There were many icons of the French New Wave, like Jean-Luc Godard and Agnes Varda, but then there were those vital figures ...

Contempt is doodling disguised as art. French Director Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, My Life to Live) has built a reputation as an improviser who makes up masterpieces as he goes along. In this ...

Previously deployed in Vivra Sa Vie, Contempt, and Band of Outsiders, Godard's revolutionary style, defined by his jump cuts, intimate hand-held cinematography, and experimentation with continuity ...

Peter Biskind (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls) called Jean-Luc Godard "the most original filmmaker of the 20th century." Unless you lived through the impact that Breathless [À bout de souffle (1960)], ...

There aren't many director who would even consider criticising Akira Kurosawa. The auteur is one of the most influential directors in film history, after all.

Featuring the bright color scheme that he would return to for films like “Contempt” and “Pierrot Le Fou,” the film stars Godard’s then-wife and frequent collaborator Anna Karina as a ...

as Camille’s contempt for Paul grows past the point of no return. This French New Wave classic from the great auteur Jean-Luc Godard is a melancholy masterpiece, screening in a stunning new 4K ...