Tag: jeanlucgodard
New York 2023 Review: TRAILER OF A FILM THAT WILL NEVER EXIST: PHONY WARS, Adieu Godard
The short film offers a rare glance into Jean-Luc Godard's process in constructing his essay films.
Karlovy Vary 2023 Review: SAY GOD BYE, Homage to Godard in a Meta-Documentary Journey
Thomas Imbach's pilgrimage to cinematic titan Jean-Luc Godard intertwines personal introspection, an homage to cinema, and an exploration of the filmmaker's legacy.
BREATHLESS 4K Review: Anarchy on Screen
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg star in Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature, now in 4K from the Criterion Collection.
AFTER HOURS, BREATHLESS, ONE FALSE MOVE: Criterion in July 2023
July 2023 will sizzle no matter where you live, judging by what the Criterion Collection plans to release that month. Martin Scorsese's After Hours, Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, and Carl Franklin's One False Move are all significant films that are getting...
VORTEX Interview: Gaspar Noé on Making a "Cruel But Warm" Film About Aging, Illness and Death
If conception and birth are always present themes in Gaspar Noé's cinema, death is equally important for him: “When you write your sentence, you always put a dot at the end. Talking about death is just putting a dot at...
Blu-ray Review: Godard's LE PETIT SOLDAT Marches onto Criterion Blu-ray
“Cinema is truth at 24 frames per second.“ Any self-respecting student of deeper film history (casual or otherwise) has no doubt come upon the above quote credited to Jean-Luc Godard, perhaps multiple times. It’s quick, snappy, and affirming nature makes...
Criterion in January 2020: Celebrating Directors Almodovar, Godard, Lumet and Cukor
The Criterion Collection will release 5 films by 4 directors on 2 different home video formats to start the year off right.
Review: Jean-Luc Godard's THE IMAGE BOOK Remains Urgent
The master's latest essay film is a hard nut to crack, but it's worth the effort.
New York 2018 Review: In THE IMAGE BOOK, Godard Points Us In the Right Direction
With Image Book, there seems to be a concerted effort for Godard to point us in the direction where he sees a corner of the world that is underexposed, underseen and misrepresented by the western world.
Cineteca Nacional's Muestra 57 Lineup: Ceylan, Dolan, Godard, Cronenberg, Jarmusch, And More
Cineteca Nacional has announced the 14 films that conform the 57th edition of the Muestra International, which kicks off on Friday, November 7. It looks like a recreation of this year's Morelia, which is certainly good news for cinephiles in...
Morelia 2014: Final Wave Of Films Includes BIRDMAN, GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE, THE GREEN INFERNO, And Much More
The Morelia International Film Festival announced the final details for its 12th edition, which kicks off next Friday (October 17). It is overall a really impressive lineup and - as usual - Morelia will be premiering in Mexico some of...
New York 2014 Review: 3D As Visual Art Form In Godard's GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE
3D seems like it is here to stay, for now. It was a gimmick to win back the audiences the film industry lost to the emergence of TV in the 50s, now it is revived as a last ditch effort...
New York 2014: Festival's Main Slate Includes Godard In 3D, And Many Of The Usual Suspects
Jean-Luc Godard in 3D highlights the main slate of the New York Film Festival, which announced its selections today. As we've come to expect, the 52nd edition includes many of the usual suspects, with the latest films by David Cronenberg,...
Euro Beat: Cannes Unveils Slew of Exciting European Films On The Horizon
Also in today's Euro Beat: The Jean Luc-Godard video/collage/letter/whats-it that you must watch, Transylvania becomes a haven for Czech and Slovak Cinema and the latest European box office news!...
Euro Beat: 7 Highlights From A Visit To The Set Of Jean-Luc Godard's 3-D FAREWELL TO LANGUAGE
"Experience has taught that we never learn anything about a film by visiting the set... We can capture an atmosphere, a way of being and acting, trying to discern intentions, but we never get a complete or tangible impression." So...
Cannes 2013 Review: Jean-Luc Godard Does 3-D In THE THREE DISASTERS, And No, James Cameron Will Not Be Spared
"The digital medium is a dictatorship," intones Jean-Luc Godard as images flash over text, which flashes over more images, ultimately demonstrating how, ironically, 3-D is actually the perfectly-suited to Godard's recent information-overload collage-style filmmaking. But just because the enfant-terrible-turned-bitter-recluse is...
FILM SOCIALISME Blu-ray Review
Jean-Luc Godard is a cinematic terrorist. He makes films that are aggressively antagonistic toward the audience. He doesn't want you to understand, he wants to make arguments and let you decide what he's talking about. Film Socialisme is the best...
