Movies
The film academy and American Cinematheque celebrate Satyajit Ray
Aug. 19, 2013
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinematheque are celebrating the Academy Film Archive’s restoration of 19 films directed by the seminal Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (1921-92).
Satyajit Ray’s “Distant Thunder,” which opens the city’s “multicultural” films-on-video series tonight, was inspired by the Indian famine that killed millions during the later years of World War II.
Sept. 30, 1992
There’s a great deal of the late Satyajit Ray, India’s foremost filmmaker, in his son Sandip: wit, charm, good looks, impeccable manners.
Oct. 2, 1995
As studio tent-pole movies trample multiplexes this summer, cinema’s wondrous human-sized trilogy returns: the gorgeous, 4K (high-resolution) restoration of legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s Apu films from the 1950s, “Pather Panchali” (Song of the Little Road), “Aparajito” (The Unvanquished) and “Apur Sansar” (The World of Apu).
May 28, 2015
The Apu Trilogy Criterion Blu-ray, $99.95 It’s taken far too long, but Satyajit Ray’s “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito,” and “The World of Apu” are finally available in a Criterion Blu-ray box set, fully restored in 4K and supplemented with interviews and video essays.
Nov. 15, 2015
World Cinema: A visit to Satyajit Ray’s native India and beguiling Kolkata helps a film critic better understand the director’s work — but not in the ways he imagined.
Oct. 5, 2013
A clearer view of overwhelming India and of Satyajit Ray
Travel & Experiences
‘Pather Panchali’: The Screening Room column in The Guide on Thursday misspelled the title of the Satyajit Ray film “Pather Panchali” as “Panther Panchali.”
March 14, 2008
Indian film maker Satyajit Ray underwent heart surgery Wednesday in Calcutta and was fitted with a pacemaker.
May 19, 1989