French new wave

Amidst a nationwide quarantine, I keep seeing calls for a return to reading. LA’s Skylight Books is offering free-shipping. LitHub is providing personalized quarantine book recommendations…

Quotes from Godard illustrated by his wife and early muse, my own style inspiration and personal patron saint, the lovely and talented* Anna Karina. *Not sure if you’d noticed, but I only bil…

Jean-Luc Godard, born in Paris in 1930, is a seminal figure in the French New Wave cinema movement. His career began in the 1950s as a film critic for the influential magazine *Cahiers du Cinéma*, where he developed his revolutionary ideas about filmmaking. His directorial debut, *Breathless* (1960), immediately established him as a key innovator in cinema, known for his unconventional narrative techniques and visual style. Godard frequently collaborated with actress Anna Karina, who became…

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Beautiful Anna Karina in 'Une Femme est Une Femme'

Movie still from Jean-Luc Godard’s “La Chemoise,” 1967.

Breathless (1960) - 1112x1695

Jonathan Rosenbaum considers the flurry of early-1970s filmmaking with which Jacques Rivette laid claim to the mantle of radical narrative innovation in French cinema.

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