Masculin Féminin/ Masculine Feminine

Masculin Féminin/ Masculine Feminine

The times we live in now are strange and still new to many of us. I’m adjusting to the commercials on TV that have adapted to the “new normal” of wearing masks and social distancing. Likewise, it was an odd time to be part of the younger generation during...
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,...