New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Tag: Agnes Varda
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Legendary artist Agnès Varda schools Chicago on filmmaking and photography
Agnès Varda’s directorial debut, La Pointe Courte (1954), anticipated the French New Wave with its documentary feel, associative editing, and bold, tableaulike imagery. Her later films Le Bonheur (1964) and One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977) are considered touchstones of feminist cinema. And with such innovative documentaries as Uncle Yanco (1967) and The Gleaners & […]
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This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum
A conversation about the French filmmaker’s two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
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Meet some cool cats of avant-garde cinema this Friday and Saturday
Previewing a program of cat-related experimental shorts playing on Friday and Saturday
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The education of an illusionist, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Agnès Varda from Thursday to Sunday
Two films by the great French filmmaker are playing around town in the next four days.