french cinema

Where to Start with Jean-Luc Godard

Posted on by George Taylor
Where to Start with Jean-Luc Godard

Where to start with the cinema of Jean-Luc Godard, one of the fathers of the French New Wave and one of cinema’s most radical and true artists. Article by George Taylor.

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Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Review

Posted on by Guest
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Review

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), from screenwriter-director Agnès Varda, the only female film director of the French New Wave, is filmed with love rather than contempt according to Eve O’Dea in this review.

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An Introduction to the Cinematography in Abel Gance’s ‘Napoleon’ (1927)

Posted on by Francesca Amalie Militello
An Introduction to the Cinematography in Abel Gance’s ‘Napoleon’ (1927)

An introduction to the cinematography of the hugely influential French filmmaker Abel Gance via his epic genre classic ‘Napoleon’ (1927), by Francesca Militello.

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