André S. Labarthe

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critics Noël Burch and André S. Labarthe,...

This short film shows a young couple during a short period after the explosion of a nuclear bomb 120 km above Paris. The city appears unaffected, but...

After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club...

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his...

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

A peeping tom caught spying on a women's self-defense class is taken captive by the class leader. At first the class uses him as a training dummy,...

In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The...

Unfinished film by Jean Eustache . A couple kisses. A group of friends talk inside a room. One of them reads from a paper.

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema...

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though,...

Two enigmatic figures with code names, Costello and the Colonel, bound seemingly by some mysterious revolutionary past, engage in an intense...

A cinematographic poetry that portrays the artistic link between the French filmmaker André S. Labarthe and his disciple, the Uruguayan...

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away...

The first of three documentaries by Rivette on Jean Renoir.

Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their...

A retired Japanese ex-patriot living the life of a bohemian Parnassian painter in Paris loses his latest picture, and wanders into Belleville hoping...

A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.

Discussion between the critics André S. Labarthe, Jean Domarchi and director Marc'O, on a film of Murnau.

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime...

The film retraces Jean-Luc Godard's notorious exhibition at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou in Paris between 11 May –...

An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker.

On the shooting or when talking about it, Mathieu Amalric is preparing Barbara, his film about the iconic singer, starring the incredible Jeanne...

Director Jean-Luc Godard reflects in this movie about his place in film history, the interaction of film industry and film as art, as well as the act...

Five, even six, variations on a theme, commentary and interpretation of the same photograph. An exercise to tell and summarize the history of the...

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.