Colm Meaney, Sean Harris, Susan Lynch and Stephen Rea will lead the cast of UK feature Bosco, which will shoot later this year for Featuristic Films.
The film is a feature debut for UK filmmaker Kevin Thomas, who has directed extensively in commercials for Amazon, Sony, Vodafone and Carlsberg.
Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, it follows a 10-year-old boy who uses his artistic gift and imagination to seek revenge after witnessing the murder of his father.
Bosco is written by Eugene O’Hare based on his own short story, which was written for BBC radio and narrated by Rea.
The film is a feature debut for UK filmmaker Kevin Thomas, who has directed extensively in commercials for Amazon, Sony, Vodafone and Carlsberg.
Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, it follows a 10-year-old boy who uses his artistic gift and imagination to seek revenge after witnessing the murder of his father.
Bosco is written by Eugene O’Hare based on his own short story, which was written for BBC radio and narrated by Rea.
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
Neorealism has always owed more to melodrama than some of its purveyors and admirers are willing to admit, but Satyajit Ray unreservedly acknowledged the influence of the latter in his Apu Trilogy. Starting with 1955’s Pather Panchali, his feature debut, Ray crafted a stark vision of India’s transition into the modern age that still offset its most unvarnished observations with a sense of poetry that lent classical grandeur to intimate storytelling.
When Apu’s father, Harihar (Kanu Banerjee), develops a high fever and perishes near the start of 1956’s Aparajito, Ray initially illuminates the banality of such a commonplace, senseless death by focusing on the priest’s ragged breathing and futile attempts to rally himself. When Harihar asks for some water from the Ganges, though, the adolescent Apu’s (Pinaki Sengupta) sprint to and from the river gives the film an operatic feel, culminating in a dying breath matched...
When Apu’s father, Harihar (Kanu Banerjee), develops a high fever and perishes near the start of 1956’s Aparajito, Ray initially illuminates the banality of such a commonplace, senseless death by focusing on the priest’s ragged breathing and futile attempts to rally himself. When Harihar asks for some water from the Ganges, though, the adolescent Apu’s (Pinaki Sengupta) sprint to and from the river gives the film an operatic feel, culminating in a dying breath matched...
- 1/20/2024
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
Taking a stroll down the memory lane, megastar Amitabh Bachchan recalled his meeting with India’s cultural icon Satyajit Ray, sharing how the latter’s room was filled with books and posters.
Satyajit Ray was considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. He was the director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is celebrated for works including ‘The Apu Trilogy’, ‘The Music Room’, ‘The Big City’, ‘Charulata’ and the ‘Goopy–Bagha’ trilogy.
Host of the quiz-based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ season 15, Amitabh Bachchan welcomed Varun Kesarwani from Ayodhya, Up, the rollover contestant in the episode 13th of the ‘Rishtey Special’ week.
For the Rs 3,20,000 question, Varun was asked: “Which film director designed the logo of the Sahitya Akademi?” The options given were- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Satyajit Ray, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Bhalji Pendharkar. Varun took the double dip lifeline- and gave the...
Satyajit Ray was considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. He was the director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is celebrated for works including ‘The Apu Trilogy’, ‘The Music Room’, ‘The Big City’, ‘Charulata’ and the ‘Goopy–Bagha’ trilogy.
Host of the quiz-based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ season 15, Amitabh Bachchan welcomed Varun Kesarwani from Ayodhya, Up, the rollover contestant in the episode 13th of the ‘Rishtey Special’ week.
For the Rs 3,20,000 question, Varun was asked: “Which film director designed the logo of the Sahitya Akademi?” The options given were- Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Satyajit Ray, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Bhalji Pendharkar. Varun took the double dip lifeline- and gave the...
- 8/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Like its predecessor, 2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," the 2023 follow-up "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" will cull comic book history for every possible iteration of the eponymous superhero, and force them to interact. In "Into," directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman had the Miles Morales Spider-Man (Shameik Moore) meeting and forming an unlikely bond with a middle-aged Peter Parker Spider-Man (Jake Johnson) when the latter passed into Miles' dimension. The two also teamed up with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), and an anime duo called Peni and Sp//dr (Kimiko Glenn). In a post-credits cookie, Miguel O'Hara, a.k.a. Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), also appeared. Spider-Man 2099 will appear again.
Each of these characters has a precedent in "Spider-Man" comics. As will be proven in "Across" -- directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson -- those seven Spider-Beings are only a scratch on the surface.
Each of these characters has a precedent in "Spider-Man" comics. As will be proven in "Across" -- directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson -- those seven Spider-Beings are only a scratch on the surface.
- 1/25/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
by Swapnil Azad
I walked into Calcutta’s Priya Cinema last Friday to watch “Pratidwandi” [The Adversary], Satyajit Ray’s film from 1970, expecting a roomful Ray-admirers who rushed to see Anik Dutta’s (deplorable) “Aparajito” earlier this year. And well, I was disappointed. There were just a handful of folks inside the auditorium, and I can’t tell how many of them watched the film seriously. Speaks volumes about the gradual cultural death of Calcutta which has been happening over the past decade. A few years ago, news of a Ray rerelease would’ve brought in masses who would liven up the theatre premises and its proximity, even if with flattery. Or maybe not, I’m too young to know.
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Keeping aside my lamentations on the cultural fall of Calcutta, the experience was certainly worthwhile. The print screened was...
I walked into Calcutta’s Priya Cinema last Friday to watch “Pratidwandi” [The Adversary], Satyajit Ray’s film from 1970, expecting a roomful Ray-admirers who rushed to see Anik Dutta’s (deplorable) “Aparajito” earlier this year. And well, I was disappointed. There were just a handful of folks inside the auditorium, and I can’t tell how many of them watched the film seriously. Speaks volumes about the gradual cultural death of Calcutta which has been happening over the past decade. A few years ago, news of a Ray rerelease would’ve brought in masses who would liven up the theatre premises and its proximity, even if with flattery. Or maybe not, I’m too young to know.
