The Passion of Joan of Arc

The New York Times has a review of this digitally restored masterpiece now playing at the Film Forum in New York.

It took some 500 years for the Roman Catholic Church to declare Joan a saint. “The Passion of Joan of Arc” was canonized more or less instantly. If novels like “Madame Bovary” or “Crime and Punishment” are must-reads, then “The Passion of Joan of Arc” is a cinematic must-see.

Read the review