Band of Outsiders

Pros: the leads, photography, the Crfierion images and extras

Cons: Godard's uninterest in psychology puts some off

The Bottom Line: Godard's "Jules and Jim"

Review: Though far from a conventional romance or gangster picture, "Bande à part" (1964) is Jean-Luc Godard's most accessible film. Although there are more overt references to American cultural artifacts in many of his films and an Americans lead (Jean Seberg) ...

Pros: Godard is great, Godard is good

Cons: Enigmatic, if that bothers you

The Bottom Line: The Bottom Line once did the Louvre in 9 minutes and 44 seconds. You can look it up.

Review: Lately I've been reading Peter Biskind's "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" (quick mini-review: "It's fascinating, though too long and ...

Pros: Very straight forward.

Cons: Very straight forward.

The Bottom Line: See it, but only after having seen "Contempt", "Breathless", and "The Chinese Connection."

Review: The year is 1960-something. Jean Luc Godard has been making movie where people smoke and talk and jump cut a lot for a couple of years now. He's also made some movie where you get to see Bardot's knockers, much like a thousand other Bardot movies, ...

Pros: cute actress

Cons: arty and awful

The Bottom Line: Don't do it.

Review: I don’t get it. I simply don’t get it. Loitering in the theatre lobby before the film began, surrounded by black clothing, tattoos, piercings, tousled hair, etc., I read some reviews posted on the walls about Jean Luc Godard’s "Band of Outsiders."...