On the first episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis begin their discussion of the films of Agnès Varda with her debut feature, La Pointe Courte. Barely screened upon completion but seen by a handful of hugely influential filmmakers and cinephiles, the film is now regarded as the first film of the French New Wave and a pioneering work in all of French cinema. We also discuss Varda’s three shorts she made in the interim between her debut and her second film: L’opéra-mouffe, Ô saisons, ô châteaux, and Du côté de la côte.