Five films that successfully temper heavy social analysis with laughs.
Tag: Jean Renoir
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In Days and Nights in the Forest Satyajit Ray conjures truth and insight through the most ordinary of interactions.
Behold the master at work.
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In the silent classic The Lighthouse Keepers, styles and emotions come crashing in like waves
Jean Gremilion directed this eclectic French tale of a lighthouse keeper and his half-mad son.
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This Week on Filmstruck: Films about Hard Times
Filmstruck presents a series of films dealing with Hard Times.
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This week on Filmstruck: Anna Magnani
Filmstruck revisits the career of Italian actress Anna Magnani, a favorite of Roberto Rossellini, Jean Renoir, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Polish Film Festival in America, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reluctant auteur Steve James on life and Life Itself
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James discusses his life in the Chicago suburbs and his new film on Roger Ebert, Life Itself.
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In Ulzana’s Raid, the Vietnam War’s in the Arizona desert
Robert Aldrich’s Ulzana’s Raid sets the moral conflicts of the Vietnam War in the Arizona desert.
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Weekly Top Five: “Alright, alright, alright”—the best of Richard Linklater
Top five Richard Linklater films
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Grand Illusion: going with the current
A few thoughts on Jean Renoir’s directorial style, in light of the new print of Grand Illusion playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center
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This week in Technicolor: The Golden Coach, Lust for Life
Previewing two color masterpieces screening this week
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Screening this week: Richard Linklater’s Bernie, Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Now playing: Dark Shadows, Headhunters, and God Bless America
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue