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The Toronto International Film Festival has announced this year’s Wavelengths and Classics sidebars, the former section known for its politically charged, geographically diverse fare with a wide range of work drawn from the worlds of documentary, contemporary art, and international art-house cinema…

Director Jacques Rozier, who was regarded as the last surviving member of the French New Wave, has died. He was 96. French media reported that a close acquaintance of the filmmaker had confirmed his death on June 2 in his native city of Paris, after a short spell in hospital…

In a wide-ranging conversation at the Cannes Film Festival today, Jane Fonda did not hold back, offering uncensored opinions on Robert Redford, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Douglas, and Katharine Hepburn, not to mention climate change. Her comments about co-stars and colleagues weren't always flattering…

Godard speaks! Again. Quite rightly there's a lot of hoopla about the world premiere of a 20-minute trailer the late cinema legend Jean-Luc Godard made for a feature film that will never exist: Phoney Wars.  Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux explained Sunday at a special screening of the work…

EXCLUSIVE: International sales rights for late iconic director Jean-Luc Godard's final work Trailer Of The Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars have been acquired by Goodfellas ahead of its world premiere in Cannes Classics on Sunday. The 20-minute work was written and directed by Godard in…

There are many stories about Jean-Luc Godard in Cannes, like the year he helped to shut it down (1968) because of the civil unrest that was sweeping France at the time. Then there was the time when (in 1985) he was ambushed in the Palais by a Belgian anarchist and hit in the face with a custard pie after…

The Cannes Film Festival will pay tribute to iconic late director Jean-Luc Godard, following his death last September, with a trio of works in its Cannes Classic cinema heritage line-up. A highlight of the homage to Godard, who died last year at 91, will be the world premiere of the 20-minute trailer…

Jean-Luc Godard, a leading figure of the French New Wave, died on September 13 at 91. According the the BBC, a family member said the legendary director died by assisted suicide in Switzerland. Godard was one of most heralded directors of his day, though he never embraced Hollywood or the mainstream film world and was…

Good afternoon Insiders. Max Goldbart here and as the world prepares for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, which has dominated headlines this week, I’ll take you through the past few days in international TV and film. Period Of Mourning A week like no other: As Insider writes, queues lasting at least several hours are…

Jean-Luc Godard, a leading figure of the French New Wave, has died. He was 91. Best known for his radical and politically driven work, Godard was among the most acclaimed directors of his generation with classic films such as Breathless (À bout de souffle), which catapulted him onto the world scene in 1960. Jean-Luc Go…

Stubborn and iconoclastic as always, Jean-Luc Godard has passed to another realm–and by his own choice–at age 91. Ever impudent and exasperating, forever pushing boundaries but remaining elusive, and an artist in every fiber of his being, Godard always did exactly what he wanted to do; for a few years many followed…

Editor’s note: Deadline presents the 31st episode of its video series Take Two (formerly known as Two Shot), in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades and built a remarkable breadth of knowledge of films past and present. What we hope…