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Masculin, Feminin [DVD] [1966]Masculin, Feminin [DVD] [1966]
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Godard: undoubtedly the master of the movement, consistently challenging conventions, pioneering new approaches and experimenting with many different forms. Masculin, Feminin (1966) is my favourite.
Breathless [DVD] [1959]Breathless [DVD] [1959]
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À Bout de Souffle (1960)
Une Femme Est Une Femme [DVD] [1961]Une Femme Est Une Femme [DVD] [1961]
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Une Femme est une Femme (1961) A light-hearted and fun tribute to American musicals with the delightful Anna Karina (the face of New Wave)
Le Mepris [DVD] [1963]Le Mepris [DVD] [1963]
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Le Mepris (1963)
Weekend [1967] [DVD]Weekend [1967] [DVD]
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Weekend (1967)
Vivre Sa Vie [DVD] [1962]Vivre Sa Vie [DVD] [1962]
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Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Two Or Three Things I Know About Her [DVD] [1966]Two Or Three Things I Know About Her [DVD] [1966]
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Two Or Three Things I Know About Her (1966)
Alphaville [DVD] [1965]Alphaville [DVD] [1965]
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Alphaville (1965)
400 Blows (Les 400 Coups) [1959] [DVD]400 Blows (Les 400 Coups) [1959] [DVD]
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Truffaut: Les 400 Coups is generally considered to be the first film of the New Wave movement. Truffaut is perhaps more concerned with characters than Godard, but 400 Blows is certainly pioneering.
Jules And Jim [DVD] [1962]Jules And Jim [DVD] [1962]
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Jules Et Jim (1962) Another brilliant love triangle with the excellent Jean Moreau at the centre.
Shoot The Pianist [DVD] [1960]Shoot The Pianist [DVD] [1960]
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Tirez Sur Le Pianiste (1960) Heavily influenced by Film Noir, but with a spontaneity and vibrancy so typical of New Wave
The Soft Skin [DVD] [1964]The Soft Skin [DVD] [1964]
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La Peau Douce (1964) Sexy and edgy with a Hitchcockian tension and highly expressive performances by the leads
The Bride Wore Black [DVD] [1967]The Bride Wore Black [DVD] [1967]
The Bride Wore Black (1968) Further homage to Hitchcock. Bernard Herman (Hitchcock's composer) even did the score for this tale of bloody revenge. A precursor to Kill Bill, surely
La Collectionneuse [DVD] [1967] [US Import]La Collectionneuse [DVD] [1967] [US Import]
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Rohmer: La Collectionneuse (1967) Part of Rohmer's six moral tales, this has all of the director's typical concerns, love, life, human relationships - all captured with Rohmer's charming sensitivity
My Night At Maud's [DVD] [1969] [US Import]My Night At Maud's [DVD] [1969] [US Import]
My Night at Maud's (1969) Another New Wave menage a trois - more subtle than Godard, but hypnotic and poignant
Lift To The Scaffold (B/W) [DVD] [1957]Lift To The Scaffold (B/W) [DVD] [1957]
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Malle: Lift to the Scaffold (1957) Pre-dating Les 400 Coups by 2 years, Malle's early masterpiece is another subtle, Film Noir tribute with a brilliant soundtrack from the one and only Miles Davis
Les Amants [DVD] [1958]Les Amants [DVD] [1958]
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Les Amants (1958) A little melodramatic at times, but the beauty of this romantic drama is enough to hold attentions. Plus there's also the controversial love scene. Shocking for 1958
Les Bonnes Femmes [DVD] [1960] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Les Bonnes Femmes [DVD] [1960] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Chabrol: Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) Chabrol has always been one of the creepiest directors associated with the New Wave and Les Bonnes Femmes is no exception. Sordid, twisted, disturbing
Les Biches [1969] [DVD]Les Biches [1969] [DVD]
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Les Biches (1969) Chabrol can't seem to stop making films about strange, dark relationships. Like Les Bonnes Femmes, Les Biches is a strange, allegorical study of power, lust and seduction
Paris Nous Appartient [1961] [DVD] [1964]Paris Nous Appartient [1961] [DVD] [1964]
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Rivette: If you can find L'Amour Fou (1967) anyway, this is one of the greatest studies of a disintegrating relationship along with Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage - but I couldn't find it anywhere
Celine And Julie Go Boating [1974] [DVD]Celine And Julie Go Boating [1974] [DVD]
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Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) My favourite film of all time, it's fun, utterly unique, theatrical and exquisitely surreal.
La Maman Et La Putain [VHS] [1973]La Maman Et La Putain [VHS] [1973]
Eustache: La Maman Et La Putain (1973) Yet another menage a trois, but simple and effective. Whatever happened to Jean Eustrache?
A Man and a Woman [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]A Man and a Woman [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Lelouch: Un Homme et Une Femme (1966) There's a long history of chance encounters leading to romance in French cinema, but this is one of the first. Highly stylised, but very charming nevertheless
Hiroshima Mon Amour [DVD] [1959]Hiroshima Mon Amour [DVD] [1959]
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Resnais: Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) Resnais was a fringe figure to actual New Wave, but Hiroshima captured something of the movement and combined it with a complex memory puzzles and the inexplicable
Le Doulos [1963] [DVD]Le Doulos [1963] [DVD]
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Melville: Le Doulos (1963) Jean-Paul Belmondo was no strange to New Wave, working with Godard on previous occasions and his offbeat charm makes this Film Noir tribute one of the best