This is the story of Jean-Luc Godard making BREATHLESS, told in the style and spirit in which Jean-Luc Godard made BREATHLESS.

Oscar-winning filmmaker  Richard Linklater (BOYHOOD, DAZED AND CONFUSED) has crafted a playful, poignant love letter to cinema with NOUVELLE VAGUE, which ably reimagines the making of Godard’s landmark vérité BREATHLESS, in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave. With Zoey Deutch, Guillaume Marbeck, and Aubry Dullin.

“Absolutely delightful!” (FilmWeek)

“Coming just a couple of years after Godard’s death, the movie is partly a memorial of a very specific moment of possibility, but its verve is an invitation to do it yourself, too.” (Sight & Sound)

“‘Nouvelle Vague’ darts forward at the effervescent pace of the cultural youth movement it chronicles.” (Slate)

“‘[Nouvelle Vague]’ apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz. It’s the most blissful time spent in the dark you can imagine.” (Rolling Stone Magazine)

“It’s the origin story of Godard, and, in a way, of himself. Even more importantly, it’s a manual for what Linklater hopes will be a fresh wave of talent storming the shore any minute. (I’m counting on it.)” (Los Angeles Times)

““Nouvelle Vague” isn’t a portrait of Godard by Linklater but a feature-length thank-you note, from Richard to Jean-Luc, for freeing him to make films his own way.” (The New Yorker)

Sunday, November 16
Doors 2:15 pm | Movie 2:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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NOUVELLE VAGUE (Richard Linklater, 2025 / 106 mins / 14A / English and French w. EST) After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, aspiring French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He finds funding for a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with François Truffaut about a gangster couple.

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