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The Godmother of the French New Wave August 09, 2024
It took years for Agnès Varda, the so-called godmother of the French New Wave, to command respect in the male-dominated world of directing. Yet by the time Varda died, in 2019, at age 90, she had risen to sainthood and was internationally celebrated ...
Jean-Luc Godard, Enfant Terrible of French Film, Dies at 91 September 13, 2022
Jean-Luc Godard, the brilliant and polemical Franco-Swiss filmmaker whose work revolutionized cinema, has died. He was 91.Godard’s death was reported by French newspaper Liberation, which didn’t immediately detail a cause of death.A former film criti...
‘Summer of Rohmer’ Review: Riding the French New Wave September 02, 2022
Along with his contemporary François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer created the most enduringly charming body of work among the French New Wave directors who, starting in the 1950s, pushed for a more personal and intimate cinema. Truffaut died young, at age 5...
