Agnès Varda. A name synonymous with a film revolution still, astonishingly, under-recognized. A name that reminds us of rich, fluent, and oh-so varied cinema. Stayed tuned for the remainder of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, Vagabond closes the the whole affair Sunday. Anyway, I’m only rippling the surface with the following links, but click away all the same.
Agnès Varda’s Art of Being There – Richard Brody – The New Yorker
Agnes Varda, Street-Artist JR on Cannes Documentary ‘Visages Villages’ – Leo Barraclough – Variety
Meet the first female director to get an honorary Oscar – BBC Entertainment & Art
La Pointe Courte: How Agnès Varda “Invented” the New Wave – Ginette Vincendeau – Criterion
Agnès Varda: Walking Backwards Moving Forwards – Robert Barry – The Quietus
Matter, Time, and the Digital: Varda’s The Gleaners and I – Homay King – Bryn Mawr College
And to close, here is a custom made playlist, nearly 4 hours of Agnès Varda interviews and behind the scenes footage from various sources and decades.
Cleo From 5 to 7 is showing on Day Nine, and Vagabond is showing on Day Ten of the Femme Filmmakers Festival.