Blu-ray Review: Band of Outsiders (Bande à part) (Criterion Collection)
Made at the pinnacle of the French New Wave, Band of Outsiders (1964) is director Jean-Luc Godard’s take on the crime film. More to the point, Band of Outsiders is Godard’s reinvention of the crime film. In an interview included as part of Criterion’s Blu-ray Special Edition features, Godard states bluntly, “This movie was made […]
Blu-ray Review: Breathless
(À bout de soufflé) Criterion | 1960 | 90 mins. | NR Fifty years after its premiere, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless remains relevant and seemingly in sync with contemporary cultural trends and mores. With his cool and sexy characters, who fired off a bevy of instantly recognizable film and literary references, Godard set fire to the […]