A Newcomer’s Guide to La Nouvelle Vague

A Newcomer’s Guide to La Nouvelle Vague

Over six issues of POVwinona, I will be concentrating on films made during the French New Wave. Each issue will cover the era’s sublime directors,  techniques, styles, motifs as well as the implications behind the films. I have always loved everything about...
Les Yeux Sans Visage / Eyes Without a face

Les Yeux Sans Visage / Eyes Without a face

A parent’s love knows no boundaries. A father would cross to the ends of the earth if it meant his daughter could be happy, but what if it is not love driving him, but instead guilt? In a 1960 thriller based on the novel, Les Yeux Sans visage, or Eyes Without a Face,...
Hiroshima Mon Amour / Hiroshima My Love

Hiroshima Mon Amour / Hiroshima My Love

Heartbreak is a complex emotion that can dig its claws so deep into your heart that it feels impossible to escape its grasp. In most cases, some time can heal it. You start to forget names, faces, or entire memories, although sometimes, even time isn’t enough to cure...
A Bout de Souffle / Breathless

A Bout de Souffle / Breathless

The classic tragedy: The hero wants something more in life, goes to search for it, overcomes the roadblocks, slowly sees the plan start to fail, and finally meets their demise. For a character in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960’s film, A Bout de Souffle, or in English,...
Le Quatre Cent Coups / The 400 Blows

Le Quatre Cent Coups / The 400 Blows

I would consider my parents to have been pretty lenient while I was growing up. When I did get in trouble, it wasn’t more than a night’s grounding, or my phone would be taken away for a few hours. Such minor consequences like those derived from love and care, not out...