The French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the world's leading scholars on the New Wave.:.; Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the world's leading film scholars.; Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever.; Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black-and-white images, and an extensive bibliography.