There are plenty of great performances from black and white films which still have the power to captivate audiences many decades later.

The Maid was Joan of Arc, whose role in liberating the city of Orléans in 1429 had put courage back into the hearts of the embattled French. Even so, her capture soon after was a morale boost for ...

Martyrdom finds perhaps its most powerful cinematic expression in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928), a classic of the silent film era and widely considered one of the greatest ...

It’s difficult to rewrite a fairy tale character to suit the modern concept of femininity when the original—however outdated—is considered a classic. Aiming to make Snow White into a Joan of Arc is ...

Anyone who really loved it can order their own “Joan Of Arc Armour Suit” for £8,500 ... bite you very quickly,” she says. Rabanne’s classic, chainmail handbags, for example, are a ...