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Keeping aside my lamentations on the cultural fall of Calcutta, the experience was certainly worthwhile. The print screened was...
- 8/22/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
For Films, producer of “Labour of Love,” which won best debut for director Aditya Vikram Sengupta at the 2014 Venice Film Festival, has revealed a robust slate.
Other films from the company include Rotterdam selection “Jonaki” (2018) and Venice selection “Once Upon a Time in Calcutta” (2021), both directed by Sengupta.
For Films is now actively developing three different kinds of projects, set in very different worlds. It has also expanded from Bengali-language films into the Hindi and English languages in an attempt to reach the widest possible audience.
One of the projects, with the working title “Death of an Elephant,” is a Hindi-language period piece based on a short story by renowned Bengali author, Tarasankhar Bandopadhyay, to be directed by Sengupta. The film is set in North India and requires an ensemble star cast. Discussions are on with cast. Several of Bandopadhyay’s works have been adapted as films, including “The Music Room” (1958) by Satyajit Ray.
Other films from the company include Rotterdam selection “Jonaki” (2018) and Venice selection “Once Upon a Time in Calcutta” (2021), both directed by Sengupta.
For Films is now actively developing three different kinds of projects, set in very different worlds. It has also expanded from Bengali-language films into the Hindi and English languages in an attempt to reach the widest possible audience.
One of the projects, with the working title “Death of an Elephant,” is a Hindi-language period piece based on a short story by renowned Bengali author, Tarasankhar Bandopadhyay, to be directed by Sengupta. The film is set in North India and requires an ensemble star cast. Discussions are on with cast. Several of Bandopadhyay’s works have been adapted as films, including “The Music Room” (1958) by Satyajit Ray.
- 4/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
By Aryan Vyas
There’s no doubt that these are arduous times. And it’s during such challenging times that we resort to art that’s made to enrich the soul. As the new year is upon us, I revisited one of my top favorite films from the past year- Chaitanya Tamhane’s “The Disciple”. Soon upon rewatching, I was certain that it was one of the best character studies I had watched in a while. Luckily around the same time, as a tribute to 100 years of Satyajit Ray’s cinema, Amazon Prime started streaming a bunch of the legendary artist’s work on their platform. It didn’t take me long to realize that Ray’s 1958 film, “Jalsaghar (The Music Room)”, had become my favorite movie of his. What blew my mind further, is when I realized that Ray had made the film just after “Aparajito”, before he went...
There’s no doubt that these are arduous times. And it’s during such challenging times that we resort to art that’s made to enrich the soul. As the new year is upon us, I revisited one of my top favorite films from the past year- Chaitanya Tamhane’s “The Disciple”. Soon upon rewatching, I was certain that it was one of the best character studies I had watched in a while. Luckily around the same time, as a tribute to 100 years of Satyajit Ray’s cinema, Amazon Prime started streaming a bunch of the legendary artist’s work on their platform. It didn’t take me long to realize that Ray’s 1958 film, “Jalsaghar (The Music Room)”, had become my favorite movie of his. What blew my mind further, is when I realized that Ray had made the film just after “Aparajito”, before he went...
- 1/5/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Parallel cinema cuts loose from the musicality of Bollywood and the common perception of Indian cinema at large. Coming out of West Bengal in the 1950s, parallel cinema appeared as an alternative to the glamour and dance; socially conscious and experimental in style and mood, it maps the origins of art cinema in India, and for the first time, the rest of the world was looking at India as an innovator of film language (Satyajit Ray’s 1955 train sequence Pather Panchali is one of the most celebrated in film history). In this movement, which followed in the wake of Italian neorealism, life's diegetics became the soundtrack, real life movement over set up musical numbers. This mix traces some choice moments in Parallel Cinema’s sound. Many songs and soundtracks from this period have a lofi quality to them—due in part to the quality of audio recording equipment throughout the years of the movement,...
- 10/29/2021
- MUBI
Awards
Siân Heder’s “Coda,” an Apple original film, has won the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: London Award presented by BIFA.
The award was voted for by 40 leading professionals from the British film industry assembled by the British Independent Film Awards.
The film follows Ruby, a Coda or Child of Deaf Adults, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents. The film stars Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin, and is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S., where it won best director U.S. dramatic, U.S. grand jury prize: dramatic and the audience award: U.S. dramatic. Walsh-Peelo attended the London event with Heder joining virtually for a Q & A.
The film will debut in cinemas and on Apple TV Plus on Aug.
Siân Heder’s “Coda,” an Apple original film, has won the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: London Award presented by BIFA.
The award was voted for by 40 leading professionals from the British film industry assembled by the British Independent Film Awards.
The film follows Ruby, a Coda or Child of Deaf Adults, who is torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents. The film stars Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin, and is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S., where it won best director U.S. dramatic, U.S. grand jury prize: dramatic and the audience award: U.S. dramatic. Walsh-Peelo attended the London event with Heder joining virtually for a Q & A.
The film will debut in cinemas and on Apple TV Plus on Aug.
- 8/4/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri
(The article was published initially in Projectorhead.in)
The Golden Era: The 1950s and 1960s
The next two decades witnessed Bengali cinema at its best, with a never before coming together of exceptional directors, actors and technicians, a willingness to experiment with forms, techniques and content, and nuanced understanding and application of film techniques. Fittingly enough, the era began with Nemai Ghosh’s Chinnamul (The Uprooted, made in 1951), which despite certain aesthetic glitches, is a telling document of partition and a landmark in the growth of socially conscious cinema in India. Hemen Gupta’s Bhuli Nai (We Shall not Forget) and ’42 (1942), both made in the late 1940s but releasing only in the 1950s, were entirely original subject matters that owed themselves to the director’s experiences as a freedom fighter and were remarkable for the director’s uncompromising sincerity. The First International Film Festival held...
