A precursor and inspiration for filmmakers from the French New Wave to Arthur Penn, Gun Crazy plays in New York on April 14 and 19. The film’s appeal is mostly thanks to its breathtaking ...

“Nouvelle Vague” may be French New Wave fan service, which works fine for me because I’m a fan of the French New Wave. If you care about film history, chances are you qualify as well. But what about ...

Jean-Luc Godard is Bugs Bunny in “Nouvelle Vague,” cigarette in mouth in lieu of a carrot, sliding into chairs and wielding the word “insouciant” like a scepter. Newcomer Guillaume Marbeck plays the ...

Any time a notable figure of the French New Wave is introduced in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” we’re treated to a momentary straight-on shot of them, with a nameplate — Claude Chabrol, ...

Richard Linklater has developed over decades a distinctive filmmaking style that looks and feels like no other American filmmaker of his time. Linklater's unique voice, confidence, curious mind and ...

Last year, Richard Linklater directed an entire movie in French ‒ even though he does not speak a word of the language himself. But according to the affable Texan filmmaker, “that was not even in the ...