François Truffaut

24 curious facts about the Cannes Film Festival

By Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Some of the best nuggets of glitz and scandal throughout the history of the most famous international film festival.

On Location: The Normandy beach from The 400 Blows

By Adam Scovell

Following in the existential footsteps of François Truffaut’s young protagonist, half a century on.

After the mass walkout, what’s next for Cahiers du Cinéma?

By Charles Bramesco

The future of the long-running French film journal has been plunged into uncertainty.

On Location: The bridge from Jules et Jim

By Adam Scovell

This grey structure in the centre of Paris provided the Nouvelle Vague with one of its most iconic images.

The year revolution brought the Cannes Film Festival to a halt

By Justine Smith

The events of May ’68 had a profound impact on the film world.

My Journey Through French Cinema

By Matt Thrift

Director Bertrand Tavernier waxes lyrical about the great and the good of French cinema in this wonderful documentary.

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Close Encounters is returning to cinemas for its 40th anniversary

By Courteney Tan

Steven Spielberg’s classic extraterrestrial tale has been digitally remastered in 4K.

How Bonnie and Clyde brought the French New Wave to Hollywood

By David Pountain

Arthur Penn’s seminal crime thriller owes a lot to the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

By David Jenkins

Don’t miss this newly restored director’s cut version of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi opus.

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Why Jacques Rivette’s debut is an anti-New Wave classic

By Adam Cook

The late French master’s first film, Paris Belongs to Us, is now available courtesy of the Criterion Collection.

RIP Jacques Rivette – The filmmaker who helped me to love movies more

By David Jenkins

The French maestro has died at the age of 87, and leaves behind him an unimpeachable canon of work.

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