Tag: French New Wave
The Essential Cinema that is Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7
“Looking at others is the first step of feminism. Not being selfish, not being mirror-oriented. Looking at other people.” – Agnès Varda Agnès Varda spent…
Agnès de '28 à '19: Remembering Agnès Varda
“I had a world. I don’t think I had a career. I made films.” Agnès Varda Today the world woke to sad news. Celebrated Belgian-born…
The Image Book – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Le livre d’images / The Image Book Jean-Luc Godard – France, Switzerland IN A NUTSHELL In this latest film (probably best described as avant-garde pose…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #33
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…
Au Revoir, Jeanne Moreau
Having recently delved into the cinematic year of wonder that is 1961, it was an easy selection to include the emotive turn from Jeanne Moreau…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #18
Not much time goes by when I don’t have the pleasure to see Greta Gerwig on film, or indeed see or read about her on…