The One About French Cinema - Nouvelle Vague

Bonjour les cinéphiles, we have a surprise bonus episode! We just had the ​​49th César Awards on 23 February 2024 and the 96th Oscar Awards is happening today! You may have seen that the Anatomie d’un Chute (Anatomy of a Fall) is nominated for the Best Picture in the Oscar Awards. What’s a better excuse to talk about French cinema, then? We talk about César, Oscar, the controversial issues in these ceremonies, as well as the history behind French Cinema and more importantly the French cinema movement that changed the way films are being made: Nouvelle Vague (New Wave)! César Awards Anatomie d’un Chute (Anotomy of a Fall) Leadership of 'French Oscars' resigns amid Polanski controversy Discours de Judith Godrèche aux césars : où êtes-vous, que dites-vous, gens du cinéma ? César Awards 2020: French actress Adèle Haenel storms out after Roman Polanski wins best director List of French Academy Award winners and nominees La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (The Taste of Things) White Savior Narrative in Film How #OscarsSoWhite changed the Academy Awards Past Lives Poor Things Cinéma : le septième art Cinematographe Lumière brothers A Brief History of French Cinema Cahiers du cinéma La Nouvelle Vague Post War Generation La Qualité française The French Existentialism and the Fight Against Paternalism La Nouvelle Vague au cinéma The Paris of the French New Wave: Then and Now Agnès Varda The Dark Side of an Auteur: Alfred Hitchcock’s Treatment of Women Godard’s Le Mépris Cléo de 5 à 7 Sans toi ni loi L’un chante, l’autre pas Manifeste de 343 salopes (Manifesto of 343 sluts) France makes abortion a constitutional right Today’s quote is from Agnès Varda. We recorded this episode on 9 March 2024, at Le Quartier General, the publication date of this episode is 10 March 2024. If you'd like to reach out to us, with your feedback on what topics to cover next, send us an email at [email protected] or hit us up on Instagram  The music track used on our podcast is titled Into the Night and created by Praz Khanal.