BREATHLESS
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Here’s a crucial entry in what was called the New Wave of French cinema. Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it’s actually a salute to an Old Wave of Hollywood cinema. Jean-Paul Belmondo plays a dapper young tough with a motorcycle, a sneer and a smile, and an obsession with many things American, including his own girlfriend (the lovely Jean Seberg) and the movies of Humphrey Bogart.