A Companion to Jean-Luc Godard presents a compendium of original essays by top film scholars that focus on a wide range of issues relating to Godard's films. The majority of essays cover Godard's major works, while others offer reflections on his personal philosophy, politics, and connections to ot[...]
Over nearly sixty years, Agnes Varda (b. 1928) has given interviews that are revealing not only of her work, but of her remarkably ambiguous status. She has been called the "Mother of the New Wave" but suffered for many years for never having been completely accepted by the cinematic establishment i[...]