Lots of worthwhile arthouse movies out right now. But one that hasn't gotten enough love is
Renoir, the second film from Chie Hayakawa. I had liked her first film,
Plan 75, and her follow-up also deals with death in an interesting way. A year after its debut at Cannes,
Renoir is finally hitting U.S. theaters. I make my case for it over at the
Los Angeles Times.