The following is an edited transcript of the video essay above. You can subscribe to Jon in Theory by clicking here. When you think about a big-budget, blockbuster Hollywood movie, what comes to mind? For me, I immediately picture the…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Hitchcock/Truffaut centers around the famous conversation between legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and French film icon François Truffaut. They spend a week together at Universal Studios (with a translator of course) and discuss cinema and every single one of Hitchcock’s films released to…
2015 First Time Fest: Harvey Weinstein Q&A
Johanna Bennett’s and Mandy Ward’s third annual celebration of first time filmmakers concluded on March 9 with a tribute to no one other than Harvey Weinstein. The festival, one that puts forth newly formed filmmakers with the audience they deserve,…
Women in Film Wednesday: Agnès Varda
When you think about the French New Wave, you think of a few key directors: Jean Luc-Godard, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol… etc. etc. It’s very rare that you hear the name Agnès Varda included, which is shameful considering…
The Film Canon: Jules and Jim (1962)
François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim begins in a state of pure bliss. According to every movie everywhere, from roughly 1800 to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Europe was an embodiment of happiness. This is probably the furthest thing from the truth, but…