Episode #429: ‘Nouvelle Vague’ with Tarik R. Davis

An ode to a classic of French New Wave cinema – Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) – Nouvelle Vague is more than a heady film nerd love fest. It’s a Linklater movie, which means it’s a hangout film; it’s just that the gang we’re hanging with happens to be reinventing modern cinema, whether they know it or not. We’ve got writer, actor, and teacher Tarik R. Davis (The Amber Ruffin Show) with us to talk about the petite charms of this Cannes premiere. Then we pitch our own making-of hangout movies!

What’s Good
Alonso – “Trans Images on Film” on TCM (w/Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay)
Drea – Library Tool Checkout
Tarik – a really good rehearsal
Kevin – Conduct Your Own Orchestra (Golden Records)

ITIDIC

1. Filmmakers Meet the Pope (text of the pope’s full address is here)
2. D&D: Honor Among Thieves Team Working on new Star Trek Movie

Staff Picks
Alonso – Faces Places
Drea – Rental Family
Tarik – Brother John
Kevin – For Your Consideration

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher