Tag: Agnès Varda
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‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig named AFI Fest guest artistic director
Previous filmmakers to inhabit the role include Pedro Almodóvar, David Lynch, Agnès Varda.Greta Gerwig, riding high on the global success of Barbie, has been named AFI Fest’s guest artistic director at the 37th edition of the Los Angeles event running October 25-29.Gerwig joins an illustrious list of former filmmakers to inhabit the role including Pedro…
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2023 Venice Classics Lineup Includes The Exorcist, Andrei Rublev, Days of Heaven and More
With the full Venice Immersive slate announced yesterday, the Venice Classics lineup has now been revealed ahead of the 80th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. Curated by Alberto Barbera in collaboration with Federico Gironi, this year’s Venice Classics slate features newly restored versions of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven,…
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Camera ready: how Agnès Varda turned her photographs into film
Before she picked up a film camera, the revered director was a photographer. The seeds of her groundbreaking cinema lie in her earliest still images, says her daughter, RosalieAgnès Varda, at least in her later years, didn’t make a big deal about being taken seriously. For decades, the film-maker and artist was much respected as…
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Cléo from 5 to 7: Agnès Varda’s New Wave classic is cosmopolitan to the core
Varda’s elegant film follows a sad, beautiful woman around Paris as she awaits the results of a biopsy – and the result is eternally coolCléo from 5 to 7 is streaming on Sbs On Demand. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia, click hereGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSo elegant, so stylish,…