Remembering Jean-Luc Godard on his birthday

Remembering influential filmmaker/journalist Jean-Luc Godard on his birthday with a 1980 Dick Cavett interview and more.

Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater's homage to French New Wave screens @ Fox Theatre, Nov 17-20

Richard Linklater (Dazed & Confused, Waking Life) does a brilliant job of recreating the look and feel of Paris, 1959 for Nouvelle Vague. 

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Nouvelle Vague is Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s love letter to the revolutionary magic of the French New Wave, reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, which ultimately cemented Godard as a pioneer of global cinema.

As critic-turned-director Godard makes and breaks the rules, a mix of fresh faces and daring talents — including Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Guillaume Marbeck as Godard himself — bring his spontaneous, electric film to life. Capturing the youthful dynamism and creative chaos at the heart of one of the world’s most beloved and influential movies, Nouvelle Vague transports us to the streets of 1959 Paris for an ode to the power of cinema to transform our lives.

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Director: Richard Linklater

106 minutes

English/French, English subtitles

Fox Theatre (2236 Queen St. East)

Monday, November 17  6:30 pm

Tuesday, November 18  3:50 pm

Wednesday, November 19  4:00 pm

Thursday, November 20  6:20 pm

Get tickets right here. Watch Richard Linklater discuss the challenge of making a film that looks like it was shot in Paris in 1959 right  here followed by the trailer and a vintage clip of Richard Anthony singing the closing theme below.

Remembering French new wave auteur Jean-Luc Godard

Sadly, director Jean-Luc Godard has passed away at the age of 91. He'll be greatly missed. Here's a 1980 interview with Dick Cavett