Floating Through Film

In this fourth episode of Floating Through Film, we begin our discussion (0:40) by talking about the directors in the French New Wave that wrote for the famous French film magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma. The five directors most commonly associated with this group are Claude Chabrol, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette. We first give our overall thoughts on these influential directors, before turning to the second half the show, where we review Jacques Rivette's 1974

In this third episode of Floating Through Film, we start by discussing some of the types of movies/genres that influenced the French New Wave (0:35). This leads us to the movies we're reviewing this week, the 1948 Howard Hawks film, The Big Sleep (16:40), and Vittorio De Sica's 1948 Italian Neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves (25:50). We hope you enjoy! Movies We're Reviewing Next Week: Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) and Éric Rohmer's The GreenRay (1986) Link to Cahiers du

In this second episode of Floating Through Film, we introduce our series on the French New Wave (0:22). This was Luke's pick, and he starts off by telling us why he picked the French New Wave for our first series, before we all give our thoughts on what we think of this movement in film. We then move to reviewing two of the most popular movies in the French New Wave (18:04), Breathless (1960) and The 400 Blows (1959). We hope you enjoy! Music: - Intro and Outro from Breathless (1960) - Break from

In this inaugural episode of Floating Through Film, we thought we'd try to introduce ourselves through a few different questions relating to movies that will hopefully allow you to see our individual tastes and interests as we answer them. We start the episode (1:40) by answering a 2 part question: 1. What was the movie that opened the door of film for you? and 2. More importantly, what was the movie that got you to enter the room? After this discussion, we then move to the main segment of the