What Is Cinema? Volume IAndr Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since World War II. He was co founder of the influential Cahiers du Cinma, which under his leadership became one of the world's most distinguished publications. Championing