Features
Thursday, June 28 2012
Essential Film Performances - 2012 Edition Part Nine
PopMatters follows up our hugely popular 100 Essential Female and Male Performances feature and 2010 update with 50 additions to the essentials list. Part nine features Frank Sinatra, Rosalind Russell and more...
Friday, June 22 2012
Essential Film Performances - 2012 Edition Part Five
PopMatters follows up our hugely popular 100 Essential Female and Male Performances feature and 2010 update with 50 additions to the essentials list. Part five features Charles Laughton, Madeline Kahn and more...
Friday, August 26 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 8: Jean Renoir to Douglas Sirk
From Jean Renior through Douglas Sirk, there may be some choices that raise an eyebrow. While each of the directors we look at today might not be on every cinephile's list of great directors, they absolutely merit inclusion for their distinct visions and dedication to their craft, some despite their questionable personal lives and politics.
Tuesday, June 26 2007
The Elusive Corpus: Jean Renoir Collection
This smorgasbord of "minor Renoir" encompasses and even summarizes his career from beginning to end; a bargain for the cinephile, expert or novice.
Monday, June 18 2007
Part 1: Pure Classicism
In its infancy, the cinematic artform went through some formidable technological and stylistic changes. The ten DVDs discussed here highlight the very definition of the Golden Age of filmmaking.
Reviews
Tuesday, November 29 2011
'French Cancan': Broken Legs and Broken Hearts: Le Spectacle Avant Tout!
This is a Lautrec / Renoir (père) / Manet-inspired extravaganza!
Blogs
Wednesday, September 26 2012
Sight & Sound-Off: #4 - 'The Rules of the Game' and '8 & 1/2'
With wealth comes privilege, and entitlement, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the films featured at number four as part of Sight & Sound's Best Films of All Time list.
News
Monday, May 21 2012
Jean Renoir’s 1937 classic is glorious anti-war ‘Illusion’
LOS ANGELES — Jean Renoir’s 1937 “Grand Illusion,” one of the most admired — and one of the most feared — films ever made, returns…
