# Bibliography of Jacques Rivette

This is a bibliography of articles and books by or about the director and film critic Jacques Rivette.

## Articles by Rivette

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### Bulletin du ciné-club du quartier Latin

| Title | Year | Issue number | Subject | Ref. |
| "Nous ne sommes plus innocents" | March 1950 | 1 | essay on film language | |
| | 1950 | 4 | essay on Kenji Mizoguchi | |

### La Gazette du cinéma

| Title | Year | Issue number | Subject |
| "L'Homme du sud" | June 1950 | 2 | review of The Southerner |
| "Bilan pour Biarritz" | October 1950 | 4 | criticism of the Festival du film maudit |
| "Under Capricorn d'Alfred Hitchcock" | October 1950 | 4 | review of Under Capricorn |
| "Les Malheurs d'Orphee" | November 1950 | 5 | review of Orphée |
| "Un homme véritable d'Alexandre Stolper" | November 1950 | 5 | review of Un homme véritable |

### Cahiers du cinéma

| Title | Date | Issue number | Subject |
| "Un nouveau visage de la pudeur" | February 1953 | 20 | review of Chtche Droe Leto |
| "Génie de Howard Hawks" | May 1953 | 23 | essay on Howard Hawks |
| "L'art de la fugue" | August–September 1953 | 26 | article on I Confess |
| "De l'invention" | October 1953 | 27 | review of The Lusty Men |
| "Le masque" | November 1953 | 28 | review of The Earrings of Madame de… |
| "Rencontre avec Otto Preminger" | December 1953 | 29 | interview with Otto Preminger |
| "The Naked Spur" | December 1953 | 29 | review of The Naked Spur |
| "F comme femme" | Christmas 1953 | 30 | co-writers: Lotte H. Eisner, François Truffaut, Philippe Demonsablon, Jean-José Richer, Michel Dorsday and Frédéric Laclos |
| "l'âge des metteurs en scène" | January 1954 | 31 | essay on Cinemascope |
| "Entretien avec Jacques Becker" | February 1954 | 32 | interview with Jacques Becker, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "L'Essentiel" | February 1954 | 32 | review of Angel Face |
| "Entretien avec Jean Renoir" | April 1954 | 34 | interview with Jean Renoir part 1, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "Entretien avec Jean Renoir" | May 1954 | 34 | interview with Jean Renoir part 2, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "Cinépsychopathia sexualis" | December 1954 | 42 | inventory of films related to sexuality, compiled by entire staff |
| "Entretien avec Abel Gance" | January 1955 | 43 | interview with Abel Gance, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "Lettre sur Roberto Rossellini" | April 1955 | 46 | letter from Roberto Rossellini |
| "La recherche de l'absolu" | November 1955 | 52 | review of Les Mauvaises Rencontres |
| "Après Agesilas" | December 1955 | 53 | review of Land of the Pharaohs |
| "Hollywood, petite île..." | Christmas 1955 | 54 | essay on Max Ophüls, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "Dictionnaire des réalisateurs américains contemporains" | Christmas 1955 | 54 | review of recent American cinema, co-writers: Claude Chabrol, Charles Bitsch, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and François Truffaut |
| "Notes sur une revolution" | Christmas 1955 | 54 | essay on American filmmakers |
| "Entretien avec Howard Hawks" | February 1956 | 56 | interview with Howard Hawks, co-writers: François Truffaut and Jacques Becker |
| "Cinémathèque" | March 1956 | 57 | review of Woman in the Moon |
| "Faut-il brûler Harry?" | April 1956 | 58 | review of The Trouble With Harry |
| "Rencontre avec Joshua Logan" | December 1956 | 65 | interview with Joshua Logan, co-writer: Charles Bitsch |
| "Six personnages en quête d'auteurs, débat sur le cinéma français" | May 1957 | 71 | discussion on French cinema, with Andre Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Pierre Kast, Roger Leenhardt, Éric Rohmer and Rivette |
| "Biographie de Max Ophüls" | June 1957 | 72 | biography of Max Ophüls, co-writer Charles Bitsch |
| "Entretien avec Max Ophüls" | June 1957 | 72 | interview with Max Ophüls, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "En attendant les Godons" | July 1957 | 73 | review of Saint Joan |
