Olivier Schwob

Directed by the great Cahiers du Cinema critic and unsung member of the French New Wave, Luc Moullet, Less and Less in just under 14 minutes joyfully deconstructs the role machines play in the world today.

The very last film by Jacques Rivette, the most consistently underrated of the French New Wave critics-turned-filmmakers (a group which includes François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard), Around a Small Mountain is a wry, gentle gem starring 60s icon Jane Birkin.