(The article was published initially in Projectorhead.in)
The Golden Era: The 1950s and 1960s
The next two decades witnessed Bengali cinema at its best, with a never before coming together of exceptional directors, actors and technicians, a willingness to experiment with forms, techniques and content, and nuanced understanding and application of film techniques. Fittingly enough, the era began with Nemai Ghosh’s Chinnamul (The Uprooted, made in 1951), which despite certain aesthetic glitches, is a telling document of partition and a landmark in the growth of socially conscious cinema in India. Hemen Gupta’s Bhuli Nai (We Shall not Forget) and ’42 (1942), both made in the late 1940s but releasing only in the 1950s, were entirely original subject matters that owed themselves to the director’s experiences as a freedom fighter and were remarkable for the director’s uncompromising sincerity. The First International Film Festival held...
- 10/26/2019
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Back for it’s 10th edition, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival has announced its full line-up as well as the list of guests that will be attending the Festival this year.
Their most diverse showcase yet, with 10 languages and 7 talented women Directors’ films being premiered, the Festival will play host to multi-award winning director Anurag Kashyap and one of India’s most talented actress, Radhika Apte.
This year’s highlights include a red carpet opening night at Picturehouse Central with the exciting World Premiere of cop whodunnit “Article 15” starring Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana directed by Anubhav Sinha. Our closing night marks the return of Ritesh Batra, the Director of “The Lunchbox”, with the premiere of “Photograph” starring the legendary Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Ayushmann Khurrana in “Article 15”
In addition to the Screen Talks with Anurag Kashyap and Radhika Apte, there will also be a Chai with Chadha event, where prolific...
Their most diverse showcase yet, with 10 languages and 7 talented women Directors’ films being premiered, the Festival will play host to multi-award winning director Anurag Kashyap and one of India’s most talented actress, Radhika Apte.
This year’s highlights include a red carpet opening night at Picturehouse Central with the exciting World Premiere of cop whodunnit “Article 15” starring Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana directed by Anubhav Sinha. Our closing night marks the return of Ritesh Batra, the Director of “The Lunchbox”, with the premiere of “Photograph” starring the legendary Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Ayushmann Khurrana in “Article 15”
In addition to the Screen Talks with Anurag Kashyap and Radhika Apte, there will also be a Chai with Chadha event, where prolific...
- 5/17/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The word “cinema” mostly brings the aura of dream inside the minds of audience, who sail in the boat of that dream to reach their hopes and wishes. The cinema is the escape route for millions. Director Kaushik Ganguly’s quest for that dream through the mind of Pranabendu Das or the “Cinemawala” creates poetry on celluloid. The director is clearly influenced by the iconic movie of Satyajit Ray “Jalsaghar” (The Music Room) but definitely has a narrative which is unique and contemporary.
The movie is based on a conflict between a past which has a glorious legacy and the present which is powered by technological advancement. Pranabendu Das (Paran Bandopadhyay) , the past , owns a single screen movie theatre “ Kamalini”, named after his separated wife. But with time and technological advancement, the era of single screen movie theatre is decaying and the age of multiplexes has arrived...
The movie is based on a conflict between a past which has a glorious legacy and the present which is powered by technological advancement. Pranabendu Das (Paran Bandopadhyay) , the past , owns a single screen movie theatre “ Kamalini”, named after his separated wife. But with time and technological advancement, the era of single screen movie theatre is decaying and the age of multiplexes has arrived...
- 4/24/2019
- by Sankha Ray
- AsianMoviePulse
10. Agantuk
Ray’s last film , based on a short story “Atithi” written by him. The film defines the meaning and the value of relationship on the backdrop of an ever changing social spectrum and questions the effect of the huge technological growth on human civilization. Utpal Dutt gives a superlative performance as the protagonist.
9. Shatranj Ke Khilari
Ray’s one and only full length Hindi feature film, based on the short story of Munshi Premchand. The film is set on the back drop of Indian Rebellion of 1857 and features some terrific performances from the actors Amjad Khan and Sanjeev Kumar.
8. Nayak
“Nayak” is the story of a matinee idol and Ray’s attempt to reveal the darker elements of his mind in a long-distance train journey. Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore give some brilliant performances in the movie.
7. Apur Sansar
The...
Ray’s last film , based on a short story “Atithi” written by him. The film defines the meaning and the value of relationship on the backdrop of an ever changing social spectrum and questions the effect of the huge technological growth on human civilization. Utpal Dutt gives a superlative performance as the protagonist.
9. Shatranj Ke Khilari
Ray’s one and only full length Hindi feature film, based on the short story of Munshi Premchand. The film is set on the back drop of Indian Rebellion of 1857 and features some terrific performances from the actors Amjad Khan and Sanjeev Kumar.
8. Nayak
“Nayak” is the story of a matinee idol and Ray’s attempt to reveal the darker elements of his mind in a long-distance train journey. Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore give some brilliant performances in the movie.
7. Apur Sansar
The...
- 4/8/2019
- by Sankha Ray
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Gangapada Bose, Kali Sarkar, Padma Devi | Written and Directed by Satyajit Ray
After the commercial failure of the second part of his Apu Trilogy, Bengali auteur Satyajit Ray opted for more commercially viable material for his next project. He turned to writer Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and a short story about a landlord clinging to his last motes of power as his empire crumbles around him. The result was 1958’s Jalsaghar, released internationally as The Music Room.
