Nouvelle Vague (2025) — Linklater's Love Letter to Godard
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Linklater's newest comedy-drama effort, receiving various accolades since its Cannes premiere last year, follows Jean-Luc Godard's (Guillaume Marbeck) making of his debut feature, Breathless (1960), with his leading man and woman, Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin) and Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutsch). Spoilers ahead. I suppose it's a little silly, talking about spoilers when it was real life. You know what I mean. I went to see Nouvelle Vague at Queen's Film Theatre, and it was a treat. I was a little worried going in, on my own issue of refusing to read reviews before I watched it (too many times last year did I do that, only to walk into a dreadful movie. Imagine me coughing and indiscreetly spluttering, "Del Toro's Frankenstein," please), but it's an absolute charmer. Filmed on location, the actors of Godard, Belmondo, and Seberg are perfectly cast. In fact, everyone is, but especially those three, they shine brighter than anyone. One thing whic...
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