RIP, Agnes Varda

The great New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda died this week at age 90. Variety has an obit. We reviewed two of her films in recent years.

In "Jane B par Agnes Varda," we lauded a scene in the 1988 documentary (released in 2016) as "a magnificent celebration of female beauty and power, so fundamentally human yet posed and mannered."  The following year, we considered "Faces Places" as a "charming and touching" rumination on her life as she collaborates with a young photographer.

Here's a clip from her latest film, "Varda by Agnes":



And a clip from her masterpiece, "Cleo From 5 to 7":