Claude Chabrol

  • Directing

Blow by Blow: How Francois Truffaut and His New Wave Contemporaries Deconstructed Filmmaking

As one of the founding fathers of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut used cinema to capture “truth 24 times…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Cimino, Chabrol, Hanson and Haneke: Isabelle Huppert Reflects on the Cinematic Masters

Isabelle Huppert, often referred to as the greatest actress working today, is an artist with incomparable range. Few performers can…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

“You Either Are an Actor or You Aren’t an Actor:” An Interview with Isabelle Huppert

Good fortune and strategic diligence. Those, says Isabelle Huppert, are the key ingredients to a long, enviable career. The iconic…

7 years ago
  • Directing

The Truth About Jonathan Demme: The Director Reflects on His Recent Films, Lessons From Roger Corman and More

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme has never shied away from exploring the often shadowy and troubled contours of the American story…

22 years ago
  • Directing

The French New Wave Revisited: Today’s Moviemakers Reflect on the Old Guard of Innovators

Some 40-plus years ago a gifted band of moviemakers—celebrated the world over as the French 'New Wave'—were playfully reinventing the…

22 years ago