jean luc godard

Godard from 1960-1967

French Culture  Mon, 09/08/2008 - 11:19

The Cleveland Cinematheque will show a series of 10 features from Godard's most fecund period from 1960 to 1967.

French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard virtually sprinted through the 1960s, making one groundbreaking, irreverent, pop-infused movie after another.


 

Pierrot le Fou

French Culture  Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:08

The Wolfsonian presents its annual summer series: "Cinematic detours: Road Movies".

This film is the tale of the unorthodox life of Pierrot, the annoying nickname given to unhappily-married Ferdinand Griffon by his babysitter/ex-girlfriend, Marianne Renoir.


 

Godard' 60s at SIFF

French Culture  Thu, 07/17/2008 - 17:14

SIFF Summer will offer a JEAN-LUC GODARD retrospective August 8-28, “Godard' 60s”.

The following films will be presented:

Contempt (1963), August 8–14, daily 8:00pm; Sat & Sun 2:30pm, 8:00pm


 

Jean-Luc Godard: Sympathy For The Devil

French Culture  Tue, 07/15/2008 - 14:47

Fourty years after Mai 1968 , the Museum Of Contemporary Art projects Sympathy for the devil, a documentation directed in 1968 by the french-swiss scenario writer Jean-Luc Godard.

Dealing with modern western counter culture, this film is a mosaic of images with a strong political revolutionary meaning.


 

Everything is Cinema: Brody on Godard

French Culture  Wed, 07/09/2008 - 17:26

FIAF celebrates the release of film critic and New Yorker editor Richard Brody's first book, Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard.

This special evening will include an introduction on the renowned filmmaker by Mr. Brody and a screening of In Praise of Love, Godard's 2001 Golden Palm nominee.

Following the screening, Mr.


 

Cannes Prize-Winner Delannoy Dies Aged 100

French Culture  Thu, 06/19/2008 - 10:32

French filmmaker Jean Delannoy has died at the age of 100.

His 1946 film "La symphonie pastorale" earned him the first Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival.


 

Martial Solal in Concert

French Culture  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 14:38

MoMA presents a rare U.S. performance by Martial Solal, one of the world's legendary jazz pianist-composers, who is perhaps best known for his nearly forty film scores, including Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1959).


 

Martial Solal Concert at the MoMA

French Culture  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 14:38

On Saturday June 14 at 7:30pm, MoMA will present a rare U.S. performance by Martial Solal, one of the world's legendary jazz pianist-composers, who is perhaps best known for his nearly forty film scores, including Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" (1959).


 

May 68 | May 2008

French Culture  Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:28

No year resonates more powerfully than 1968. This month is the 40th anniversary of the Parisian student riots.

New Yorkers can mark the occasion with two rich and wide-ranging film programs that aim to capture, on screen, the spirit of the student uprisings.

One, at Film Forum (through June 5), is devoted to Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s, when he was at the height of his influence, productivity and creative power.


 

Jean-Luc Godard Boxset | 4 DVDs

French Culture  Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:40

Experience four films from one of the most influential and well-known French filmakers, Jean-Luc Godard.

This pioneer of the "New Wave" cinematic movement enjoys a prolific career that has already spanned over 5 decades.

This collection features four works from the 1980s and 1990s phase of his career.