“Grand Illusion” (Jean Renoir, 1937) at 9 p.m. on TCM. One of the screen’s inarguable masterpieces, “Grand Illusion” is based on the experiences of Jean Renoir and fellow pilots in POW camps at the ...

Jay Liu is a writer and critic of film and culture hailing from the embattled city of Hong Kong. He was chosen twice to lead the official Cannes Classics x USC School of Cinematic Arts partnership, ...

Jean Renoir’s “La Grande Illusion” — made in 1937 and set during World War I — remains one of the greatest anti-war movies of all time. A restored print of the original film, dubbed “Grand Illusion” ...

Jean Renoir’s 1937 film, “Grand Illusion,” (a new restoration of which settles in today at Film Forum for a two-week run; the film is also readily available on DVD), is one of the very greatest of war ...

LONDON — Pop quiz: Before “The Artist,” what was the last film by a French director to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards? The answer: Jean Renoir‘s “The Grand Illusion,” way back in ...

Attention, film buffs: Starting today, Harvard’s Carpenter Center presents Rialto’s restored version of Jean Renoir’s “La Grande Illusion” (1937) for an exclusive nine-day run. Here is a film ...

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to see Preston Sturges’s The Lady Eve in a movie theater in San Francisco. Over the years I must have seen and loved it seven or eight times. This screening did not ...

LONDON — Pop quiz: Before “The Artist,” what was the last film by a French director to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards? The answer: Jean Renoir‘s “The Grand Illusion,” way back in ...