| "La Main" | November 1957 | 76 | review of Beyond A Reasonable Doubt |
| "Nouvel entretien avec Jean Renoir" | Christmas 1957 | 78 | interview with Jean Renoir, co-writer: François Truffaut |
| "Bio-filmographie de Jean Renoir" | Christmas 1957 | 78 | essay on Jean Renoir |
| "Que viva Eisenstein" | January 1958 | 79 | review of Que Viva Mexico |
| "L' énigme des deux Nosferatu: Post Scriptum" | January 1958 | 79 | review of Nosferatu and Foolish Wives, co-writer: Lotte Eisner |
| "Mizoguchi vu d'ici" | March 1958 | 81 | essay on Kenji Mizoguchi |
| "Rétrospective Mizoguchi" | March 1958 | 81 | discussion of Kenji Mizoguchi, co-writers: Charles Bitsch, Louis Marcorelles, Luc Moullet and Éric Rohmer |
| "Sainte Cécile" | April 1958 | 82 | review of Bonjour Tristesse |
| "Good bye" | May 1958 | 83 | review of Sayonara |
| "L'âme au ventre" | June 1958 | 84 | review of Summer Interlude |
| "Rencontre avec Gene Kelly" | July 1958 | 85 | interview with Gene Kelly, co-writer: Charles Bitsch |
| "Paris nous appartient" | December 1958 | 90 | dialogue of Paris Belongs to Us (first sequence), co-writer: Jean Gruault |
| "Entretien avec Roberto Rossellini" | April 1959 | 94 | interview with Roberto Rossellini, co-writer: Fereydoun Hoveyda |
| "Du côté de chez Antoine" | May 1959 | 95 | review of The 400 Blows |
| "Hiroshima notre amour" | July 1959 | 97 | discussion on Hiroshima, Mon Amour, co-writers: Jean Domarchi, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierre Kast and Éric Rohmer |
| "Entretien avec Fritz Lang" | September 1959 | 99 | interview with Fritz Lang, co-writer: Jean Domarchi |
| "Anatomie d'une nation" | November 1959 | 101 | review of Trial |
| "La Mort aux trousses" | April 1960 | 106 | review of Testament of Orpheus |
| "Keaton" | September 1960 | 111 | article on Buster Keaton |
| "Art et Essai" | November 1960 | 113 | essay on arthouse cinema |
| "Entretien avec Alexandre Astruc" | February 1961 | 116 | interview with Alexandre Astruc, co-writer: Éric Rohmer |
| "De l'abjection" | June 1961 | 120 | review of Kapò |
| "Entretien avec Resnais et Robbe-Grillet" | September 1961 | 123 | interview with Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet, co-writer: André S. Labarthe |
| "Débarbouillage" | December 1962 | 138 | discussion on new French filmmakers with Michel Delahaye, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean Douchet, Claude de Givray, Jean-Luc Godard, Fereydoun Hoveyda, Pierre Kast, André S. Labarthe, Luc Moullet, Éric Rohmer and François Truffaut |
| "Note sur l'insuccès commercial" | May 1963 | 143 | review of The Trial of Joan of Arc |
| "Cinéma et nouvelle musique" | July 1963 | 145 | review of Straub-Huillet's Machorka-Muff |
| "Revoir Verdoux" | August 1963 | 146 | review of Monsieur Verdoux |
| "Entretien avec Roland Barthes" | September 1963 | 147 | interview with Roland Barthes, co-writer: Michel Delahaye |
| "Les malheurs de Muriel" | November 1963 | 149 | review of Muriel, co-writers: Pierre Kast, Claude Ollier, André S. Labarthe, Jean-Louis Comolli, François Weyergans, Jean Domarchi and Jean-André Fieschi |
| "Judex" | November 1963 | 149 | review of Judex |
| "Sept hommes à débattre" | December 1963-January 1964 | 150-151 | discussion on American cinema, co-writers: Luc Moullet, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Pierre Kast and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze |
| "Directed by: 60+60 (+1) Cinéastes" | December 1963-January 1964 | 150-151 | short biographies of American directors, co-written by entire Cahiers staff. |
| "Les enfants terribles" | February 1964 | 152 | review of Les Enfants Terribles |
| "Entretien avec Pierre Boulez" | February 1964 | 152 | interview with Pierre Boulez, co-writer: François Weyergans |
| "Max phagocyte" | February 1964 | 152 | review of Laugh with Max Linder |
| "Le journal entre les lignes" | April 1964 | 154 | discussion on Diary of a Chambermaid, co-writers: André S. Labarthe, Jean Narboni, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Louis Comolli |
