Bart and Jenna dust off a 1962 article by Stanley Kauffmann on Truffaut’s Jules and Jim to use as a sounding board for how and why ‘60s filmgoers showed up for and reacted so favorably to challenging “art” films.

During the 1960s, Varda was not only breaking down barriers of film and gender, but she was coming into her own style as one of the true auteurs. Jenna and Bart take a look at her feature films and shorts of the decade.

Bart & Jenna play Kiss Marry Kill with the year 1961. Including discussion on Les Godelureaux, Girl with a Suitcase, The Innocents, Splendor in the Grass, Accatone and Something Wild.

Since Jean-Luc Godard can cause certain people to run as far away as possible, we decided to tackle his occasionally difficult output in the most approachable way possible: Anna Karina.