is sort of like Pacific Rim as a period piece, dropping an alien invasion right in the middle of the Song dynasty, and stars Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal as soldiers of fortune who get wrapped up in the Chinese army’s fight against the alien forces.
—Tres Dean, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
There’s fantasy, time travel, a period piece, romance.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
The freaky period piece and tragic family drama features Anja Taylor-Joy as a troubled 17th-century teen on the cusp of adulthood who goes down a dark path and Black Phillip as the G.O.A.T. of hellish goats.
23.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The story is sort of like Pacific Rim as a period piece, dropping an alien invasion right in the middle of the Song dynasty, and stars Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal as soldiers of fortune who get wrapped up in the Chinese army’s fight against the alien forces.
—Tres Dean, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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“Period piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/period%20piece. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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