âś… Dramatically, artistically, and technically, it does what it is about, to great effect.*
✅ No highbrow–lowbrow, drama–comedy, philosophy–wisecrack demarcations: everything is part of, and subordinate to, art.
✅ It’s an absolute joy to watch but also triggers some nostalgia for the exciting times in filmmaking it encapsulates.
* It cuts down on the jump cuts though, but still—subtly and cleverly—they’re there.
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater, 2025.
Watched at the Metropol theater on March 9 and March 18, 2026, in its original language with subtitles.