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-Jean-Luc-Godard

Film Review: “A Married Woman” — Beautifully Empty-headed

I appreciate the effort to bring back this rarely seen early Godard. But there are reasons this movie hasn’t been previously revived.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: -Jean-Luc-Godard, A Married Woman, feminism, french film, Kendall Square Cinema

Film Review: “Far From Vietnam” — A Remarkable Anti-War Film

Far From Vietnam dared say what no American documentary, even the most radical, would insinuate for fear of being accused of treason: in Vietnam, the Americans were the new Germans.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: -Jean-Luc-Godard, Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, Claude Lelouch, documentary, Far From Vietnam, French cinema, Joris Ivens, Vietnam, William Klein

Coming Attractions in Film: July 2011

July offers something for everyone — those who want to think can puzzle over the latest film from Jean-Luc Godard at the Museum of Fine Arts, while those who want to bake their brains can head over to “Cowboy and Aliens.”

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film Tagged: -Jean-Luc-Godard, Brattle Theatre, CAPTAIN AMERICA, Film Socialisme, French Film Festival, Friends with Benefits, MFA

Film Commentary: The Redemption of Wes Anderson

It’s easy, and popular, to write director Wes Anderson off as a hipster who offers nothing beyond quirk and the occasional funny line. But his films are really American versions of the French New Wave. by Justin Marble “He redeemed himself.” “Redemption? Sure. But in the end, he’s just another dead rat in a garbage […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: -Jean-Luc-Godard, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Film, French New Wave, Justin Marble, Wes Anderson

Book Commentary: Alberto Moravia’s 100th Birthday — A Giant Dissed?

By Bill Marx A major Italian novelist with a worldwide reputation, Alberto Moravia, would have been 100 this year, but even in his homeland the parties are halfhearted. We should be breaking out the champagne and discovering this still subversive realist. The excellent Literary Saloon recently sent me to an article in Il velino that […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: -Jean-Luc-Godard, -the-conformist, alberto-moravia, bernardo-bertolucci, Books, contempt, critics, italian-literature, Italy, modern-fiction, Persona Non Grata

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