[1] The launching company was Cineaste Publishers, Inc.[1] The founder and editor-in-chief is Gary Crowdus.
[2] Cineaste publishes reviews, in-depth analyses and interviews with actors, filmmakers etc.
The magazine is independently operated from New York City with no financial ties to any film studios or academic institutions.
The journal Jump Cut cited the magazine as contributing to left politics in the United States.
[3] The Jump Cut editors wrote: "Cinéaste has provided information and analysis unavailable elsewhere, and by so doing it has helped build a stronger left film culture in the U.S.