Rivette's

Jacques Rivette's "Out 1" 1971, at 773 minutes, is a test of endurance for even the most devoted cinephile; it is screening for three weeks in May.

On Screen: Rare Comedy for Cinephiles Anthony Paletta 2011

It is a tale of violence and sexual obsession, certainly, but atypical; it is hardly a straight suspenser, but much more modern in its perplexingly oblique depiction of fear and horror, which mixes in the kind of single-girl romantic comedy found in Varda's Cléo From 5 to 7, Godard's Clueless, Rivette's Paris Belongs To Us. Four young women work in a French store and dream of getting away somewhere, anywhere.

Claude Chabrol anatomised the French middle class with a twist of the scalpel 2010

I remember seeing both Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse and Howard Hawks's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes here during my DePaul days, and it was the perfect venue for both.

Archive 2007-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

This is, despite moments of beauty and grace, one of Rivette's bleakest films, an interesting, often enthralling, but ultimately dour formalist experiment.

Hurlevent (Wuthering Heights) Ed Howard 2009

Have I missed something but I don't recall any mention of Rivette's Ne Touchez Pas á la hache in all this discussion of brand new French films?

GreenCine Daily: Rendez-Vous. 10. 2007

I remember seeing both Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse and Howard Hawks's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes here during my DePaul days, and it was the perfect venue for both.

Sticks and Bricks (off-topic Friday) Matthew Guerrieri 2007

And yet, without Rivette's characteristic wit and vivacity, Hurlevent begins to seem lifeless, its characters fenced in without the escape offered by Celine and Julie's playful interventions.

Hurlevent (Wuthering Heights) Ed Howard 2009

Both characters are simply pawns on Rivette's meticulously arranged chessboard, playing games that have little to do with the story they're ostensibly involved in, and everything to do with the pleasures of narrative deconstruction and the director's sly sense of humor.

2008 Year-End Wrap-Up Ed Howard 2009

This film is more of a kin to Rivette's flawed Merry-Go-Round, in which the alternate realities of fantasy and dream also provide the only escape for the characters from their damaging, manipulative relationships with one another.

Hurlevent (Wuthering Heights) Ed Howard 2009

Rivette's undoubtedly a difficult director even for those used to difficult films, which is perhaps why Don't Touch the Axe proved to be such a niche taste this year.

2008 Year-End Wrap-Up Ed Howard 2009