| "Suède- France: 2-0" | May 1964 | 155 | essay on Swedish cinema |
| "Entretien avec Claude Lévi-Strauss" | June 1964 | 156 | interview with Claude Lévi-Strauss, co-writer: Michel Delahaye |
| "Le féminin singulier" | October 1964 | 159 | review of The Ape Woman |
| "D’une lettre de René Clair, adressée à Jacques Rivette" | January 1965 | 161-162 | reply to letter from René Clair |
| "Hallali" | February 1965 | 163 | essay on the Paris reception of Gertrud |
| "Le faux pas" | March 1965 | 164 | review of Le Faux Pas |
| "Island of the Blue Dolphins (L’Ue des dauphins bleus)" | March 1965 | 164 | review of Island of the Blue Dolphin |
| "Le calme" | March 1965 | 164 | essay on Soviet films |
| "Father goose (Grand méchant loup appelle)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of Father Goose |
| "Les pieds dans le plâtre" | April 1965 | 165 | review of Les pieds dans le plâtre |
| "The troublemaker (Le trouble fête)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of The Troublemaker |
| "The unsinkable Molly Brown (La reine du Colorado)" | April 1965 | 165 | review of The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| "Ring of Spics (Fabrique d’espions)" | May–June 1965 | 166-167 | review of Ring of Spies |
| "Une aventure de la parole" | December 1965 | 173 | interview with Marcel Pagnol, co-writers: Jean-André Fieschi and Gérard Guégan |
| "Pagnol au travail par ses collaborateurs" | December 1965 | 173 | interview with members of Pagnol's film crew, co-writers: Jean-André Fieschi, Gérard Guégan and André S. Labarthe |
| "Renoir le Patron" | January 1967 | 186 | transcript of TV interview with Jean Renoir, co-writer: André S. Labarthe |
| "Le champ libre" | February 1968 | 198 | Interview with Vera Chytilova, co-writer: Michel Delahaye |
| "Conférence de presse" | March 1968 | 199 | Published press conference on the Henri Langlois scandal of 1968, co-writers: Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Alexandre Astruc, Jean Renoir, Georges Kiejman, Pierre Kast, Jean Rouch, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Nicholas Ray, Maurice Lemaitre, Henry Chapier, Jean Jabely, Simone Signoret and Marcel Carné |
| "Cerclé sous vide" | September 1968 | 204 | interview with Philippe Garrel |
| "Le temps déborde" | September 1968 | 204 | Rivette was interviewed by Jacques Aumont, Jean-Louis Connolli, Jean Narboni and Sylvie Pierre |
| "Le départ pour Mars" | October 1968 | 205 | interview with Shirley Clarke, co-writer: Michel Delahaye |
| "Concours" | January 1969 | 208 | review of Audition |
| "Entretien avec Walerian Borowczyk" | February 1969 | 209 | interview with Walerian Borowczyk, co-writers: Michel Delahaye and Sylvie Pierre |
| "Grazle Zia (Merci Léa)" | February 1969 | 209 | review of Grazie Zia |
| "Montage" | March 1969 | 210 | discussion on montage, co-writers: Sylvie Pierre and Jean Narboni |
| "Calcutta" | April 1969 | 211 | interview with Louis Malle, co-writers: Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni |
| "Play Dirty (Enfants de salauds)" | April 1969 | 211 | review of Play Dirty |
| "The touchables" | April 1969 | 211 | review of The Touchables |
| "Le miel sauvage" | April 1969 | 211 | review of Soviet films |
| "Bice skoro propest Sveta" | June 1969 | 213 | review of Soviet films |
| "Dieu a Choisi Paris" | October 1969 | 216 | review of Dieu a Choisi Paris |
| "Marguerite Duras:" La destruction la parole" | November 1969 | 217 | interview with Marguerite Duras, co-writer: Jean Narboni |
| "Jean Renoir vous parle de son art" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1961 TV interview with Renoir: Jean Renoir parle de son art |
| "La recherche du relative" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1966 interview with Renoir for "Jean Renoir le patron" |
| "La règle et l'exception" | 1979 | Hors série 4 | Reprint of Rivette's 1966 interview with Renoir |
| "Jacques Rivette" | October 1987 | 400 | |
| "Rivette à Cannes" | 1991 | Hors série 15 | Transcript of Rivette's press conference for La belle noiseuse |

