Within the modernistically shattered framework of conventional melodrama, Philippe Garrel conveys an extravagant, heartfelt blend of tenderness, pain, and longing.

NEWYORKER: The Frontier of Dawn

Holding tight to his characters with long takes and closeups, capturing them only at the breaking points in their lives, Garrel balances a hypnotic romanticism with the frightening lurch of unsteady emotions.

NEWYORKER: I No Longer Hear the Guitar

Philippe Garrel, who, at the age of twenty, made a renowned film (now lost) in Paris during the turmoil of May, 1968, revisits those times in this intimate epic, which runs almost three hours.

NEWYORKER: Regular Lovers