Secret Defense: If Chantal Akerman Directed a Film Noir
Jacques Rivette is widely regarded to have been the most experimental and uncompromising filmmaker to arise from the Nouvelle VagueContinue Reading
Tag: François Truffaut
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel
Introduction In 1959, François Truffaut opened the 12th annual Cannes Film Festival with his directorial debut, Les Quatre Cents CoupsContinue Reading
The Films of Ingmar Bergman
In honor of what would have been Ingmar Bergman‘s 100th birthday, we take this opportunity to reflect on the legendaryContinue Reading
Ben McDonald’s Top 10 Criterion Films
This month, a number of our critics share their 10 favorite titles from the Criterion Collection in celebration of theContinue Reading
Dunkirk ★★★½
French director François Truffaut is often attributed with saying that an anti-war film is an impossible feat, that the actionContinue Reading
The Death of Louis XIV ★★★½
When I think of great slow cinema, this is the sort of film that comes to mind. The Death ofContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of June 2017
Alex Sitaras: Last summer I felt was a little flat in regards to independent and auteurist films, but I’m pretty optimisticContinue Reading
The Musicals of Jacques Demy
On June 5, 1931, Jacques Demy was born with music in his ears. His dazzling films did not, perhaps, haveContinue Reading
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