### Arts Magazine

| Title | Year | Issue number | Subject |
| "Une film d'avant garde" | September 7, 1955 | 532 | review of Les mauvaises rencontres |
| "Capitaine Mystère de Douglas Sirk" | September 28, 1955 | 535 | review of Captain Lightfoot |
| "À l'ombre des potences (Run for Cover), film américain de Nicholas Ray" | October 5, 1955 | 536 | review of Run for Cover |
| "Ange ou démon, film de José Ferrer" | October 5, 1955 | 536 | review of The Shrike |
| "Le cinéma américain renaît" | October 19, 1955 | 538 | essay on French criticism of recent American cinema |
| "Hélène de Troie de Robert Wise" | February 8, 1956 | 554 | review of Helen of Troy |
| "Á la cinémathèque tour le soirs: L'âge d'or allemande" | February 15, 1956 | 555 | essay on German Expressionist films |
| "Il Bidone de Federico Fellini" | February 29, 1956 | 557 | review of Il bidone |
| "Les Inconnus dans la ville de Richard Fleischer" | March 7, 1956 | 558 | review of Violent Saturday |
| "Fièvre sur Anatahan de Joseph von Sternberg" | March 14, 1956 | 559 | review of Anatahan |
| "Les Rats de Robert Siodmak" | March 21, 1956 | 560 | review of Die Ratten |
| "L'example d'Eisenstein" | March 28, 1956 | 561 | essay on Jean Mitry's book on Sergei Eisenstein |
| "La Maison des otages de William Wyler" | March 28, 1956 | 561 | review of The Desperate Hours |
| "La Sorcière de André Michel" | April 18, 1956 | 564 | review of La Sorcière |
| "Premier prix à La Joconde d'Henri Gruel" AKA "Tours 57: un festival sans suspense. 1er prix à La Joconde d'Henri Gruel" | November 27, 1957 | 646 | essay on films of the Tours Film Festival, including Les Mistons |
| "Le Désordre et la nuit: Obscur fourre-tout" | May 28, 1958 | 672 | review of Le désordre et la nuit |

### Other works

| Title | Date | Publisher | Subject |
| "L’acte et l’acteur" | 1950 | unpublished | essay on the importance of actors |
| Preface to "What is Cinema?", Volume IV | 1962 | Editions du Cerf | fourth volume by Andre Bazin |
| "Paris gehort Uns" | 1968 | Neue Filmkunst | German-language published script of Paris Belongs to Us |
| "Pour H. L." | January 21, 1977 | Le Monde | essay on Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque Française |

