Vivre Sa Vie, the French New Wave, and the Modern Independent Cinema

I am still an amateur when it comes to French New Wave cinema and as a budding movie enthusiast that started purely with Hollywood films, the Nouvelle Vague, as the French calls it, offers a whole new experience, so much different from what I became used to. My first taste of French New Wave was …

Jack Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

The first time I saw Jack Nicholson was on ESPN, it was Kobe Bryant's last game in the NBA. The interviewer (I forgot who he/she was) sat beside Jack in the courtside and began asking him questions. The interviewer only addressed Jack by his first name, as in "Thanks, Jack" and not "Jack Nicholson everybody" …