Carrie Rickey

film critic and Author of “A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda”

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Filmmaker Agnes Varda shaped the French New Wave in the ‘60s, and was known as a “punk grandma” in her later years. A new biography traces her art-filled life.

Agnes Varda rarely stopped working until her death at age 90

Filmmaker Agnes Varda shaped the French New Wave in the ‘60s, and was known as a “punk grandma” in her later years. A new biography traces her art-filled life.

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