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...Philadelphia Press. There he made friends with three future members of the "Ashcan School," a band of painters dedicated to mingling reporting and romance in a new. sketchy sort of realism. Glackens lent allegiance to the group, but trips to Paris awakened a far deeper loyalty to Renoir...
...Golden Coach. Jean Renoir's costume comedy of Spain's golden age, as rich in color as his father's paintings; . with Anna Magnani at her best (TIME...
...Golden Coach. Jean Renoir's costume comedy of Spain's golden age, as rich in color as his father's paintings; with Anna Magnani at her best (TIME...
...religious films ever give their saints and martyrs more than a light brush-off in technicolor and extravagance. Monsieur Vincent, a French film produced in 1948, is a notable exception. With the subtle acting of Pierre Fresnay and the excellent photography of Claude Renoir, the film pictures the life of Saint Vincent de Paul simply and movingly...
When Fresnay, the script, and the photography are at their best, some splendid scenes result. A galley episode, in which the priest rushes down to relieve a fainting oarsman, provides the film's most exciting moment. The photography by Renoir, done almost over-zealously in the French style of realism, finds most of the 17th century poor either consumptive or deformed. This grimness underscores the need for a saint, but an occasional glimpse of healthier and happier peasants might have brightened the realism of a vividly performed script...