Positif is a French film magazine, founded in 1952 by Bernard Chardère. It was published by Eric Losfeld

Eric Losfeld

Eric Losfeld was a French publisher who had a reputation for publishing controversial material with his publishing imprint Éditions Le Terrain Vague....

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It often acted as a counterpoint to Cahiers du cinéma

Cahiers du cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. It developed from the earlier magazine Revue du Cinéma involving members of two Paris film clubs — Objectif 49 and...

, another well-known French film journal, notably with Gerard Gozlan's article sarcastically titled "In Praise of André Bazin."

The current chief editor is Michel Ciment

Michel Ciment

Michel Ciment is a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment is a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the president of FIPRESCI...

. The contributors included Ado Kyrou.