The landlord (or zamindar) in question is Lord Roy, played by Chhabi Biswas with a gravitas that matches his contemporary, Laurence Olivier. The film opens halfway through the narrative, with Roy as a bent old man, and the last of his servants, Ananta (Kali Sarkar), still at his side. We jump back four years to show what brought Roy to near-ruin, before the second half of the movie shows us how he...
After the commercial failure of the second part of his Apu Trilogy, Bengali auteur Satyajit Ray opted for more commercially viable material for his next project. He turned to writer Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and a short story about a landlord clinging to his last motes of power as his empire crumbles around him. The result was 1958’s Jalsaghar, released internationally as The Music Room.
The landlord (or zamindar) in question is Lord Roy, played by Chhabi Biswas with a gravitas that matches his contemporary, Laurence Olivier. The film opens halfway through the narrative, with Roy as a bent old man, and the last of his servants, Ananta (Kali Sarkar), still at his side. We jump back four years to show what brought Roy to near-ruin, before the second half of the movie shows us how he...
- 8/3/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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Wes Anderson has one of the most original voices of any filmmaker working today, but his movies are full of clues as to which directors have influenced him the most. From Orson Welles to François Truffaut to Federico Fellini, some of the most iconic filmmakers in the history of cinema have had a hand in inspiring Anderson’s distinctive style. Here are 10 films that had a lasting impact on the indie auteur.
“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942)
Orson Welles’ period drama about a wealthy family that loses its entire fortune at the turn of the 20th century...
Wes Anderson has one of the most original voices of any filmmaker working today, but his movies are full of clues as to which directors have influenced him the most. From Orson Welles to François Truffaut to Federico Fellini, some of the most iconic filmmakers in the history of cinema have had a hand in inspiring Anderson’s distinctive style. Here are 10 films that had a lasting impact on the indie auteur.
“The Magnificent Ambersons” (1942)
Orson Welles’ period drama about a wealthy family that loses its entire fortune at the turn of the 20th century...
- 4/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
India’s biggest celebration of music, The Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) has unveiled its most illustrious nominee list for the year. Only the most outstanding in the industry have the honor of receiving a GiMAnomination, with only the finest getting a chance to walk awaywith the most coveted music award in India- the GiMA award.
For the film category, Bajirao Mastani bagged the maximum nominations by receiving a nod in nine categories. Following closely with seven nominations is the super hit movie Tamasha and Roy with six.
Global music icon A.R. Rahman has been nominated for his incredible work as music director in Tamasha and Arijit Singh features prominently on the list for his playback singing.
Sabbas Joseph, Director – Wizcraft International said, “Every year with the Gionee Colors GiMA Awards, we aspire to bring forth newer talent and recognize true achievements in the music industry. This year we have...
For the film category, Bajirao Mastani bagged the maximum nominations by receiving a nod in nine categories. Following closely with seven nominations is the super hit movie Tamasha and Roy with six.
Global music icon A.R. Rahman has been nominated for his incredible work as music director in Tamasha and Arijit Singh features prominently on the list for his playback singing.
Sabbas Joseph, Director – Wizcraft International said, “Every year with the Gionee Colors GiMA Awards, we aspire to bring forth newer talent and recognize true achievements in the music industry. This year we have...
- 3/23/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Of the Big Three new wavers of German cinema—Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders-- who “came of age” as it were in the ‘70s, when I was in college and my own stake in the movies was budding into something more learned and substantial than what it was when I first discovered my love for them, Herzog has emerged as the director who most speaks to me now as an adult. I think that’s true at least in part because when his movies do speak to me it never feels like a one-sided conversation. I feel like I’m in there engaging in a push-pull with Herzog’s ability to seduce me (disarm me?) with his simplicity of approach, an ability which rarely seems satisfied to consider subjects from the less-perverse of two perspectives, and his tendency to rhapsodize and harangue and sidestep visual motifs...
- 12/19/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
“Songs Of Humanity”
By Raymond Benson
I’ll bet many of you cinephiles out there have heard of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed trilogy of films from the 1950s (Pather Panchali, aka Song of the Little Road, 1955; Aparajito, aka The Unvanquished, 1956; and Apur Sansar, aka The World of Apu, 1959), but have never actually seen them. Here is your chance to rectify that egregious error. Quite simply put, anyone interested in film history needs to have this trio of motion pictures under the belt.
Satyajit Ray, who received an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992, began his career as an illustrator of books. One of these was Pather Panchali, a classic of Bengali literature (1928) written by Bibhutibushan Bandyopadhyay, and its sequel, Aparajito (1932). They comprise the story of the growth of a boy from infancy to adulthood over the course of twenty-five years or so (from the 1910s to the 1930s...
By Raymond Benson
I’ll bet many of you cinephiles out there have heard of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed trilogy of films from the 1950s (Pather Panchali, aka Song of the Little Road, 1955; Aparajito, aka The Unvanquished, 1956; and Apur Sansar, aka The World of Apu, 1959), but have never actually seen them. Here is your chance to rectify that egregious error. Quite simply put, anyone interested in film history needs to have this trio of motion pictures under the belt.
Satyajit Ray, who received an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992, began his career as an illustrator of books. One of these was Pather Panchali, a classic of Bengali literature (1928) written by Bibhutibushan Bandyopadhyay, and its sequel, Aparajito (1932). They comprise the story of the growth of a boy from infancy to adulthood over the course of twenty-five years or so (from the 1910s to the 1930s...
- 11/28/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It’s not easy to sculpt a satire out of the raw material of misery. In a wretchedly poor part of Odisha there once lived a low-caste lover-boy who swoons over the zamindar’s daughter and pays with his life for his misplaced ardour.
From this melodramatic starting point director Nila Madhab Panda (I Am Kalam) weaves an intriguing gentle fable of class differences where water is the precious bartering commodity. So we see an over-the-top prostitute being given pouches of water as her price for …ummm…. service rendered. And we see a derelict and obese zamindar drinking whiskey in lieu of water and when quizzed whether he’d like his drink with water or soda, Saurabh gives his man-Friday the kind of shriveling glance that could destroy a whole village of infidels.
