Film festival picks of the week

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, BristolTwo musicians who know all about limelight-stealing leading ladies – Portishead's Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp – have found a new frontwoman, and she could teach Beth and Alison a thing or two about the definition of "tortured". Maria Falconetti has been dead more than 60 years, but she earned her place in cinema history in Carl Dreyer's The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (pictured). The 1928 silent endures largely thanks to her astoundingly...

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