''Trafic: Revue de cinéma'' is a French arts and letters journal focusing on cinema. The journal enjoys a significant position in debates about cinema and the moving image in France, and to a lesser degree internationally, due to the varied and extensive list of authors who have contributed to it over the past three decades. These have included philosophers such as Giorgio Agemben and

Jacques Rancière Jacques Rancière (; born 10 June 1940) is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes—Saint-Denis. After co-authoring '' ...

, film scholars such as

Jacques Aumont Jacques Aumont (born 25 February 1942) is a French academic and writer on film theory. Born in Avignon he initially trained as an engineer but started contributing film criticism to ''Cahiers du cinéma'' in the late 1960s.Daniel DottoriniAumont, ...

, filmmakers such as

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, and critics such as Kent Jones and

Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum (born February 27, 1943) is an American film critic and author. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for ''The Chicago Reader'' from 1987 to 2008, when he retired. He has published and edited numerous books about cinema and has ...

. ''Trafic'' is published by P.O.L, the publishing house established in 1983 by Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens, director of the autobiographical documentary ''Editeur'' (2017) in which he meditates on his experiences working with "the great names of contemporary literature" who lent prestige to his press. These "great names" include Serge Daney, who founded ''Trafic.'' Garin Dowd, Professor of Critical Theory and Film at the London College of Music and Media,' describes Daney as "widely recognized in his homeland as the most important French film critic after

André Bazin André Bazin (; 18 April 1918 – 11 November 1958) was a renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist. Bazin started to write about film in 1943 and was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' in 1951, ...

." The journal ''Trafic,'' subsequent to Daney's "death from AIDS in 1992, has continued his legacy," its first issue appearing in Winter 1991 (available January 1992). Alongside

Serge Daney Serge Daney (June 4, 1944, Paris – June 12, 1992) was a French movie critic. He was a major figure of ''Cahiers du cinéma'' which he co-edited in the late 1970s. He also wrote extensively about films, television, and society in the newspaper ''Li ...

and Jean-Claude Biette, the journal's co-founder, the editorial board also included

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, Sylvie Pierre and Patrice Rollet, with Otchakovsky-Laurens acting as supervising editor. Daney's death in 1992, and later that of Jean-Claude Biette from a heart attack in 2003, reduced the number of editors to three, with Marcos Uzal joining later.

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External links

P.O.L page dedicated to ''Trafic''
French-language magazines Magazines published in Paris Magazines established in 1983