Shukla as the doddering relic of a rapidly evaporating feudal order is in splendid form, as usual.
From this melodramatic starting point director Nila Madhab Panda (I Am Kalam) weaves an intriguing gentle fable of class differences where water is the precious bartering commodity. So we see an over-the-top prostitute being given pouches of water as her price for …ummm…. service rendered. And we see a derelict and obese zamindar drinking whiskey in lieu of water and when quizzed whether he’d like his drink with water or soda, Saurabh gives his man-Friday the kind of shriveling glance that could destroy a whole village of infidels.
Shukla as the doddering relic of a rapidly evaporating feudal order is in splendid form, as usual.
- 8/27/2015
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
This month on the Newsstand, Ryan is joined by Scott Nye to discuss the November 2015 Criterion Collection line-up, as well as the latest in Criterion rumors, news, packaging, and more.
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The Apu Trilogy Code Unknown Dont Look Back Ikiru In Cold Blood Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties Episode Links The November 2015 Criterion Collection Line-Up … // CriterionCast Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties – The Criterion Collection Julien Duvivier’s Wikipedia article Julien Duvivier films on Hulu (Anna Karenina, Lydia, Pepe Le Moko) Code Unknown (2000) – The Criterion Collection The latest wacky newsletter drawing from the… // CriterionCast The Apu Trilogy...
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Shownotes Topics The November 2015 Criterion Collection line-up The Dressed To Kill debacle Janus Films’ tour of Wim Wenders’ films Wacky Newsletter Drawing For Don’t Look Back
Pre-order the November Criterion Collection line-up on Amazon:
The Apu Trilogy Code Unknown Dont Look Back Ikiru In Cold Blood Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties Episode Links The November 2015 Criterion Collection Line-Up … // CriterionCast Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties – The Criterion Collection Julien Duvivier’s Wikipedia article Julien Duvivier films on Hulu (Anna Karenina, Lydia, Pepe Le Moko) Code Unknown (2000) – The Criterion Collection The latest wacky newsletter drawing from the… // CriterionCast The Apu Trilogy...
- 8/20/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for July 2015:
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Mini Series
May 25 - Oct 16/15
12 Monkeys Season 2
TV Series
Jul 13 - Dec. 20/15
Backstage
TV Series
Jul 06 - Aug 26/15
Beauty & The Beast Season 4
TV Series
May 29 - Nov. 9/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Degrassi Season 15
TV Series
Jun 15 - Sep 9/15
Goon 2: Last Of The Enforcers
Feature
Jun 22 - Aug 11/15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Ice Girls
Feature
July 15 - Aug 11/15
Lead With Your Heart
TV Movie
Jun 17 - Jul 05/15
Murdoch Mysteries
Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
Reign Season 3
TV Series
June 30 - tba
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Saving Hope Season 4
TV Series
Jun 1 – Dec. 9/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 - Nov 06/15
Terrific Trucks
TV Series
May 25 - Oct 01/15
The Music Room
TV Series
Apr 27- Jul 09/15...
11-22-63
Mini Series
May 25 - Oct 16/15
12 Monkeys Season 2
TV Series
Jul 13 - Dec. 20/15
Backstage
TV Series
Jul 06 - Aug 26/15
Beauty & The Beast Season 4
TV Series
May 29 - Nov. 9/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Degrassi Season 15
TV Series
Jun 15 - Sep 9/15
Goon 2: Last Of The Enforcers
Feature
Jun 22 - Aug 11/15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Ice Girls
Feature
July 15 - Aug 11/15
Lead With Your Heart
TV Movie
Jun 17 - Jul 05/15
Murdoch Mysteries
Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
Reign Season 3
TV Series
June 30 - tba
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Saving Hope Season 4
TV Series
Jun 1 – Dec. 9/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 - Nov 06/15
Terrific Trucks
TV Series
May 25 - Oct 01/15
The Music Room
TV Series
Apr 27- Jul 09/15...
- 7/1/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for July 2015:
11-22-63
Mini Series
May 25 - Oct 16/15
12 Monkeys Season 2
TV Series
Jul 13 - Dec. 20/15
Backstage
TV Series
Jul 06 - Aug 26/15
Beauty & The Beast Season 4
TV Series
May 29 - Nov. 9/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Degrassi Season 15
TV Series
Jun 15 - Sep 9/15
Goon 2: Last Of The Enforcers
Feature
Jun 22 - Aug 11/15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Ice Girls
Feature
July 15 - Aug 11/15
Lead With Your Heart
TV Movie
Jun 17 - Jul 05/15
Murdoch Mysteries
Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
Reign Season 3
TV Series
June 30 - tba
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Saving Hope Season 4
TV Series
Jun 1 – Dec. 9/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 - Nov 06/15
Terrific Trucks
TV Series
May 25 - Oct 01/15
The Music Room
TV Series
Apr 27- Jul 09/15...
11-22-63
Mini Series
May 25 - Oct 16/15
12 Monkeys Season 2
TV Series
Jul 13 - Dec. 20/15
Backstage
TV Series
Jul 06 - Aug 26/15
Beauty & The Beast Season 4
TV Series
May 29 - Nov. 9/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Degrassi Season 15
TV Series
Jun 15 - Sep 9/15
Goon 2: Last Of The Enforcers
Feature
Jun 22 - Aug 11/15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Ice Girls
Feature
July 15 - Aug 11/15
Lead With Your Heart
TV Movie
Jun 17 - Jul 05/15
Murdoch Mysteries
Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
Reign Season 3
TV Series
June 30 - tba
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Saving Hope Season 4
TV Series
Jun 1 – Dec. 9/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 - Nov 06/15
Terrific Trucks
TV Series
May 25 - Oct 01/15
The Music Room
TV Series
Apr 27- Jul 09/15...
