The film is a generous ode to a rural community and a touching intergenerational drama lavished with pictorial beauty.
Renoir’s most well-known American feature is a fascinating translation of the filmmaker’s methods and outlook into a Hollywood milieu.
Having almost all of Preston Sturges’s films in one set is an irresistible prospect.
The film is a surprisingly astringent turn for a director who more often presented himself as the rah-rah patriot of American filmmaking.
Since the straightjacket morality of the 1950s are ready to come back full-force, take a long look at what your bad, sinful self is up against.
Auteur-for-hire Mark Robson can’t quite reign in a bloated and episodic script.