francois truffaut

The French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard, a key figure in the Nouvelle Vague film movement, has died aged 91. Godard was celebrated for his daring and almost improvised filming style. His first feature, Breathless, in 1960, established him as one of France's most experimental and exciting new talents. His streak of films continued throughout the decade during which he also released The Little Soldier, A Woman is a Woman and Alphaville.  His 2001 film In…

The rest of the world might call him a cinema legend but actor Adil Hussain isn't all that impressed by Quentin Tarantino. The Hollywood filmmaker said something about French filmmaker François Truffaut that did not sit too well with Adil. (Also read: Quentin Tarantino dissects Joker's talk show scene)In the September issue of Sight & Sound, Quentin talked about a bunch of his contemporaries and their work. One of them was François. “ thrillers are drastically better than the abysmal Truffaut-Hitchcock movies, which…