Movies: André S. Labarthe

A tribute to Orson Welles. When Kovacs meets Agi, he does not know what awaits him: cinema, alcohol and love do not mix well when you are a Hungarian director parachuted into Hollywood......

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

Janine Bazin and André Labarthe approached Chantal Akerman about making a film for the series; eagerly, Akerman proposed a number of filmmakers—but all had already been done. So she suggested…“How about me?” Akerman creates a fascinating self-portrai...

A cinematographic poetry that portrays the artistic link between the French filmmaker André S. Labarthe and his disciple, the Uruguayan filmmaker Gabriela Guillermo. The letters that were written over the years testify, not only to the mutual affecti...

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An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)...

Documentary on the use of color and black and white in contemporary arts through nine artists. A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 16 March 1968....

Catherine Deneuve comments on passages from "L'Ève future" by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma, cinémas"....

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode dedicated to french filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, originally aired in two parts....

André S. Labarthe invites Jerzy Skolimowski to the editing table, to analyze his film Walkower shot by shot. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma, cinémas"....

The campaign of the parliamentary elections of June 1968 in Asnieres with the three main candidates: Albin Chalandon ( UDR ), Claude Denis ( PCF ) and Roger Hanin ( FGDS )....

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"What is a location search ? Maybe that's it : hanging in a pub... let their thoughts flow freely." (André S. Labarthe) The camera reinvests the places that Van Gogh covered in Montmartre, but also among other things the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam....

Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. Interview with Georges Franju (1912-1987), a figure of immense importance in the history of French cinema, not primarily for his films (exceptional though many of these are) but for being the co-founder, with...

Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their reunion by discussing, among other things, La Chienne (1931) and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)....

Jeanne Moreau, filmed by Jacques Rozier, meets with Jerry Lewis, Barbet Schroeder and Orson Welles, among others....

Episode of the French television series about the work of American film director Samuel Fuller. (A 23-minute edited version of this show appears on the Criterion Collection release of "The Naked Kiss."...

Bergala makes Erice wander about (DV in hand) between Madrid and Paris remembering those primeval scenes in his education as a filmmaker, retrieving places more alive than ever in his cinéphile memory. Paris-Madrid, allers-retours fuses genealogy & e...

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

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 24 March 2012....