The subject of Hiroshima, Mon Amour is of trauma, historical and personal. The movie, in black and white and Academy aspect ratio, opens with a negative image of a plant growing, perhaps, as we ...

Has there ever been a more progressive film than Alain Resnais’ 1959 landmark “Hiroshima Mon Amour”? Aesthetically, politically, socially — every inch of it is forward thinking, and no ...

“Hiroshima Mon Amour” turns 55 this year, and its influence is subterranean and vast. It’s one of the first features in what would be dubbed the French New Wave.

Hiroshima Mon Amour was a first feature film, too, by an older man. Truffaut was the imp of the moment and a flag for the future. But Hiroshima was so much more as a film.

Nearly as innovative and imaginative today as it must have been in 1959, “Hiroshima Mon Amour” is both a classic film and a truly modern one. It is a stunning portrayal of love and loss within ...

A first [feature of] its director, film can be classed as a noble try to make a statement on human love and the Atom Bomb (hardly a lovable thing), but it's too literary in conception and too ...

Hiroshima Mon Amour When it comes to Alain Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour, "such a film about the darker side of love, much like the darker side of war, should not be ignored," writes Eli Kooris ...

“Hiroshima Mon Amour” will always be too studied a masterwork for some tastes. But Riva’s performance, chief among its triumphs, remains electrifying.

Hiroshima Mon Amour. Directed by Bertrand Marcos. Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, through July 7. L’Homme Assis dans le Couloir. Directed by Gabriel Garran. Les Déchargeurs, through July 6.

Voice & Vision and Crossing Jamaica Avenue present a special 4-week event re-examing 1945 atomic attacks and aftermath THE HIROSHIMA PROJECT Featuring the world premiere of I HAVE BEEN TO ...

THE HIROSHIMA PROJECT -- a 4-week cultural event featuring the premieres of American and Japanese plays, an award-winning film documentary, and open forums about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...