Jean-Luc Godards 1980 Swiss-set comeback Every Man for Himself is an elusive but not nonlinear (and never boring) construction that revives his prostitution = life under capitalism metaphor, pivoting on a series of oblique confrontations between a disgruntled TV producer named Paul Godard, his ex-wife, 12-year-old daughter, and ex-girlfriend. (Also look for Isabelle Huppert a prostitute prone to dissociation and reciting Charles Bukowski in voiceover.) The movie has a heavy dollop of slo-mo, but the real formal arabesques are found on the soundtrackthe mix is busier than Christmas at Macys. (NR) J. HOBERMAN
Jan. 7-12, 7 & 9 p.m., 2011
