
Agnes Varda
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‘Varda by Agnès’ Film Review: Legendary Filmmaker Offers Her Own Career Retrospective
By Alonso Duralde | December 6, 2019 @ 11:43 AMThe New Wave legend, who died earlier this year, creates her own clip reel of a fascinating and humane life behind the camera
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Ava DuVernay Launches Annual Curated Film Series for Women Directors and Emerging Artists
By Brian Welk | September 13, 2019 @ 9:00 AMARRAY 360 kicks off six-week run on Sept. 27 in Los Angeles’s Filipinotown
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12 Documentaries to Check Out This Fall, Including Films by Bruce Springsteen and Agnès Varda (Photos)
By Brian Welk | August 27, 2019 @ 3:48 PMFilms about Harvey Weinstein, Liam Gallagher, Linda Ronstadt and Diego Maradona also hitting theaters and streaming
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Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx Conversation Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
By Steve Pond | August 20, 2019 @ 7:01 AMTIFF completes its programming by also unveiling special events, speakers and the first Mary Pickford Award presentation to director Mati Diop
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New York Film Festival: Kelly Reichardt, Agnes Varda Lead Slate With 20% Female Directors
By Steve Pond | August 6, 2019 @ 9:00 AMThe 29 films in the NYFF’S main slate include lots of movies from Cannes, but only six from female directors
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Agnès Varda Appreciation: She Had Endless Curiosity About People and Filmmaking, And It Shows
By Alonso Duralde | March 29, 2019 @ 1:50 PMEven in her 80s, the French New Wave icon embraced digital technology to make moving, witty, empathetic documentaries
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Agnes Varda Remembered As Influential Director Who ‘Lived Fully for Every Moment’
By Brian Welk | March 29, 2019 @ 7:54 AM”Work and life were undeniably fused for this legend,“ filmmaker Barry Jenkins says
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Agnes Varda, French New Wave Film Director, Dies at 90
By Thom Geier | March 29, 2019 @ 4:52 AMIn 2017, she became the first female director to receive an honorary Oscar
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Cannes So Far: The Spotlight Belongs to the Women
By Steve Pond | May 13, 2018 @ 3:29 AMCannes 2018: The Palme d’Or is anybody’s game, but the news at this year’s festival has been dominated by women making deals and demanding equality
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Cate Blanchett Calls for ‘Parity and Transparency’ in Red Carpet Protest of Gender Inequity in Cannes
By Sharon Waxman | May 12, 2018 @ 7:42 AM”We encourage all the women and men in the world who are standing for change,“ Blanchett said in a speech with director Agnes Varda
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Cannes’ Female Troubles: Women Directors Have Always Been Scarce
By Steve Pond | May 8, 2018 @ 10:00 AMTheWrap Cannes magazine: Since the festival began, only 4.3 percent of its competition films have been directed by women — and while the percentage is improving, it’s doing so slowly
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Oscars Eve Party Report: Nominees Celebrate with George Clooney (Photos)
By Mikey Glazer | March 4, 2018 @ 11:13 AMInside and backstage at the best pre-show bashes with The Party Report’s Mikey Glazer
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‘Faces Places’ Director JR Explains Agnes Varda Cardboard Cutout at Oscars Luncheon (Video)
By Brian Welk | February 12, 2018 @ 3:34 PM”It was almost like taking an image from the film and bringing it into reality,“ he tells TheWrap of Oscar Class Photo of 2018
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Oscar Nominees Explain What Makes Documentaries Feel ‘Alive’ (Video)
By Brian Welk | February 8, 2018 @ 5:11 PM”The thing that makes it alive is discovering how it changes and running with that,“ ”Icarus“ co-director Dan Cogan told TheWrap
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10 Best Documentaries of 2017, From ‘Faces Places’ to ‘Kiki’ (Photos)
By Alonso Duralde | December 13, 2017 @ 12:55 PMTheWrap’s Best & Worst 2017: Critic Alonso Duralde picks the nonfiction films that made the world came alive this year