Jean Luc Godard

Michel Piccoli, French actor who worked with Jean-Luc Godard, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock, dies at 94

Michel Piccoli's most memorable appearance came arguably during the French New Wave – starring opposite Brigitte Bardot in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 masterpiece Contempt.

Remembering Anna Karina in one of her most notable non-Godard films, Jacques Rivette’s The Nun

Anna Karina was most famous for her work with Jean-Luc Godard, but there were other films too, like Jacques Rivette’s The Nun.

Bhuvan Shome: How Mrinal Sen's National Award-winning film ushered in a seismic shift in the Indian film industry

Bhuvan Shome gave rise to what we now popularly call the Parallel Cinema movement, a movement that would leave an indelible footprint onto the landscape of Indian cinema, thereby changing the latter forever.

Agnès Varda passes away: Cléo from 5 to 7 is one of the most famous films of veteran French filmmaker

One of the most discernible aspects of Agnès Varda’s work is her empathy towards her characters, even someone as apparently superficial as Cléo.

La Strada, Two English Girls, Three Colours: Red — Baradwaj Rangan's favourite foreign films

Here's Baradwaj Rangan's list of his favourite foreign films.

Redoubtable movie review: Michel Hazanavicius’ biopic on Jean Luc Godard is an unforgivable parodic exercise

Redoubtable feels like paid lip-service with awful dialogue and an incoherent framework that belies everything that Jean Luc Godard stood for.

From Bergman’s Persona to Godard’s Contempt: The bare essentials of world cinema

World cinema isn't just an intimidating thing meant for critics scurrying between films at Cannes and Venice, and they need to be liberated from the echo chamber that they’re so often trapped in.

Reservoir Dogs turns 25: How Quentin Tarantino inspired a generation of indie filmmakers

After debuting to mixed reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, Quentin Tarantino's first film, Reservoir Dogs, released on October 23, 1992. 25 years since its release, the film is widely regarded as a touchstone in indie cinema.