Normal life can occur in extraordinary circumstances. Jean Renoir's 1951 film The River is an extraordinarily beautiful film about th...

The logic of war tends to break down on the personal level. 1937's La Grande Illusion uses a German prisoner of war camp to illustrat...

However thin the line may be between tragedy and comedy, blurring the line is a tricky feat only the best artists may successfully accompl...

Saying just the right thing at just the right time can be dangerous. This is likely why Jean Renoir's 1939 masterpiece, The Rules of t...