André S. Labarthe

My Name is Elia Kazan (2018)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 22 November 2018. ...

Amalric, l’art et la matière (2018)

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

Adolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré) (2015)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime around 2015. ...

La photo (2014)

Five, even six, variations on a theme, commentary and interpretation of the same photograph. An exercise to tell and summarize the history of the Cinémathèque française. ...

Michel Gondry (Courir après) (2013)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 24 November 2013. ...

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013)

In 1985, former oil rig worker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art-house and experimental films to a budding community of cinephiles. Eventually incorporating as a nonprofit, the newly branded A ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim (2012)

Joseph Losey (2012)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, shown 12 October 2012. ...

Otto Preminger and the Dangerous Woman/Portrait d’Otto Preminger (2012)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, shown 12 October 2012. ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo (2012)

Diourka, à prendre ou à laisser (2012)

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

Celluloid and Marble (2011)

Celluloid and Marble is based on Rohmer's own articles published in "Cahiers du cinéma", discussing film in relation to the other arts, maintaining that, in an age of cultural self-consciousness, cinema was "the last refuge of poetry" - the only contempor ...

Le système Moullet (2011)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime around 2011. ...

No Comment (à propos de "Film Socialisme" de Jean-Luc Godard) (2011)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime around 2011. ...

Víctor Erice: Paris-Madrid allers-retours (2010)

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 & elegy, ...

Soleil cou coupé (2007)

Some thoughts and a hypothesis about the invention of the Close-up. ...

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003)

Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker as a charming, shabby guide around New York by night. ...

Le loup et l'agneau - Ford et Hitchcock (2001)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 4 July 2001. ...

Artaud cité, atrocité (2001)

The film retraces the last two years of Antonin Artaud. ...

David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh (1999)

"I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh" is an insightful and candid interview with the man himself about his films and his motivations. Cronenberg is cheerfully frank about his often grotesque images and controversial subject matter, and clearly relishes in the ...

Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...) (1999)

Georges Franju - Le visionnaire (1998)

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 Henr ...

Georges Bataille - À perte de vue (1997)

A traveller investigates the life and work of Georges Bataille. Through a staging of the writer's obsessive motives, the film succeeds in grasping the elusive: the sensitive nucleus of radical thought. The film contains the interviews with Pierre Klossows ...

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman (1997)

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-portrait ...

Nanni Moretti (1994)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 16 May 1994. ...

Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui (1994)

Part of the Cinéastes de notre temps series. ...

Oliveira, l'architecte (1993)

Paulo Rocha catches up with his "beloved subject" in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira reminisces about the figure of his father, his first experience of cinema as an actor, his past as a racing driver, his first t ...

Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste (1993)

Made for "Cinéma, de notre temps" series. In a peaceful residence near the Loire River, Chabrol raised his favorite characters : monsters. In this documentary, we can see him actively working on the adaptation of Simenon's novel "Betty", and answering the ...

The Scorsese Machine (1990)

Amazing documentary shows rarely seen side of a master director. 1990 was a very good year for Martin Scorsese. After making a diverse group of films in the 80s, he reunited with Robert DeNiro for "Goodfellas" and later that year shot a segment for "New Yo ...

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990)

This film of interviews with the film director Jacques Rivette was produced in collaboration with Serge Daney, film critic from "Cahiers du cinéma", then of "Liberation". In the course of their conversations, the two speakers discuss Rivette's career, his ...

Skolimowski à la table (1990)

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". ...

David Lynch: Don't Look at Me (1989)

A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series. ...

Introduction à l'art océanien (1989)

The space of the museum as the visitor travels through it is a long sentence of sleep. But if suddenly this sleep is interrupted, if this space is torn apart, if the hydrometric devices go haywire, then like a sleepwalker who is awakened at the edge of a r ...

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages (1988)

"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. In t ...

The Big O (1987)

A Hungarian filmmaker investigates the traces Orson Welles left behind in Hollywood, maintaining the ambiguity between truth and fiction. Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe had long hoped to dedicate an issue of their longstanding documentary series, "Ci ...

Franju, l'avion et la DS (1987)

At the editing table, Georges Franju comments on two sequences from his film, Les Yeux sans visage. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma, cinémas". ...

Adieu Rita (1987)

An acerbic criticism of the media coverage of the Cannes Film Festival and of cinema, at the time of the death of the actress Rita Hayworth. Episode of the TV program "Cinéma, cinémas". ...

Kandinsky (1986)

Colour, form, area - this is the formula of the greatest pioneer of abstract painting. Kandinsky came to art late in life, but his impact through Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) and Bauhaus paved the way for modern art. In 1913, he created one of the fir ...

Wassily Kandinksky (1986)

Colour, form, area – this is the formula of the greatest pioneer of abstract painting. Kandinsky came to art late in life, but his impact through Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) and Bauhaus paved the way for modern art. In 1913, he created one of the f ...

Antonioni, la dernière séquence (1985)

Deneuve, revue de détails (1984)

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

Ciné regards: Jacques Tati (1978)

Interview with the French film director, conducted for television in 1978. ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren (1972)

Claude Autant-Lara - L'oreille du diable (1972)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 10 May 1972. ...

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972)

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

Jerry Lewis - 2ème partie (1971)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critics André S. Labarthe and Robert Benayoun, originally aired 22 October 1971. ...

Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses (1971)

Shot while he was preparing Un Flic, Melville carefully leads Labarthe through the trajectory of his career, from his daring debut The Silence of the Sea to his great successes of the 1960s, Le Samourai and Le cercle rouge. Labarthe also details the develo ...

Busby Berkeley (1971)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 4 June 1971. ...

Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970)

Documentary about filmmaker Shirley Clarke which originally aired on the French television series "Cinéastes de notre temps". ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : François Truffaut : Dix ans, dix films (1970)

Episode of the French television series about the work of François Truffaut. ...

Alain Robbe-Grillet (1969)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critics Noël Burch and André S. Labarthe, originally aired in two parts. ...

Conversation avec George Cukor (1969)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 12 May 1969. ...

King Vidor (1969)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 10 February 1969. ...

Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée (1968)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critics André S. Labarthe and Jean-Louis Comolli, originally aired 11 November 1968. ...

Les deux marseillaises (1968)

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 ). ...

Bleu comme une orange (1968)

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. ...

Tours (Festival de) (1968)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 2 February 1968. ...

Josef von Sternberg - From Silence Comes Another (1967)

Speaking as scenes from Anatahan are shown, for which he directed, photographed, wrote, and provided voiceover narration, film director Josef von Sternberg takes the viewer on a fantastic filmmaking journey in this presentation of Cinéastes de notre temps ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker (1967)

Episode of the French television series about the work of film director Jacques Becker. (A 27-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "Casque d'Or. ...

Cinéastes de notre temps : Samuel Fuller (1967)

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. ...

The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)

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. ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception (1967)

In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The Rules of the Game, and discussing his editing and storytelling techniques. ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967)

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). ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967)

The first of three documentaries by Rivette on Jean Renoir. ...

Raoul Walsh ou Le bon vieux temps (1966)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 4 October 1966. ...

Entre chien et loup, John Ford (1966)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 16 June 1966. ...

Marcel Pagnol ou Le cinéma tel qu'on le parle (1966)

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

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)

Roger Leenhardt ou Le dernier humaniste (1965)

A 1965 film by André S. Labarthe. ...

Bresson: Without a Trace (1965)

An episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview. ...

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964)

Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rozier, Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Jean ...

Historia de invierno (2022)

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 affection an ...

Amalric, l’art et la matière (2018)

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

Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas (2016)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016. ...

Adolfo Arrietta, (cadré - décadré) (2015)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired sometime around 2015. ...

Incident Urbain (2014)

Two enigmatic figures with code names, Costello and the Colonel, bound seemingly by some mysterious revolutionary past, engage in an intense conversation concerning the architecture surrounding them, with possible catastrophic consequences. ...

La photo (2014)

Five, even six, variations on a theme, commentary and interpretation of the same photograph. An exercise to tell and summarize the history of the Cinémathèque française. ...

Jean-Luc Godard, Disorder Exposed (2012)

The film retraces Jean-Luc Godard's notorious exhibition at the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou in Paris between 11 May – 14 August 2006. ...

On Tour (2010)

After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club scene by storm. ...

Code Name: Melville (2010)

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aest ...

Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard (2009)

In his meetings with various different people, Jean-Luc Godard develops his thinking about history, politics, the cinema, images and time, and this will lead to his exhibition as an artist at the Pompidou Centre. Jean-Luc Godard's conversations with Domini ...

Monsieur Morimoto (2008)

A retired Japanese ex-patriot living the life of a bohemian Parnassian painter in Paris loses his latest picture, and wanders into Belleville hoping to reclaim what is rightfully his. Along the way, the drifting stray cat comes into contact with a series o ...

Léaud l'unique (2001)

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and actors he has worked with. ...

JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December (1995)

Director Jean-Luc Godard reflects in this movie about his place in film history, the interaction of film industry and film as art, as well as the act of creating art. ...

The Children Play Russian (1993)

A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoye ...

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west. ...

Your Turn, My Turn (1978)

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car. ...

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977)

Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema offers an aggressive détournement to the French mainstream, reifying a Duchampian view of film: "I believe in impos ...

Postface : Le Dernier des hommes (1969)

Discussion between the critics André S. Labarthe, Jean Domarchi and director Marc'O, on a film of Murnau. ...

Alain Robbe-Grillet (1969)

A "Cinéastes de notre temps" series episode directed by french film critics Noël Burch and André S. Labarthe, originally aired in two parts. ...

L'Amour fou (1969)

A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine's Andromaque. ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception (1967)

In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The Rules of the Game, and discussing his editing and storytelling techniques. ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967)

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). ...

Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967)

The first of three documentaries by Rivette on Jean Renoir. ...

Noviciat (1965)

A peeping tom caught spying on a women's self-defense class is taken captive by the class leader. At first the class uses him as a training dummy, but his treatment at the hands of the ladies steadily becomes more dangerous and humiliating. ...

Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps (1964)

An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker. ...

Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life. ...

The New World (1963)

This short film shows a young couple during a short period after the explosion of a nuclear bomb 120 km above Paris. The city appears unaffected, but the man begins to notice changes in the behavior of the people in general and in that of his girl friend i ...

Vivre Sa Vie (1962)

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution. ...

The Evening (1961)

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

Breathless (1960)

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him. ...