When people talk about “French cinema” (a blanket term about as meaningful as “independent films”), chances are they’re referring to the historical epics, romantic melodramas and highbrow comedies that tend to win Oscars, enjoy healthy runs in U.S. art-house theaters and are, by their very design, intended for international dissemination. These are the cinematic representations of France as it wants to be seen by the world, and as the world wants to see France. But there is another French cinema — a cinema of filmmakers like the fiery ’60s radical... More >>>