The Film Sufi

Charulata (1964) is thought by many to have been Satyajit Ray’s finest film, and indeed Ray himself said that it was his personal favorit...

Ingmar Bergman’s first feature-film credit was for his screenplay for Torment ( Hets , 1944), directed by Alf Sjöberg.   Bergman was also...

When Satayajit Ray’s Devi ( The Goddess , 1960) was first released in India, it aroused a storm of protest about the film’s alleged ant...

Satyajit Ray’s early films may have led viewers to expect from him thoughtful dramas set mostly in the past and removed from our current h...

Satyajit Ray’s The Music Room ( Jalsaghar , 1958) was rather different from his two earlier and more well-known works, Pather Panchali (...