Any connoisseur of bad movies knows there are two types of major creative failures.
Author: Jesse Cataldo
Oeuvre: Varda: Cinévardaphoto
Varda’s films from this period develop an astute aesthetic interrogation beneath an air of breezy…
Revisit: Onibaba
Onibaba makes a leap into the mythical just as its allegory becomes clear, a choice…
The Day Shall Come
A ham-fisted grasp at political relevance.
Oeuvre: Varda: Jacquot de Nantes
Varda’s staging of the story stands out as a vivid act of compassion, as well…
Oeuvre: Varda: Kung-Fu Master
Kung-Fu Master transgresses in the gentlest manner possible, while also tossing off frequent barbs at…
Oeuvre: Varda: Jane B. by Agnès V
Varda is innately interested in digging into the aesthetic issue of beauty from a woman’s…
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Cold Case Hammarskjöld plumbs the place where accepted factual record and conspiracy theories commingle.
From the Vaults of Streaming Hell: Bee Movie
Bee Movie serves a reminder of how little mass-market filmmaking has changed in the last…
Oeuvre: Varda: Far from Vietnam
As with Varda’s career, a nascent kernel of political awareness was developing into an activist…