- 6/16/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, Sneak Peek the Toronto Film Production Update for May 2015, including "Bravo 14" (aka "Suicide Squad"):
11-22-63Mini Series
May 25/15
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
May 25 – Jun 17/15
Beyond Skyline
Feature
May 04 - May 16/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Damien Season 1
TV Series
Mar 16 - June 23/15
Dark Matter Season 1
TV Series
Jan 7 – May 15/15
Defiance Season 3
TV Series
Feb 2 - Jun 11/15
Hello, It's Me
TV Movie
May 11 – Jun 1 / 15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Love Of My Life
Feature
Apr 13 - May 08/15
Max And Shred - Season 2
TV Series
Apr 20 - Jun 26/15
Murdoch Mysteries Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Feature
May 11 - June 26/15
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Sensitive Skin Season 2
TV Series
May 14 - Jun 30/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Special Correspondents
Feature
May 19 - Jun 30/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 2015 -...
11-22-63Mini Series
May 25/15
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
May 25 – Jun 17/15
Beyond Skyline
Feature
May 04 - May 16/15
Bravo 14
Feature
Apr 15 - Aug 30/15
Damien Season 1
TV Series
Mar 16 - June 23/15
Dark Matter Season 1
TV Series
Jan 7 – May 15/15
Defiance Season 3
TV Series
Feb 2 - Jun 11/15
Hello, It's Me
TV Movie
May 11 – Jun 1 / 15
Heroes: Reborn Season 1
TV Series
Apr 6 - Sept 18/15
Love Of My Life
Feature
Apr 13 - May 08/15
Max And Shred - Season 2
TV Series
Apr 20 - Jun 26/15
Murdoch Mysteries Season 9
TV Series
May 19 – Nov 20/15
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Feature
May 11 - June 26/15
Rogue Season 3
TV Series
Feb 9 – Sept 14/15
Rupture
Feature
Jun 1 – Jul 8/15
Sensitive Skin Season 2
TV Series
May 14 - Jun 30/15
Shadowhunters Season 1
TV Series
May 19 - Oct 14/15
Special Correspondents
Feature
May 19 - Jun 30/15
Suits Season 5
TV Series
Apr 6 2015 -...
- 5/7/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Marking the 60th anniversary of the release of Satyajit Ray’s iconic classic Pather Panchali, the fully restored films of The Apu Trilogy with English subtitles will be released in theaters for a limited time starting this Friday May 8 at Film Forum in New York City. A new behind-the-scenes video has premiered chronicling the once unthinkable restoration of the legendary trilogy whose negatives were thought to have been lost to fire.
Following an incredible seven-year restoration program, Janus Films proudly releases The Apu Trilogy in North American theaters beginning in New York followed by releases in several other major cities throughout May and June allowing film lovers of all generations to experience one of India’s greatest masterpieces on the big screen. Additional cities include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Houston and Vancouver.
These delicate masterworks – Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished...
Following an incredible seven-year restoration program, Janus Films proudly releases The Apu Trilogy in North American theaters beginning in New York followed by releases in several other major cities throughout May and June allowing film lovers of all generations to experience one of India’s greatest masterpieces on the big screen. Additional cities include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Houston and Vancouver.
These delicate masterworks – Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished...
- 5/7/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
If you’ve never seen Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, you’re missing out, but you’re not alone. The films have been highly rare, and the existing prints and DVD transfers have been in sorry disrepair. And yet Ray’s films, including Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), are considered some of the best of all time, or at the very least some of the best to ever come out of India. Don’t you love how we care for our cinematic history?
All three films, originally from the ’50s, have now been restored by The Criterion Collection, and Janus Films will distribute the trilogy in theaters across the country starting on May 8, where the films will premiere at New York’s Film Forum. Criterion had been working on this restoration of some of Ray’s severely...
All three films, originally from the ’50s, have now been restored by The Criterion Collection, and Janus Films will distribute the trilogy in theaters across the country starting on May 8, where the films will premiere at New York’s Film Forum. Criterion had been working on this restoration of some of Ray’s severely...
- 4/23/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
When The Criterion Collection put out Satyajit Ray’s “The Music Room” on Blu-ray/DVD a few years ago, there was immediate speculation among fans as to when they would get around to “The Apu Trilogy.” Sure, Satyajit Ray may have made twenty-eight films over the course of his career, but it’s his “Apu Trilogy” that’s widely considered to be his most seminal work. Well, it turns out Ray’s trilogy has recently undergone a very lengthy restoration process, and now Janus Films (Criterion Collection’s partner-in-crime) apparently have much bigger plans for “The Apu Trilogy” than just releasing them all on home video. If you are one of the lucky peeps who lives in one of the cities listed below, you will get a chance to catch “Pather Panchali,” “Aparajito,” and “Apur Sansar” on the big screen this year. The trilogy will premiere at New York City...
- 4/23/2015
- by Ken Guidry
- The Playlist
Most of the late night gang is taking a break for the holidays, but Jimmy Fallon and "The Tonight Show" are still trucking along -- and last night can only be described as a holiday miracle. In a completely adorable and ridiculously festive appearance, One Direction stopped by The Music Room and performed an acoustic rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" along with Jimmy and The Roots.
It was sweet, simple, insanely cheerful, and yes -- everyone was wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. Check out the full song in the clip below, and don't forget to check back in with Moviefone for the best of late night TV when everyone returns from holiday break!
It was sweet, simple, insanely cheerful, and yes -- everyone was wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. Check out the full song in the clip below, and don't forget to check back in with Moviefone for the best of late night TV when everyone returns from holiday break!
