Programmed April 2025

Directed by Jacques Rivette

One of the most innovative and enigmatic directors of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette approached filmmaking as a kind of choose-your-own-adventure of the imagination, crafting sprawling, immersive works that unfold as labyrinths, games, and puzzles to be deciphered. Blurring the boundaries between narrative and improvisation, fiction and reality, his films invite audiences to witness not just a story, but the very process of storytelling itself. Whether turning the streets of Paris into a playground in open-air fantasias like Céline and Julie Go Boating and Le Pont du Nord or exploring mysterious interior states in mesmerizing dramas like L’amour fou and La belle noiseuse , Rivette evokes a world both grounded and dreamlike, where every visual choice seems to unlock a door to deeper layers of meaning.