In anticipation of Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater’s love letter to the revolutionary magic of the French New Wave and a reimagining of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, the Paris Theater is proud to present NEW WAVE: 60s Godard on 35mm. This weekly series will highlight some of Jean-Luc Godard’s most influential films, centered on the pivotal era in the 1960s when the critic-turned-director became one of the most lauded artists in a filmmaking movement that changed the shape of international cinema.

NEW WAVE: 60s Godard on 35mm begins with a very special screening of 1960’s Breathless (À bout de souffle). The show will start with Richard Linklater and writer Carrie Rickey in conversation on stage at the Paris, discussing the creative inspiration he’s gotten from the films and filmmakers of the French New Wave. Breathless, and every film shown in the series, will be presented on 35mm prints to pay tribute to the format used to capture these iconic films. The series concludes just in time for Nouvelle Vague’s opening at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center on October 31.