Linklater’s elegant love letter to the influential era in French cinema (which even inspired the New Hollywood generation) would be a towering achievement even if it did no more than generously invite budding cinephiles to film history without intimidating them. But the American auteur of loose-limbed rhythms and organically flowy dialogues accomplishes a lot more with his joyously beautiful telling of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s game-changing Breathless. In stunning black and white, and with the grainy sound quality of the era, he gives new life to the period picture, making it romantic, exquisitely detailed, and timeless. With Guillaume Marbeck and Zoey Deutch’s enthralling and uncannily exacting performances as Godard and Jean Seberg, the list of masters Nouvelle Vague honors (François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Agnès Varda, and more) is as rich as the film that surrounds them. Linklater loves this period, and he wants to make you a lover, too.-Elle

“For devoted filmlovers, Nouvelle Vague is a must-see — a joyful homage to the art of cinema that’ll have you queuing at your local repertory cinema as soon as the credits roll.”-Time Out