Similarly, a period movie may include one or more historians of the period, or eyewitnesses if possible, for the same purpose.

She'd seen enough period movies to know what they were up to and what would be the result.

Of course, somebody could be making another period movie.

Not that these actors aren't capable, but it does triple the "Wait, didn't I already see this period movie?"

So she approached the director and asked, "John, is this a period movie?"

He said some people who have seen the film have asked if it was a period movie, a question he takes as a compliment.

In most period movies, the beauty of the costume casts its own separate spell.

I don't know if they want to watch a period movie that's 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Distributors were not deeply enamoured of period movies that would appeal to an older audience.

But I don't go and watch a lot of period movies.