Episode 449: Nouvelle Vague-Blue Moon

Josh is joined by Richard Linklater Correspondent Josh Brown for a double feature of the writer/director's 2025 releases. First, they talk about "Nouvelle Vague" (Beginning-36:11) and how it captured early 1960s Paris, its depiction of various stalwarts of the French New Wave including Jean-Luc Godard, if it was insightful enough as to the behind-the-scenes making of "Breathless" to make the entire enterprise worth it and much more! Then, they discuss "Blue Moon" and how it did in capturing the complicated feelings lyricist Lorenz Hart was feeling on the night his old partner Richard Rogers's musical "Oklahoma!" premiered, whether the film was successful in convincing the audience that Ethan Hawke was actually diminutive and bald in having him portray Hart, the supporting performances from the likes of Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale and Margaret Qualley and much more!