Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste

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

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

Artaud cité, atrocité

The film retraces the last two years of Antonin Artaud.

The Scorsese Machine

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 York Stories", an anthology film of three shorts by Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Francis Ford Coppola. During the editing, the French documentary series "Cinéma, de notre temps" filmed a documentary on the director, and it's a fascinating glimpse into his life, personality, and working habits as he edits his short with long-time collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker.

Vivre Sa Vie

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

Nanni Moretti

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

Breathless

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.

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

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

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

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."

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

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 that takes us through her career, aided by critics Emmanuel Burdeau and Jean Narboni and filmmaker Luc Moullet.

JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December

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.

L'Amour fou

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

On Tour

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.

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

La photo

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.

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim