LA NOUVELLE VAGUE DE JEAN-LUC GODARD
“Cinema is truth at 24 frames a second.” Coinciding with Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and our release of the new 65th anniversary 4K restoration of his masterpiece À Bout De Souffle, we are proud to bring back this selection honoring the iconic Jean-Luc Godard, the most playful enfant terrible of sixties French cinema, focusing on some of his most influential films, including Le Mépris, Alphaville, and Pierrot Le Fou.
Jean-Luc Godard was the most singular voice of the French New Wave, the movement that reshaped cinema in the 1960s. When he passed away last September at the age of 91, the world lost one of its most influential filmmakers. With his debut À Bout de Souffle (1960), he shattered cinematic conventions, combining playful invention with deep political engagement. Films like Pierrot le Fou, Le Mépris, and Alphaville ushered in a new era of artistic freedom, one that continues to inspire directors from Tarantino and Scorsese to Wong Kar-Wai.