The Needle Scratch, the Surprise Phone Call, and Other Obsolete Movie Clichés Technology Will Never Kill Vulture Main Jeffrey Deitch Named Museum Director of Los Angeles MOCA obits 1/11/10 at 2:10 PM Comment R.I.P. Éric Rohmer, 1920–2010 By Mark Graham Facebook Twitter ShareThis Counter Email Film director and critic Éric Rohmer, who rose to international prominence in the fifties as a member of the French New Wave of auteurs, has passed away. He was 89 years old. [NYT] Get more: obits, eric rohmer, movies Photo: Getty Images