Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Agnès Varda | Didier Rouget
Chris says: “At 90, Agnes Varda, godmother of the French New Wave, concludes her vast and unconventional, seven-decade-spanning filmography by looking back and taking stock in the form of a lecture–not a particularly cinematic format for most filmmakers, but of
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Director: Agnès Varda | JR
Starring: documentary
Chris says: “Given that 2008’s THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS was supposed to be Agnès Varda’s swan song, we’re just lucky at all to get one more film from the now 89-year-old Godmother of the French New Wave. And while this
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Director: Agnès Varda
Bruce says: “THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS is most likely Agnès Varda’s final film. Now in her eighties, she remains an active photographer and is continually involved in shows featuring her photographic installations. It seems that directing is not specifically what
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Director: Agnès Varda
Nathaniel says: “Agnes Varda, cinematographer and the godmother of the French New Wave, created a mini cineaste stir earlier this year when THE GLEANERS AND I opened. This intimate look at the culture of gleaning (i.e. scavenging for food) among
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