A Feminist Adventure Unfolds When ‘Celine and Julie Go Boating’
Jacques Rivette's film features two female characters who exhibit feminine strength and solidarity in a masculine world.
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Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘Le Samouraï’ Plays with the Perils of the Loner
Under the lens of cultural and historical context, as well as understanding the reflective nature of popular culture, it's hard not to read this film as a cautionary tale about the limitations of isolationism.
Projecting Delusions: Two French New Wave Masters on the Dangers of Film
French New Wave masters The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers and Ophélia show that picking up a camera will not solve your issues. It may make matters worse.
The Magical Presence of Anna Karina: More Than Godard’s Muse
It’s not that Anna Karina couldn’t act, but that she didn’t have to. Her physical presence was the art, and her beauty, in and of itself, was a significant contribution to the culture.
A Queer Reading of François Truffaut’s Masterpiece, ‘Jules and Jim’
By sharing Catherine between them, she becomes the tool through which Jules and Jim can realize their most perfect union with one another.
The Film Lovers’ Dilemma with François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’
François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s a shame this release puts film lovers in a dilemma.
The Aesthetics of Absorption in Truffaut’s ‘The 400 Blows’
François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows reminds one of the effects of absorption Michael Fried discerns in French paintings of the early to mid-18th century.
Complicated Intersections in François Truffaut’s ‘Jules and Jim’
‘Jules and Jim’ is as much about the gendering of behaviors and expectations as it is about the losses and longings produced by love. The intersections between these themes are revealed in the unspoken.