- 12/23/2014
- by Mehera Bonner
- Moviefone
Tim’s Vermeer
Directed by: Teller
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Plot: Inventor Tim Jenison strives to replicate a painting by Johannes Vermeer, using optical technology that might have been lost in time.
Who’S It For? Everyone, and absolutely not just those who know art.
Overall
If 2013 was in particular a year of lone survivors, with sole characters persevering with only their minds and spirits through challenging conditions, Tim’s Vermeer is a calming yet fitting coda to these tales. Though without the essential element of dramatic tension that carries films like All is Lost and Gravity through events that feature only one human being, the goal of Tim and his painting project, that of fully recreating a full Vermeer painting dot-for-dot and particle-by-particle, feels within this film to be no less ambitious than that of survival.
Tim’s Vermeer begins with a humble...
Directed by: Teller
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Plot: Inventor Tim Jenison strives to replicate a painting by Johannes Vermeer, using optical technology that might have been lost in time.
Who’S It For? Everyone, and absolutely not just those who know art.
Overall
If 2013 was in particular a year of lone survivors, with sole characters persevering with only their minds and spirits through challenging conditions, Tim’s Vermeer is a calming yet fitting coda to these tales. Though without the essential element of dramatic tension that carries films like All is Lost and Gravity through events that feature only one human being, the goal of Tim and his painting project, that of fully recreating a full Vermeer painting dot-for-dot and particle-by-particle, feels within this film to be no less ambitious than that of survival.
Tim’s Vermeer begins with a humble...
- 2/15/2014
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The 24th edition of the biennial Europalia International Arts Festival in Europe will be dedicated to India to celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema.
The festival will be held in several cities of Belgium and The Netherlands including Brussels, Antwerpen and Den Haag from October 4, 2013 – January 26, 2014.
Five of Kashyap’s films will be screened under the Anurag Kashyap Focus – Cinematek section: Ugly (2013), Black Friday (2004), Dev D (2009), Gulal (2009) and Gangs of Wasseypur I and II (2012). Besides, three films recommended by Kashyap will also be screened at the festival: Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid and Satish Manwar’s Gabhricha Paus.
Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar and Jalsaghar will be presented as part of the Satyajit Ray Retrospective. Guru Dutt Retrospective will screen his films Baazi, Jaal, Baaz, Aar Paar, Mr. And Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool.
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl...
The festival will be held in several cities of Belgium and The Netherlands including Brussels, Antwerpen and Den Haag from October 4, 2013 – January 26, 2014.
Five of Kashyap’s films will be screened under the Anurag Kashyap Focus – Cinematek section: Ugly (2013), Black Friday (2004), Dev D (2009), Gulal (2009) and Gangs of Wasseypur I and II (2012). Besides, three films recommended by Kashyap will also be screened at the festival: Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghorey Da Daan, Hansal Mehta’s Shahid and Satish Manwar’s Gabhricha Paus.
Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar and Jalsaghar will be presented as part of the Satyajit Ray Retrospective. Guru Dutt Retrospective will screen his films Baazi, Jaal, Baaz, Aar Paar, Mr. And Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool.
Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl...
- 9/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This week, Fsr’s Allison Loring chose one of her favorite theaters in Los Angeles. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. Aero Theater Location: 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA Opened: Originally opened in 1939 as a 24-hour theater for aircraft workers, but closed in 2003 after Robert Redford’s Sundance Cinemas project (which was going to take over ownership of the theater) fell through because General Cinemas (which was being sold to AMC) went bankrupt. The Aero is now officially known as the “Max Palevsky Aero Theater” thanks to Palevsky’s funding for the American Cinematheque’s refurbishment of the theater which re-opened in January 2005. No. of...
- 9/22/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The British Film Institute (BFI) is hosting a special two-month Satyajit Ray season, the first of which will be held in August. Ray’s films will be screened throughout the month in London, in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ray received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement-just before his death in Calcutta-in 1992.
The films to be screened as part of Ray season in August are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Mahanagar, Jalsaghar, Apur Sansar, Devi, Teen Kanya, Charulata, Kanchenjungha, Nayak, Kapurush, Chiriakhana, Abhijan and Parash Pathar.
Two documentaries directed by Ray– commemorating writer, artist and composer Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray’s father Sukumar Ray will also be screened.
A Masterclass will be conducted on Pather Panchali by filmmaker and teacher Mamoun Hassan, who headed the BFI in 1970s.
As reported earlier, BFI will also release Ray’s Mahanagar to mark the 50th anniversary of the film.
Ray received an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement-just before his death in Calcutta-in 1992.
The films to be screened as part of Ray season in August are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Mahanagar, Jalsaghar, Apur Sansar, Devi, Teen Kanya, Charulata, Kanchenjungha, Nayak, Kapurush, Chiriakhana, Abhijan and Parash Pathar.
Two documentaries directed by Ray– commemorating writer, artist and composer Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray’s father Sukumar Ray will also be screened.
A Masterclass will be conducted on Pather Panchali by filmmaker and teacher Mamoun Hassan, who headed the BFI in 1970s.
As reported earlier, BFI will also release Ray’s Mahanagar to mark the 50th anniversary of the film.
- 7/15/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 20, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Madhabi Mukherjee is Charulata.
The 1964 film drama Charulata about a woman’s artistic and romantic yearning by the great Bengali director Satyajit Ray (The Music Room) is set in late 19th Century, pre-independence India.
It takes place in the gracious home of a liberal-minded, workaholic newspaper editor (Sailen Mukherjee) and his lonely, stifled wife, Charulata (The Big City’s Madhabi Mukherjee), whose exquisitely composed features mask a burning creativity. When her husband’s poet cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him to pursue her own writing and dangerously drawn to him physically.
