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 ...

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 ...

The French New Wave was more philosophical, wanting audiences to think and ponder, dealing with the very nature and absurdity of existence. Godard's 1966 black-and-white Masculin Féminin ...