Truth, 24 Times Per Second: The Films of Jean-Luc Godard

Released in 1960, Breathless announced the arrival of a filmmaker who has spent the intervening decades striving to redefine and reshape the medium. Spanning Jean-Luc Godard’s astonishingly prolific first decade, the films in the IFI@Home selection trace the director’s path from the rule-breaking energy of that iconic debut to the increasingly radical, self-reflexive experiments that would come to define his later work. The presence of Anna Karina, his Danish muse – and, for over four years, his wife – looms large throughout.

Collectively, the films chart JLG’s shifting preoccupations: playful reinvention of genre in A Woman Is a Woman, Band of Outsiders, Alphaville, and Made in U.S.A.; the emotional and philosophical depth of collaborations with Anna Karina in The Little Soldier; and sharp critiques of consumerism and contemporary life.

Titles included in Part 1 will be available to watch until 31st January 2027. Titles in Part 2 will be available until 19th March 2027.