Welcome to the LAST TAKE podcast.

Hosted by author A. J. Black and podcaster Sam Stokes, Last Take looks at the final films of directors, seeking to find in these often lesser-seen efforts what made them legends of cinema in the first place.

In this episode, they go back to 2017 and look at Faces Places, the final directorial effort of Belgian/French artist and director, Agnès Varda.

Varda for decades was not just an unsung female director but an unsung influential artist, on everything from the French New Wave to feminist protest, but in the busy years leading up to her death she began to build the acclaim that eluded her. We explore why and dig into what makes Varda one of the towering female masters of the form of the 20th century...

Host / Editor

Sam Stokes

Co-Host

A. J. Black

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