## Books
### Books about Rivette

* April, Adriano (1974). II cinema di Jacques Rivette. Pesaro, Italy: 10th Festival of New Cinema.
* Armas, Miguel; Chessel, Luc (2018). Jacques Rivette Textes critiques. Post-éditions. ISBN 979-10-92616-20-0.
* De Pascale, Goffredo, ed. (2003). Jacques Rivette. Milan, Italy: Il Castoro. ISBN 978-8-880-33256-5.
* Deschamps, Hélène (2001). Jacques Rivette: Théâtre, amour, cinéma. Paris, France: L’Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-747-51029-5.
* Dosi, Francesca (2014). Trajectoires balzaciennes dans le cinema de Jacques Rivette. La Madeleine, France: LettMotif. ISBN 978-2-919070-86-2.
* Frappat, Hélène (2001). Jacques Rivette, secret compris. Paris, France: Cahiers du cinéma. ISBN 9782866422813.
* Giuffrida, Daniela; Toffetti, Sergio (1991). Jacques Rivette: La Regle du jeu. Turin, Italy: Centre Culturel Français de Turin/Museo Nazinale del Cinema de Torino.
* Jardonnet, Evelyne (2006). Poetique de la singularite au cinema: Une lecture croisee de Jacques Rivette et Maurice Pialat. Paris, France: L’Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-01356-8.
* Morrey, Douglas; Smith, Allison (2010). Jacques Rivette (French Film Directors). Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-719-07484-4.
* Rivette, Jacques; Frappat, Hélène (2002). Trois films fantômes de Jacques Rivette: "Phénix", suivi de "L'an II" et "Marie et Julien". Cahiers du cinéma. ISBN 978-2-86642-322-3.
* Rosenbaum, Jonathan, ed. (1977). Jacques Rivette: Texts and Interviews; translation by Amy Gateff and Tom Milne. London, UK: BFI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-851-70064-9.
* Wiles, Mary (2012). Jacques Rivette (Contemporary Film Directors). Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07834-7.
* Zea, Zahra Tavassoli (2019). Balzac Reframed: The Classical and Modern Faces of Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-30615-1.

### Books about the French New Wave

* De Baecque, Antoine (2009). La Nouvelle Vague: Portrait d'une jeunesse. Paris, France: Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-081-22163-5.
* Douchet, Jean; Anger, Cédric (1998). Nouvelle Vague. Paris, France: Cinémathèque française. ISBN 978-1-564-66057-2.
* Marie, Michel (1997). La Nouvelle Vague: Une ecole artistique. Paris, France: Editions Nathan. ISBN 978-2-091-90690-4.
* Monaco, James (1976). The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-01992-6.
* Neupert, Richard (2007). A History of the French New Wave Cinema. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-29921-704-4.

### Books with descriptions of Rivette

* Baecque, Antoine de (2010). Godard: Biographie. Paris, France: Fayard/Pluriel. ISBN 978-2-818-50132-0.
* Baecque, Antoine de; Herpe, Noël (2016). Éric Rohmer: A Biography. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-17558-6.
* Baecque, Antoine de; Toubiana, Serge (1999). Truffaut: A Biography. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-375-40089-6.
* Brody, Richard (2008). Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. New York: Metropolitan Books. ISBN 978-0-8050-8015-5.
* Gallagher, Tag (1998). The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80873-0.
* MacCabe, Colin (2003). Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-571-21105-0.
* Wakeman, John (1988). World Film Directors, Volume 2. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company. ISBN 978-0-824-20757-1.

## Films about Rivette

* Boujut, Michel; Ventura, Claude (1989). Rivette: Histories du titres (TV). Cinéma, Cinéma, Antenna 2.
* Denis, Claire; Daney, Serge (24 February 1994). Jacques Rivette, le veilleur, part 1: "Le Jour", part 2: "La Nuit" (TV). Cinéma, de notre temps, Arte.
* Stevenin, Jean-François (1983). Rivette & Stevenin vont au bistrot (TV). Cinéma, Cinéma, Antenna 2.