The world probably doesn’t need a new print of LE COMBAT DANS L’ÎLE (1962)
Dir. Alain Cavalier
The Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA), 12/28/09, 9:30pm
A fairly mediocre French New Wave-ish film directed by a protege of Louis Malle. Cavalier was assistant director on Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows and Les Amants (not bad films to have worked on), and Malle produced this ménage à trois film. If you ask [...]
LES PLAGES D’AGNÈS (2008)
Dir. Agnès Varda
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 12/9/09, 7:00pm
Agnès Varda is often called the grandmother of the French New Wave. While I think that is an exaggeration, I do think she deserves credit as one of the foundational French directors during a period of questioning and challenging the dominant “quality” cinema of the time. As [...]
