CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE!
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We're paying tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the French New Wave
with NEW WAVE A GO-G0!, every Wednesday night in OCTOBER!
Get ready for our month-long movie tribute, NEW WAVE A G0-GO :
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE!, featuring wild, cool and
swinging New Wave films on GLORIOUS 35mm!
PLUS: Ooooh-la-la ... sexy '60s French pop music videos (featuring
Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg and more) before every feature!
And that’s not all … come see all four films in our NEW WAVE A GO-G0
series, get your French New Wave Passport stamped for each film, and
you'll be entered into our FREE RAFFLE for a fabulous New Wave prize!
**
ADMISSION TO ALL NEW WAVE A GO-GO FILMS: $6.00 General; $4.75 Loft
Members
“ All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” – Jean-Luc Godard
Wild. Cool. Dangerous. Groundbreaking
.
Starting in 1959, a handful of restless, iconoclastic young French
filmmakers blasted their way into cinema history with a series of
startling motion pictures that forever changed the face of movies.
Dubbed “The French New Wave,” the movement was rough around the edges
and determined to shake things up, taking movies away from the big
studios and giving them back to the filmmakers themselves. Shot on
location and on the fly, French New Wave cinema was smart, youthful,
edgy and fun, delivering a much-needed kick in the pants to the
uptight pop culture of the 1950s, and inspiring other moviemakers
around the world to become cinematic rebels.
50 years old this year, but still a real wild child, the French New
Wave films continue to thrill and amaze new generations of moviegoers.
Join us in saying “Happy Birthday, New Wave!” (OR "Joyeux
Anniversaire!") by diving into some of the movement’s key films from
its most celebrated directors - cinematic jewels that no New Wave-r
can afford to miss … on the big screen and in glorious 35 mm!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE 400 BLOWS
(Francois Truffaut, 1959, France, in French with English subtitles, 99
mins., Not Rated)
"One of the all-time great coming-of-age movies." – TIME OUT NEW YORK
Truffaut’s first feature film, and the first New Wave film to make a
splash at the international box-office, is the semi-autobiographical
tale of the director’s own troubled childhood, and one of the most
famous art films of all time.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE INFORMANT (LE DOULOS)
(Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962, France, in French with English subtitles,
108 mins., Not Rated)
“BRUTAL AND SUBTLY BRILLIANT! Underscores why the French put the name
to film noir.” – Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
This snazzy slice of New Wave Noir stars French cinema tough guy Jean-
Paul Belmondo as an enigmatic gangster who may or may not be
responsible for squealing on his ex-con buddies, leading to some
serious New Wave trouble.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21st AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE GOOD GIRLS (LES BONNES FEMMES)
(Claude Chabrol, 1960, France, in French with English subtitles, 100
mins.)
"A masterpiece ... deeply unsettling." - J. Hoberman, THE VILLAGE
VOICE
This unsettling tale of four young Parisian women on a collision
course with danger is one of the most famous films from Claude
Chabrol, often referred to as “The French Master of Suspense” and “The
French Hitchcock.”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th at 7:00 P.M.:
BAND OF OUTSIDERS
(Jean-Luc Godard, 1964, in French with English subtitles, 95 mins.,
Not Rated)
“This remains one of Godard's most appealing and underrated films.” -
CHICAGO READER
Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave comedy/thriller/musical, described by the
filmmaker as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka,” is a unique re-
imagining of the gangster genre, starring the Queen of the New Wave,
Anna Karina.
The Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85716
Phone: 520-795-0844
with NEW WAVE A GO-G0!, every Wednesday night in OCTOBER!
Get ready for our month-long movie tribute, NEW WAVE A G0-GO :
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE!, featuring wild, cool and
swinging New Wave films on GLORIOUS 35mm!
PLUS: Ooooh-la-la ... sexy '60s French pop music videos (featuring
Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg and more) before every feature!
And that’s not all … come see all four films in our NEW WAVE A GO-G0
series, get your French New Wave Passport stamped for each film, and
you'll be entered into our FREE RAFFLE for a fabulous New Wave prize!
**
ADMISSION TO ALL NEW WAVE A GO-GO FILMS: $6.00 General; $4.75 Loft
Members
“ All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” – Jean-Luc Godard
Wild. Cool. Dangerous. Groundbreaking
.
Starting in 1959, a handful of restless, iconoclastic young French
filmmakers blasted their way into cinema history with a series of
startling motion pictures that forever changed the face of movies.
Dubbed “The French New Wave,” the movement was rough around the edges
and determined to shake things up, taking movies away from the big
studios and giving them back to the filmmakers themselves. Shot on
location and on the fly, French New Wave cinema was smart, youthful,
edgy and fun, delivering a much-needed kick in the pants to the
uptight pop culture of the 1950s, and inspiring other moviemakers
around the world to become cinematic rebels.
50 years old this year, but still a real wild child, the French New
Wave films continue to thrill and amaze new generations of moviegoers.
Join us in saying “Happy Birthday, New Wave!” (OR "Joyeux
Anniversaire!") by diving into some of the movement’s key films from
its most celebrated directors - cinematic jewels that no New Wave-r
can afford to miss … on the big screen and in glorious 35 mm!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE 400 BLOWS
(Francois Truffaut, 1959, France, in French with English subtitles, 99
mins., Not Rated)
"One of the all-time great coming-of-age movies." – TIME OUT NEW YORK
Truffaut’s first feature film, and the first New Wave film to make a
splash at the international box-office, is the semi-autobiographical
tale of the director’s own troubled childhood, and one of the most
famous art films of all time.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE INFORMANT (LE DOULOS)
(Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962, France, in French with English subtitles,
108 mins., Not Rated)
“BRUTAL AND SUBTLY BRILLIANT! Underscores why the French put the name
to film noir.” – Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES
This snazzy slice of New Wave Noir stars French cinema tough guy Jean-
Paul Belmondo as an enigmatic gangster who may or may not be
responsible for squealing on his ex-con buddies, leading to some
serious New Wave trouble.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21st AT 7:00 P.M.:
THE GOOD GIRLS (LES BONNES FEMMES)
(Claude Chabrol, 1960, France, in French with English subtitles, 100
mins.)
"A masterpiece ... deeply unsettling." - J. Hoberman, THE VILLAGE
VOICE
This unsettling tale of four young Parisian women on a collision
course with danger is one of the most famous films from Claude
Chabrol, often referred to as “The French Master of Suspense” and “The
French Hitchcock.”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28th at 7:00 P.M.:
BAND OF OUTSIDERS
(Jean-Luc Godard, 1964, in French with English subtitles, 95 mins.,
Not Rated)
“This remains one of Godard's most appealing and underrated films.” -
CHICAGO READER
Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave comedy/thriller/musical, described by the
filmmaker as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka,” is a unique re-
imagining of the gangster genre, starring the Queen of the New Wave,
Anna Karina.
The Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85716
Phone: 520-795-0844
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