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The Beaches of Agnès French filmmaker Agnès Varda, the godmother of the New Wave and one of the most imaginative filmmakers of the 20th century, reflects upon a life well-lived and well-loved, sharing clips from such movies as Cleo From 5 to 7 and Vagabond and delighting us with her seductive and colorful world. No MPAA rating.

    by Carrie Rickey | Columnist, Inquirer
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The Beaches of Agnès

French filmmaker Agnès Varda, the godmother of the New Wave and one of the most imaginative filmmakers of the 20th century, reflects upon a life well-lived and well-loved, sharing clips from such movies as Cleo From 5 to 7 and Vagabond and delighting us with her seductive and colorful world.

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It Might Get Loud Three guitar heroes from three generations - Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, The Edge of U2, and Jack White of the White Stripes - convene for an engaging six-string "summit" about the philosophy and poetry of the guitar. An unexpectedly involving documentary from Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). PG

The September Issue Slick and entertaining chronicle of how the biggest edition of Vogue magazine (September '07) came together, a product of collaborative combatants Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington. Wintour, the editor and inspiration for The Devil Wears Prada, is pure business and Coddington, pure imagination. PG-13