Tag Archives: Jean-Luc Godard

Pete’s Peek | Light up a Gauloise and get Breathless with Jean-Luc Godard’s über cool classic

Posted on 15 September 2010 by peter

Half a century ago, wonder kid French director Jean-Luc Godard captivated audiences and critics alike with his debut tour de force, A bout de soufflé (aka Breathless), a gangster love story set in the boulevards and cafes of 1960′s Paris, … Continue reading →

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La Nouvelle Vague – Iconic photos capture French cinema’s New Wave

Posted on 27 July 2010 by Jason Best

Fifty years ago, a bunch of radical French filmmakers set about overthrowing cinema’s old guard. Fed up with the self-importance of what they sneeringly dismissed as ‘Le cinéma du papa’ (Dad’s cinema), young Turks Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek: Jean-Luc Godard’s Une Femme Mariée is sublime

Posted on 25 January 2010 by peter

Long out-of-circulation, Jean-Luc Godard’s enigmatic 1964 masterpiece makes it’s UK debut thanks to Masters of Cinema. The divine Macha Méril plays the bored wife of a pilot who carries on her affair with an actor whenever her husband jets out … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Burning Plain

Posted on 23 August 2009 by Jason Best

Best known for his screenplays for his compatriot Alejandro González Iñárritu. Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga makes his directorial debut with this characteristically elliptical mystery drama. If you’ve seen Amores Perros, 21 Grams or Babel, the films he wrote for Iñárritu, … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Aria – 10 operas + 10 directors = much more than posh music video

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Jason Best

Back in the late 1980s, producer Don Boyd came up with the quixotic idea of collaring ten renowned directors and letting them loose on the world of opera, instructing them each to chose a favourite musical segment to illustrate on … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Burning Plain – Is Guillermo Arriaga’s fragmented drama less than the sum of its parts?

Posted on 13 March 2009 by Jason Best

“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end… but not necessarily in that order.” Jean-Luc Godard’s famous, teasing pronouncement doesn’t go far enough when you’re dealing with Guillermo Arriaga. The Mexican screenwriter appears to throw the building … Continue reading →

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