Like his colleagues and contemporaries Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut , Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette , Chabrol was a critic for the influential film magazine `` Cahiers du cinéma '' before beginning his career as a film maker .
Like his colleagues Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut , Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette , Chabrol was a critic for the influential movie magazine `` Cahiers du cinéma '' .