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Posts Tagged "nouvelle vague"

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Paris Vu Par [Six in Paris] *** (1965, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Stéphane Audran, Nadine Ballot) – Classic Movie Review 11,129

The 1965 film Paris Vu Par [Six in Paris] is a starry, enjoyable French New Wave portmanteau movie or anthology film, exploring the delights of different parts of Paris, as seen through the eyes of […]

Apr, 23

Le Petit Soldat *** (1963, Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet) – Classic Movie Review 6070

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard’s second film in terms of shooting follows his spectacular debut with Breathless (1960). It stars Michel Subor as Bruno Forestier, a young French terrorist who is turned over to the Geneva police […]

Oct, 10

Les Carabiniers *** (1963, Albert Juross, Patrice Moullet, Marino Masé, Geneviève Galéa, Barbet Schroeder, Catherine Ribero) – Classic Movie Review 6067

French New Wave luminary director Jean-Luc Godard is on middling form here in this lively and provocative 1963 French drama about youngsters involved in an unnecessary civil war in an imaginary country. It is a […]

Oct, 09

Two or Three Things I Know About Her… [2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle] *** (1967, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret) – Classic Movie Review 6064

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 French movie is typical mid-period Godard, not from his top drawer and already just past his glorious prime. Marina Vlady stars as a married Paris suburban wife Juliette, living with her […]

Oct, 09

Redoutable [Le Redoutable] **** (2017, Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Grégory Gadebois, Guido Caprino) – Movie Review

Louis Garrel gives a remarkable star turn as French film director Jean-Luc Godard, taking on his look, voice and his personality. It is an impressive tour de force. He keeps his version of Godard on […]

Oct, 08

La Chinoise [The Chinese Girl] **** (1967, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Francis Jeanson) – Classic Movie Review 6062

Writer/ producer/ director Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary-minded 1967 French film is perhaps more of a political tract on behalf of Maoism than an actual movie. Just before the real-life 1968 left-wing revolt of students, artists and […]

Oct, 08

Shoot the Pianist [Tirez sur le Pianist] **** (1960, Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Albert Rémy, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger) – Classic Movie Review 93

François Truffaut turns David Goodis’s thriller novel Down There into an exuberant, quirky, stylish personal take on the Hollywood B-movie thriller for his second feature, the 1960 film Tirez sur le Pianist [Shoot the Pianist].  […]

Jul, 26

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