Creagh McLean Cole

Money, Gossip and Devotion: Betty Nansen in the USA

08. mar 2023. What made Betty Nansen a celebrity in American media and how did her fans relate to the image of her produced by US magazines? This article explores how Nansen deliberately constructed her own…

'The Nansen Eye, The Nansen Tear, The Nansen Smile' – Da teaterdivaen Betty Nansen gik til filmen

08. mar 2023. Hvordan omsatte dansk teaters førstedame sin kulturelle kapital til en filmkarriere? Det er emnet for denne artikel, som er et bearbejdet kapitel af Vito Adriaensens kommende bog 'Velvet Curtains and…

Men Who Hate Women – Sex, Evil, and European fin-de-siècle Culture in Lars von Trier’s Antichrist

26. okt 2022. LONG READ. This article analyses how Lars von Trier’s film uses the theme of sexuality and connects to European fin-de-siècle misogyny and dominating culture icons such as Nietzsche, Ibsen,…

Maren’s smile: Miracles of the everyday in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet

07. jun 2022. The most miraculous moment in Danish film history, the resurrection scene in Carl Th. Dreyer’s 'Ordet', invites us to reconsider the sense of wonder which animates the director’s film making.