When François Truffaut made his feature directorial debut with “The 400 Blows” in 1959, it quickly became an international sensation and the French New Wave’s first smash hit. Along with Jean-Luc ...

Laura Truffaut leads a nine-film François Truffaut retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, sharing personal memories and the French filmmaker's Bay Area ties.

Laura Truffaut, daughter of the great French New Wave film-maker Francois Truffaut (1932-1984) in conversation with host ...

Laura Truffaut, daughter of the great French New Wave film-maker Francois Truffaut (1932-1984) in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky, discussing her father’s films and her memories of his film ...

In 1959, François Truffaut premiered his first film, about a Parisian boy playing hooky, and moviemaking hasn’t been the same since. By J. Hoberman One of the most impressive debuts in film history, ...

Those unfamiliar with the nuances of France’s New Wave may not realize its movies aren’t all inscrutable. For every Jacques Rivette, there was an Eric Rohmer; for every Jean-Luc Godard, a François ...

George Sikharulidze’s feature debut “Panopticon” is, the director says, a very personal movie. The film, screening as a world premiere in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition, is a ...

Woman is pure, delicate, fragile,” muses one of the characters in François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player. “Women are marvelous, women are supreme.” It’s easy to imagine Truffaut himself making the ...