Description:
A Time Must-Read Book of 2024
The first major biography of the French filmmaker hailed by Martin Scorsese as "one of the Gods of cinema."
Brief description: Carrie Rickey is an award-winning film critic and historian with work in Art in America, the New York Times, Politico, and elsewhere. She has taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Philadelphia.
Review Quotes: This definitive biography of trailblazing French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda tells the engrossing story of a brilliant artist and fierce feminist who made movies and found success on her own terms.-- "The Millions"