Spring 2007. A History of the French New Wave (University of Wisconsin Press, 424 pages, $26.95) By Richard Neupert. Previous surveys of the French New Wave have tended to concentrate on the five ...

Criterion's 'The Adventures of Antoine Doinel' provides a new opportunity to revisit François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre ...

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 ...

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The New Wave directors were young non-conformists who were re-inventing cinematic language and film programming. That, at least, was how it seemed 60 years ago. Today, their work has long since ...

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: France. Skip to main content.

After she read about the rise of a “new wave” of young French directors, Scott, then only a casual moviegoer, got the movement—and the term—prominent attention in the press.

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: France.