It happens rarely, but when it does, we’re all intrigued about how they did it. Some artists raise the standard of what a work of art can be: Leo Tolstoy did this for the novel, notably in War and ...

A welcome side effect of the Indian subcontinent’s recently raised profile, Satyajit Ray’s films are back in New York City, where his 1955 Pather Panchali world-premiered at MOMA and began the screen ...

Young Apu (Pinaki Sengupta) ponders a life of hardship in "Aparajito," the middle film in Satyajit Ray's classic Apu Trilogy. (Janus Films) "PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD)" 7:00 p.m.

When graphic designer Satyajit Ray began shooting his first feature, a story of life in his native India at a village called Pather Panchali, his only filmmaking experience had been as a location ...

The three films known collectively as “The Apu Trilogy” — “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito” and “The World of Apu” — are, if you want to be a purist, best taken in a single long swallow. Opening this ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy—“Pather Panchali” (1955), “Aparajito” (1956), and “The World of Apu” (1959), a new restoration of which is coming to Film Forum this Friday for a three-week run—is a great ...

Janus Films has restored and is releasing 4K versions of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s “Apu” trilogy with new subtitles. “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito” and “Apur Sansar” will play in limited release ...

Although it premiered 60 years ago this week at the Museum of Modern Art, Satyajit Ray‘s Pather Panchali remains among both the most accomplished of debuts and cinema’s most universally relatable ...

It's still only June, but it already feels safe to say that 2015 will mark another summer of disappointing, overhyped Hollywood fare (with a few notable exceptions). If you're tired of hyperactive ...

Even if you live in the same city or town your whole life, the place you came from is always a distant country: Old trees are cut down to be replaced, one hopes, by new ones; shops and businesses ...