Weekend – The Criterion Collection #635 (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

Audacious, polemic and unique…”Weekend” is a film that represents the end of Jean-Luc Godard’s involvement with the French New Wave, especially with “bourgeois” narrative filmmaking.  A film that is unlike any other nor is it an easy film that can be easily explained, “Weekend” must Read More …

Academy Celebrates French New Wave with Photo Exhibition and Screening of Godard’s “Breathless”

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a recently restored 35mm print of “Breathless” (“À bout de souffle”) on Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  The screening is presented in Read More …

Film Socialisme (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

Fascinating, intriguing, visually beautiful…but I admit, this is possibly the most challenging Godard film that I have watched by far.  After four viewings and research done on the film, I found myself enjoying “Film Socialisme” a lot more, because of its overall presentation.  It may Read More …

Kino Lorber Releases Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme (2011) on Blu-ray and DVD

New York, NY – December 9, 2011 – Kino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of Film Socialisme, a cinematic essay on Western civilization, politics and history presented through the lens of master filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. Film Socialisme comes to Blu-ray Read More …

Lorber Films Releases Film Socialisme (2010) on June 3, at New York’s IFC Center

LORBER FILMS RELEASES JEAN-LUC GODARD’S FILM SOCIALISME (2010) ON JUNE 3 AT IFC CENTER For Immediate Release New York, NY – May 10, 2011 – Lorber Films is proud to announce the theatrical release of Film Socialisme (2010), the latest film from French master Jean-Luc Read More …

Two in the Wave (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

One of the founders of the French New Wave, the iconic filmmakers Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard are featured in this wonderful documentary showcasing their upbringing, their career, their friendship and the demise of that friendship.  This film is highly recommended to anyone who is Read More …

Brownlow, Coppola, Godard and Wallach to Receive Academy’s Governors Awards

Beverly Hills, CA – The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard Read More …