“DAGUERRÉOTYPES has aged splendidly, acquiring flavors that would've been inconceivable at the time it was made.” - Noel Murray, AV Club
“Like many of Varda's similarly themed explorations, the results are more than they initially seem, casual anthropology with a strongly humanist bent, resulting in a film that's fueled more by compassion than curiosity.” - Jesse Cataldo, Slant Magazine
Thursday, July 10, 9:00 a.m. | Tethered to home following the birth of her son, French New Wave favorite Agnès Varda embarked on an anthropological study of the block where she had lived and worked for over 20 years: Paris’s rue Daguerre. Varda documents the bakers, butchers, grocery store clerks, and hairdressers that make up the street’s personality, observing them going about their literal business, capturing their interactions with customers and neighbors, and asking them questions about themselves. An affectionate capsule of time and place, DAGUERRÉOTYPES exemplifies Varda’s ceaseless curiosity, her humanist sensibility, and her knack for revealing the profound in the prosaic. Varda suggests that—if we simply look, consider, and inquire—we don’t have to travel far to see the world: it exists right in front of us.
Rise & Shine | July 1–30, 2025
Moviegoing is generally reserved for nights and weekends, but when you see a film first thing in the morning, there is a life-changing potentiality. Mere hours after you’ve opened your eyes to the day, the Film Center invites you to open your eyes in an entirely different way with a morning screening of soul-altering cinema. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed—scientists say we’re most alert around 9:00 a.m.—play the slightest bit of hooky with us, after which you will emerge onto the hustle and bustle of State Street feeling energized, maybe even with your humanity restored, and all before lunchtime! Rise & Shine generously supported by Taylor Champion.
As a bonus, enjoy complimentary coffee included with your ticket, courtesy of Dark Matter Coffee; and get 10% off your order at any Goddess and the Baker location in the city when you show your Rise & Shine ticket July 1 through 30. What a way to start the day!
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu