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The French New Wave | Breathless & Nouvelle Vague


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Bonjour, darlings! Today we are traveling back to Paris in 1960 to dive into the French New Wave!

We discuss Richard Linklater's latest film Nouvelle Vague (2025) and the film that inspired it, Breathless (1960). Plus we discuss what the modern new wave of filmmaking could be and yap about female friendship in honor of Women's History Month.

Links mentioned:

New Yorker interview with Richard Linklater

The Future of Movies Lives on Letterboxed

Indiewire article on Two Sleepy People

Two Sleepy People Instagram

Gen Z is Saving Cinema

Peggy Guggenheim podcast


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Music by Alanna Skye Quiton

Graphic design by Rachel Yen

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