French director Eric Rohmer, a member of the French New Wave, has died. He was 89. By Duane Byrge, The Associated Press Eric Rohmer, a member of the French New Wave who directed such films as “My ...

Eric Rohmer, a former film critic who became one of France’s most respected filmmakers and was internationally known for movies such as “My Night at Maud’s” and “Claire’s Knee,” died Monday in Paris.

The sexiest part of Love in the Afternoon, French director Eric Rohmer’s classic infidelity movie, is not the scene where Chloé and Frédéric almost consummate their flirtatious friendship. No, it’s ...

Along with his contemporary François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer created the most enduringly charming body of work among the French New Wave directors who, starting in the 1950s, pushed for a more personal ...

The outfits featured in the late French filmmaker’s work, celebrated by a new Instagram account, offer an antidote to all that is plastic and pink. By Sarah Rosen Our critics and writers have selected ...

One of the great dramatists, moralists and ironists of the European tradition was lost to us on Monday with the news that Eric Rohmer had died in Paris at age 89. You will notice that I did not use ...

Few directors could say as much with as little as Eric Rohmer. Consider the first emotional climax of A Summer’s Tale (1996): with just two actors, a crew of six, and a hillside trail overlooking a ...

Some—indeed, only a few—of Eric Rohmer’s films are available here on DVD; so is a collection (albeit incomplete) of his film criticism. What’s not available here is an English translation of his 1996 ...

"The cow is there." So begins E M Forster's The Longest Journey. That remark surfaces in Eric Rohmer's A Winter's Tale (1992) as an allusion by a character. But who, why, and when? Unlike Forster, ...

Writer-director Eric Rohmer is a practitioner of what might be termed chatty cinema. His films-theatrical, even literary pieces-are veritable gab fests. His characters (primarily attractive, highly ...

PARIS – French New Wave director Eric Rohmer, known for "Claire's Knee" and other films tracing the intricacies of romantic relationships, died on Monday. He was 89. Rohmer died in Paris, said Les ...