S1E1: Breathless (1960) and the French New Wave

On the first full episode of the podcast, we kick off our season on New Waves by looking at the history of the French New Wave. In particular, we focus on Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless. Tune in again next week for another discussion about a classic film from the French New Wave... Co-hosts: Raquel Stecher & Carl Sweeney Editor: Carl Sweeney Find us on X, Letterboxd & YouTube: @CineHistorians Support the podcast on Kofi: ko-fi.com/CineHistorians Robert Bellissimo's YouTube episode on 1963's Contempt (mentioned in the episode): https://youtu.be/I5peUl9IxQM?si=bzTgicic2G4SXkE1 Raquel Stecher: Website: www.raquelstecher.com X: x.com/RaquelStecher Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/raquelstecher.bsky.social Quelle Movies: www.quellemovies.com Out of the Past: www.outofthepastblog.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@outofthepastblog Carl Sweeney X: x.com/CKJSweeney Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ckjsweeney.bsky.social The Movie Palace Podcast on X: @MoviePalacePod CineHistorians is part of the Film Stories podcast network. Film Stories on X: @filmstories Film Stories on Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories The Film Stories website: www.filmstories.co.uk Music: The Lookout (composer: Jon Björk) via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices