PhotoPerhaps the most delightful of Jean Renoir’s films, “The Crime of Monsieur Lange” is a defense of murder — on political grounds. Indeed, “Monsieur Lange,” which was released in France in 1936, would have to wait 28 years for its American theatrical premiere. Structurally, “Monsieur Lange” — at Film Forum for a week in a new digital restoration — is a sort of trial. View all New York Times newsletters. Although not dismissive, the review by the New York Times critic Bosley Crowther suffered from an absence of historical perspective.

Source: New York Times November 15, 2017 10:52 UTC