Perilous Performance: Dreyer's Unity of Danger and Beauty

Carl Th. Dreyer has been called everything from misunderstood genius, to reserved bourgeois director, to “The Tyrannical Dane” as Paul Moor put it in his 1951 article in which, consequently, he also…

Dreyer’s Jesus – A Jew among Jews

Dreyer’s Jesus-film—to judge from the excellence of the screenplay—could have added to posterity’s invaluable works of art. The film was never realized, but Dreyer had very clear intentions of…

An Unrealised Lifelong Dream - Dreyer's Jesus Film

Carl Th. Dreyer’s "Jesus film" may well be the most widely discussed never-made film in film history. From a close reading of Dreyer’s screenplay, theologian Jes Nysten offers an in-depth look at…

Two films in Berlin Generation

19. dec 2017 | BERLINALE. The animation film 'The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear' is invited to the Berlin Film Festival's children's film competition Generation Kplus, while the debut film 'Denmark' will be in the youth…

Carl Dreyer's Michael - Digitalization and the rediscovery of a classic kammerspiel-film

18. dec 2017. This brief article traces the popular and critical reception of Dreyer’s Michael (1924) from its theatrical release to its DVD editions. Michael was largely considered a lost and forgotten…

Chains of dreams: Carl Th. Dreyer

17. dec 2017. Tag Gallagher tager i denne artikel udgangspunkt i Dreyers ønske om med sine film at skabe en fælles oplevelse af katharsis på samme måde som i oldtidens græske teater. Gallagher sammenligner …

Danish film industry joining forces to improve work environment

14. dec 2017 | WORK ENVIRONMENT. Eleven organisations from the Danish film and theatre industries recently agreed to work together to ensure a good psychological working environment on theatre, film and TV productions. The effort…

The 2002 Restoration / Der var engang

This is an account of the 2002 restoration of Carl Th. Dreyer’s 1922 film 'Der var engang' (Once upon a Time). It is a description of the various choices made in the course of the process, and also…

Last Men in Aleppo on Oscar shortlist

11. dec 2017 | OSCARS 2018. 'Last Men in Aleppo' directed by Feras Fayyad is one of the 15 films that made this year's Oscar shortlist for best documentary feature. The five nominees to enter the final Oscar race will be…

Beyond Fame and Fortune - Analysing three complex documentary portraits

06. dec 2017. PEER REVIEWED. This article demonstrates how the analysis of portrait documentaries depicting famous public figures can benefit from using theories of celebrity culture, thereby extending the…