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An encomium that should prove illuminating for casual viewers and satisfying for fans, Varda by Agnès finds a brilliant filmmaker looking back on her own terms.
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"Varda by Agnès" provides an essential look inside the creative mind. It's not often that filmmakers reveal themselves so openly while looking back over their careers, and it's a treat when they do. January 20, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
"Varda by Agnès" provides an essential look inside the creative mind. It's not often that filmmakers reveal themselves so openly while looking back over their careers, and it's a treat when they do.
Adam Graham
It's a self-portrait, a film history lesson, a remembrance of things past, a perfect coda to her career, a moving scrapbook and a masterclass that now doubles as a memento mori. December 11, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
It's a self-portrait, a film history lesson, a remembrance of things past, a perfect coda to her career, a moving scrapbook and a masterclass that now doubles as a memento mori.
David Fear
This is a wonderful movie -- one of my favorites of the year... Even if you haven't seen any of her movies, it's like meeting an old friend. December 7, 2019 | Full Review…
This is a wonderful movie -- one of my favorites of the year... Even if you haven't seen any of her movies, it's like meeting an old friend.
Peter Rainer
"Varda by Agnès" may be a summing up from one end of a long, beautiful life in art. But it has the lightness, curiosity and spirit of a first film, and that tells us who Varda the artist was too: ever inspired, ever creating, ever eager to share. December 6, 2019 | Full Review…
"Varda by Agnès" may be a summing up from one end of a long, beautiful life in art. But it has the lightness, curiosity and spirit of a first film, and that tells us who Varda the artist was too: ever inspired, ever creating, ever eager to share.
Robert Abele
This final film acts as a perfect button to a legendary life in art, and it's also a launchpad to viewers who want to go back and explore her groundbreaking contributions to the cinema. December 5, 2019 | Full Review…
This final film acts as a perfect button to a legendary life in art, and it's also a launchpad to viewers who want to go back and explore her groundbreaking contributions to the cinema.
Alonso Duralde
One of the treats of "Varda by Agnès" is seeing the director in photos and on-set footage over the years, forever self-possessed, always questing. December 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
One of the treats of "Varda by Agnès" is seeing the director in photos and on-set footage over the years, forever self-possessed, always questing.
Ty Burr
Varda by Agnes doesn't just make you wish that it was longer, but that it was possible to see every single image Agnes Varda ever put to film. January 21, 2020 | Full Review…
Varda by Agnes doesn't just make you wish that it was longer, but that it was possible to see every single image Agnes Varda ever put to film.
Gena Radcliffe
The film is more a lesson on craft and doing things your own way than anything, and Varda gets fascinatingly specific. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
The film is more a lesson on craft and doing things your own way than anything, and Varda gets fascinatingly specific.
Sadaf Ahsan
Her final movie can be taken as an act of generosity. She had things to tell us. January 16, 2020 | Full Review…
Her final movie can be taken as an act of generosity. She had things to tell us.
Robert Denerstein
If all my professors were as knowledgeable, as caring, and as fun as Agnès Varda, I wouldn't have skipped class so often. January 16, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
If all my professors were as knowledgeable, as caring, and as fun as Agnès Varda, I wouldn't have skipped class so often.
Sean P. Means
Her official final work, a straightforward and yet endlessly fascinating look at her career. January 11, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Her official final work, a straightforward and yet endlessly fascinating look at her career.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
At times it feels like a TED Talk or a college class which you find interesting but also kind of want to end. But mostly, it just makes you want to go back to Varda's catalog and start from the beginning. January 8, 2020 | Full Review…
At times it feels like a TED Talk or a college class which you find interesting but also kind of want to end. But mostly, it just makes you want to go back to Varda's catalog and start from the beginning.
Hannah Lynn
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