The French New Wave, or La Nouvelle Vague is one of the most important movements in film history. Its fresh energy and vision changed the cinematic landscape during the 50s and 60s and greatly ...

CANNES – When Richard Linklater first started thinking about making a film about the French New Wave, he figured he'd show it all everywhere except one place. “I thought: They'll hate that an ...

“The French have an understanding of tradition, but also of putting it toward a new direction,” says Richard Pena, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, who chaired the ...

PARIS — In recent years, Gaumont, the world’s oldest film company, has suffered what the French call a “coup de vieux” — an attack of old age. Starting with its falling out with helmer ...

Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavor, “Breathless,” and stood for years as one of ...

Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was 79.

PARIS – Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first feature, “Breathless,” and stood for years among the ...