Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater has flirted with France before, but not as passionately as in this drama-comedy about the rise of the French New Wave, where we follow the chaotic making of…
Masculine-Feminine
One of Jean-Luc Godard’s most archetypal 1960s films has everything you’d associate the decade with culturally and politically – Vietnam, the young versus de Gaulle, and sexual liberation, with men…
Stolen Kisses: Antoine Doinel Finds Love
Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud. Photo: United Artists The opening shot places the film firmly in its time, capturing a moment that is long forgotten. We’re shown the French Cinémathèque…
Hiroshima Mon Amour: Prisoners of War
Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada. Photo: Argos Films Another one of those classics that I wasn’t quite prepared for when I was studying film, but which had a much more…
The 400 Blows: This Boy’s Life
Jean-Pierre Léaud. Photo: Cocinor I do recall watching this movie in film class, but it didn’t have that much of an impact on me at the time. I find that…
Breathless: A Blueprint for the New Wave
Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Photo: Les Films Impéria The kind of movie you see in film school and then you make a decision – either I love it or…
Last Year at Marienbad: Haunting Memories
Photo: Cocinor I remember watching this French New Wave classic in film school, being oddly fascinated by it even though we watched many other similarly slow-going movies that were anything…