The Film Sufi

After debuting as a screenwriter with Torment ( Hets , 1944), Ingmar Bergman was already directing his ninth film, Thirst ( Törst , 1949...

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...