Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma is a French film magazine founded in 1951 that shaped modern film criticism.

Its critics championed the auteur theory—the idea that directors are the true authors of their films—and celebrated Hollywood genre filmmakers previously dismissed as mere craftsmen.

Several contributors, including François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, became directors themselves, launching the French New Wave.

The Cahiers critics revolutionized how we think about cinema.