Rosenbaum on Dreyer…

I have just come across this good short piece by Jonathan Rosenbaum on Carl Dreyer; it eloquently captures some of the mysterious potency of the Danish director's films. As Rosenbaum says:- ...most of his films haven’t dated, even though reactions to his works have fluctuated quite a bit over the years.... One might ... argue …

The Passion of Joan of Arc

My short review published online in One Hundred Words Magazine [no longer available]:- Amongst the many gems on offer in the BFI Southbank’s complete retrospective of the films of master Danish director Carl Dreyer is this silent masterpiece. The Passion of Joan of Arc portrays the final days of the tragic and deluded heroine. It …