Nouvelle Vague
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The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.
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Richard Linklater's French New Wave tribute divides audiences between cinephiles who appreciate its meticulous recreation of Godard's 'Breathless' and viewers who question whether this loving homage justifies its existence. Critics at Cannes embraced it as 'basically a fun time' while others dismissed it as elaborate cosplay, creating a polarizing reception that mirrors the pretentious film culture it both celebrates and gently mocks.
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- Sep 9, 2025
I liked the part when they were smoking cigarettes
jonathan fujiiMay 17, 2025avengers: endgame for people subscribed to mubi notebook
garbaggioMay 18, 2025Watching this at Cannes in an audience of about 1000 film critics was such a vibe haha. People will want it to be way more than it is, which is basically a fun time. It’s funny to watch critics act like this is some kind of slight or disrespect to Godard because it’s not…
Thomas Flight - May 17, 2025
it's cute i guess, but i fail to see the point — few movies are better documents of their own creation than Breathless. the cosplay of it all is that much more disappointing from Richard Linklater, one of the only living filmmakers who actually knows what it's like to spark…
davidehrlichSep 23, 2025loved the scene where Bresson shows Godard how to find the soul stone
David SimsNov 7, 2025got out of my seat, stood up and applauded at the varda x demy cameo like it was an mcu release day
cerys - Oct 27, 2025
Before seeing this I rewatched BREATHLESS for the first time in probably 30 years and I have to admit that -- perhaps very unsurprisingly -- it did not have nearly the electricity it had for me when I was 17 and a freshman in film school. I am now older than BREATHLESS was…
matt lynchDec 8, 2025I probably should have just watched Breathless instead. Didn't do much for me, Blue Moon felt far more alive
James (Schaffrillas)Sep 10, 2025Linklater wanted to wear French New Wave drag, and hey, I don't blame him. Who wouldn't want to live in Breathless for a while? There is some irony in making such a precise, meticulous tribute to a movie whose greatness lies in its feeling of aliveness and spontaneity, and…
Will Sloan
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- Jimmy Cricket lovedNouvelle Vague
A joyous love-letter not just to new wave but to filmmaking as a whole. Linklater abandons his style and adopts theirs, seamlessly recreating and adapting to their means. Cast are dead ringers for the people they play; lot of fun, especially as a fan of this filmmaking movement.
jam jammy jambam lovedNouvelle VagueLovely godard pastiche depicting the creation of arguably his best/most famous work. The casting was spot on. Was only loosely familiar with some of the names, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment. Came out of it with a deeper appreciation for breathless.
WWE President of Personality lovedNouvelle VagueMan, this is beautiful. Being completely honest, I hate netflix a lot right now, they make beautiful films but don’t allow us to enjoy them at the place where they are supposed to be enjoyed.
- Hank Leet lovedNouvelle Vague
In Paris, 1959, a French sunglasses-wearing, sardonic film critic and his friends revolutionised cinema forever and left everyone Breathless
ZoeEee likedNouvelle Vaguej'adore toujours autant les films en noir et blanc ! je trouve que ça donne une âme différente aux images
Michael Callanan dislikedNouvelle VagueSNOOZE trying to highlight on the french wave of filmmaking but does literally nothing interesting.
- Lily McBride likedNouvelle Vague
All I want for Christmas is a New York Herald Tribune knit sweater
TJ Lane lovedNouvelle VagueBased on this, if I met Goddard irl…I think I’d smack him
E likedNouvelle Vaguenot my usual film but good
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Metacritic
Nov 13, 2025
Watching it again, I recognized that Linklater’s film is itself an expression of a certain approach — a consciousness — toward cinema’s pleasures and possibilities, one that at once embraces the art’s past and insists on its future.
Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
Oct 31, 2025
Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.
Kyle Smith
Wall Street Journal
Oct 10, 2025
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.
Richard Brody
The New Yorker
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The movie is 1hr 46min long.
What's Nouvelle Vague (2025) about?
The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.
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