Film director Jean Renoir grappled with his father's legacy. "I have spent my life trying to determine the extent of the influence of my father upon me," he wrote. Renoir is shown above filming ...

Jean Renoir, unshackled, at home and in Technicolor L.A. Times Archives Aug. 15, 2004 12 AM PT ...

Extraordinary French film director Jean Renoir found the inspiration for one of his seminal early talkies, 1932’s “Boudu Saved From Drowning,” from an unlikely source -- the family pooch.

For Jean Renoir (1894-1979), family goes beyond genetics to take on extra resonance. Considered a master of international cinema with “an already illustrious name,” Jean is the second son of ...

Based on Emile Zola’s celebrated novel, starring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon, Renoir’s “Beast” was set after the Popular Front won elections in 1936.

Janus Films will re-release Renoir's The Rules of the Game in select US theaters - starting at New York's Film Forum on December 23rd, 2022 and at Los Angeles' Los Feliz Theater on December 29th ...

The canon depends largely on availability, which is why many of the great films of Jean Renoir languish in undue obscurity. One of them, though, and one of the rarest—“Night at the Crossroads ...

The world of cinema mourned when Jean Renoir died in Beverly Hills in 1979 at the age of 84. One of the most influential directors of the 20th century, noted for such masterpieces as 1937’s ...

I enjoyed Peter Tonguette’s article on Jean Renoir’s 1951 film “The River” (Masterpiece, Sept. 4). When Renoir was in Calcutta to shoot the movie, he was helped in location scouting by a ...

Review: ‘The Crime of Monsieur Lange’ is one of Jean Renoir’s least known films. But a restored version shows it’s the most pure fun By Kenneth Turan Nov. 21, 2017 12:20 PM PT Film Critic ...