WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Youthful determination
Lise Leplat Prudhomme excels in her second outing as the Maid of Orleans, says MARIA DUARTE
Lise Leplat Prudhomme as Joan of Arc
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Joan of Arc
Directed by Bruno Dumont
WHAT is it about Joan of Arc that instils such passion and obsession?
Hollywood legend Ingrid Bergman, apparently obsessed with “the Maid of Orleans,” played her both on stage and screen twice, while French film-maker Bruno Dumont returns with this, a sequel to Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc – which explored Joan at the age of eight through song and music.
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