The very first shorts from 
GODARD/VARDA/RESNAIS/TRUFFAUT/ROHMER/RIVETTE/MARKER

Every film student (and their dog) knows perfectly well the story of the Nouvelle Vague and its permanent cinema shockwave. Dig deeper, however, and the roots of the “movement” reveal totally disparate worldviews, jarring stylistic differences, and gently competitive notions of cinema’s responsibility to the world.

Before the Cahiers du Cinema crowd and the so-called Rive Gauche (Left Bank) posse began making waves at festivals, all they had were movie reviews and short films - and often just barely! Join us for a throwback to the cinematheques of old as we marvel at their trials and errors, genre lab experiments, and rigorous abstractions… and celebrate the first signs of life from one of the 20th century’s most important art movements.

600PM - CAHIERS DU CINEMA segment
900PM - THE LEFT BANK segment

$5 for each half. The 6PM program will be introduced by Richard Brody, movies editor for the Goings On About Town section of The New Yorker and author of Everything Is Cinema: The Life And Work Of Jean-Luc Godard.

L train to Bedford / G train to Metropolitan
Curated by Cinebeasts & Spectacle