Category: Movies

Charlotte Gainsbourg Finds Her Own Voice


When Charlotte Gainsbourg was 4, her mother took her and her half sister to see “Jaws.” “I don’t know why,” the French actress, singer and style icon, 46, said recently. “Maybe she was drinking a little. And then in the theater, she suddenly realized how traumatizing it was.”

Sipping green tea in a corner booth at the cafe of the Marlton Hotel, casual yet chic in a white T-shirt and jeans, Ms. Gainsbourg recounted her mother’s reaction to watching her young children take in the 1975 killer-shark blockbuster. “She just put her hands on our faces,” she continued. “So the sound is what I kept. It’s part of me.” [ . . . ] Full story at NYTimes

Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective on MUBI 

From November 12, MUBI will present a career-spanning selection of the films of legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard, ranging from the jazz-pop New Wave films of the ‘60s that made his name to his 1980s comeback with the contemporary masterpiece In Praise of Love. The series will also celebrate Godard’s birthday, which falls on December 3. Please find some more information on MUBI at: Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective on MUBI | French Culture

The Line-up

Pierrot le fou — November 12
Prenom Carmen — November 19
Alphaville — November 26
Détective — December 3
A Woman Is a Woman — December 10
In Praise of Love — December 17
Contempt  — December 24

What Jean-Michel and Céline Cousteau Want You to Know About the Ocean

The father-daughter duo share their thoughts on loving the ocean and teaching others about its wonders.Interview by Lauren Paige Kennedy; Produced by Lauren PhillipsJean-Michel Cousteau and Céline Cousteau, ocean advocates/filmmakers/familySon and granddaughter, respectively, of legendary diver and explorer Jacques Cousteau, the Cousteaus embody a generations-long effort to educate the human population on the wonders of the natural world, particularly the oceans. Most recently, they teamed up with narrator Arnold Schwarzenegger to deliver the upcoming Wonders of the Sea 3D.

The film is a literal deep dive into the underwater ecosystems between Fiji and the Bahamas, using new techniques to expose the ocean’s beauty as never before.

Source: What Jean-Michel and Céline Cousteau Want You to Know About the Ocean – Coastal Living

Au Hasard Balthazar de Robert Bresson – 1966

Anne Wiazemsky, a French novelist and New Wave actress who appeared in seven films directed by her husband, Jean-Luc Godard, died on Thursday in Paris. She was 70.

Ms. Wiazemsky expressed few regrets, though she recalled that when she was first cast by Bresson in “Au Hasard Balthazar,” she replaced an actress who had already been selected for the role.

“She lost the film because of me,” she said, “and I still feel a pang of regret for that unknown girl.” [ NYTimes 10/5/17 ]

 

‘Godard is not God!’

 

The women, the films, the fights, the flops … the director of The Artist has risked infuriating France with Redoubtable – a hilarious drama about Jean-Luc Godard.

Full Review: ‘Godard is not God!’ … Michel Hazanavicius on his film about France’s most notorious director | Film | The Guardian