Film Actresses & Global Classics

The privilege of power: anything(one) can be instrumentalized – Vanessa Redgrave, ‘The Devils’ Part 3

The return of the repressed: Dark games, ritual struggles – Vanessa Redgrave, ‘The Devils’ Part 2

Good bedfellows: Sex and religion – Vanessa Redgrave, ‘The Devils’ Part 1

Film Acting as Shakespearean Celebration: Vanessa Redgrave in ‘Coriolanus’

Isabelle Adjani’s performance in Possession is a landmark of world cinema, and one can only be thankful to her for the way she delivers herself to the camera.

In Adolphe, Isabelle Adjani’s entire body-voice is concentrated in her face…

Erotomania, like hysteria and anorexia, are ‘attempts at self-cure’ most commonly found among women. Acting…

Her method as an actress is to break down and regenerate herself; in doing so, she throws into question…

Tristana is one of Catherine Deneuve’s favourite roles. She has often said how appealing she found it to play the character’s evolution over time…

Deneuve employs her body in the service of the mystery of Séverine’s desire…