Previous surveys of the French New Wave have tended to concentrate on the five young critic-directors who emerged from Les Cahiers du Cinema. This approach isolated these filmmakers from the diverse ...

French New Wave: See You at the Cinémathèque First, a quick rewind back to post-World War II France. Few U.S. movies could be ...

the French New Wave marked a shift away from mindless tradition and solidified the birth of the director. Though filmmakers took different approaches depending on which bank of the Seine they were ...

Nearly half a century since stars like Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot lit up seductively during the French New Wave, some 90% of ... nearly 60% considered such scenes to be an inducement ...