Based on a novella by the great Rabindranath Tagore, Charulata is a work of subtle textures, a delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice.
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles,...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Madhabi Mukherjee is Charulata.
The 1964 film drama Charulata about a woman’s artistic and romantic yearning by the great Bengali director Satyajit Ray (The Music Room) is set in late 19th Century, pre-independence India.
It takes place in the gracious home of a liberal-minded, workaholic newspaper editor (Sailen Mukherjee) and his lonely, stifled wife, Charulata (The Big City’s Madhabi Mukherjee), whose exquisitely composed features mask a burning creativity. When her husband’s poet cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him to pursue her own writing and dangerously drawn to him physically.
Based on a novella by the great Rabindranath Tagore, Charulata is a work of subtle textures, a delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice.
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles,...
- 6/13/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 20, 2013
Price: DVD $29.99, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Criterion
Madhabi Mukherjee takes a job to help support her family in The Big City.
The 1963 drama The Big City is set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by the legendary Satyajit Ray (The Music Room).
The film follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of middle-class surburban housewife Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family.
With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian woman.
Ray won considerable praise for his work on Mahanagar (as the movie is known in its native Bengali), winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles,...
Price: DVD $29.99, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Criterion
Madhabi Mukherjee takes a job to help support her family in The Big City.
The 1963 drama The Big City is set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by the legendary Satyajit Ray (The Music Room).
The film follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of middle-class surburban housewife Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family.
With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian woman.
Ray won considerable praise for his work on Mahanagar (as the movie is known in its native Bengali), winning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Satyajit Ray
From March 12-28, nine films of Satyajit Ray will be screened at the Cinematheque de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The retrospective programme includes the screening of Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar), Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Jalsaghar, Sadgati, Bala, Mahanagar and Satyajit Ray, a biopic on Ray by Shyam Benegal.
Organized by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, a film archive in Spain, in collaboration with ImagineIndia and Directorate of Film Festivals of India, the sixteen day programme celebrates Ray’s depiction of “the modern ideals of a society, that was also a colonized country. A filmmaker (Ray) who should be visited from time to time so as to not lose sight of what is essential,” states the Filmoteca de Catalunya website.
From March 12-28, nine films of Satyajit Ray will be screened at the Cinematheque de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The retrospective programme includes the screening of Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar), Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Jalsaghar, Sadgati, Bala, Mahanagar and Satyajit Ray, a biopic on Ray by Shyam Benegal.
Organized by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, a film archive in Spain, in collaboration with ImagineIndia and Directorate of Film Festivals of India, the sixteen day programme celebrates Ray’s depiction of “the modern ideals of a society, that was also a colonized country. A filmmaker (Ray) who should be visited from time to time so as to not lose sight of what is essential,” states the Filmoteca de Catalunya website.
- 3/11/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Indian film industry is probably the most prolific in the entire world. According to the latest count in 2010, India ranks the first in production of movies followed by Hollywood and China. But of the huge pantheon of regional and national Indian stars present in Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray is an icon who cannot be forgotten. His unique perspective on Indian life and his impact on Bengali, as well as, Indian cinema cannot be forgotten.
Satyajit Ray was born 2 May 1921 to Sukumar Ray and Suprabhar Roy. His entire family was steeped in literature, socialism and music. This love for journalism, art and cinema was transferred quickly to the young mind of the growing boy. His father passed away when he was three but his mother always insisted on a world-class education for the boy and he was quickly enrolled in the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, that was set up...
Satyajit Ray was born 2 May 1921 to Sukumar Ray and Suprabhar Roy. His entire family was steeped in literature, socialism and music. This love for journalism, art and cinema was transferred quickly to the young mind of the growing boy. His father passed away when he was three but his mother always insisted on a world-class education for the boy and he was quickly enrolled in the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, that was set up...
- 2/6/2012
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV
Rating (out of five): * * **
Over the opening credits of Satyajit Ray’s 1958 The Music Room (Jalsaghar), a chandelier drifts out of the darkness, slowly swaying into view like some luminescent deep sea creature. This chandelier, one of several that hang in the titular room, will come to symbolize the flickering (pre-electric) light of a way of life that is quickly disappearing.
The Music Room is a fin de siècle story along the lines of The Leopard or The Magnificent Ambersons, detailing the last member of a feudal dynasty’s slide into obscurity. When we first see Lord Roy (Bengali matinee idol Chhabi Biswas), he is alone on the roof of his decaying palace, lost in thought. A sparse exchange with his servant (Kali Sarkar) reveals that Lord Roy has no idea what month or season it is.<...
Rating (out of five): * * **
Over the opening credits of Satyajit Ray’s 1958 The Music Room (Jalsaghar), a chandelier drifts out of the darkness, slowly swaying into view like some luminescent deep sea creature. This chandelier, one of several that hang in the titular room, will come to symbolize the flickering (pre-electric) light of a way of life that is quickly disappearing.
The Music Room is a fin de siècle story along the lines of The Leopard or The Magnificent Ambersons, detailing the last member of a feudal dynasty’s slide into obscurity. When we first see Lord Roy (Bengali matinee idol Chhabi Biswas), he is alone on the roof of his decaying palace, lost in thought. A sparse exchange with his servant (Kali Sarkar) reveals that Lord Roy has no idea what month or season it is.<...
- 7/19/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
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Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Collection) I stayed up late so I could watch this before posting today's column. I'd seen this film only once before, as part of my Janus collection, but that release contains none of the special features available on the full Criterion disc, such as two commentaries, Phillip Glass' opera based on Cocteau's film, interviews, featurettes and a restoration trailer. All of which I didn't have a chance to explore yet, but will shortly and will tell you all about them in a review that is already half-written after watching the film this late evening.
So, in short, yes, for the film alone this is worth the purchase. This is a wonderful and fantastical telling of the story that most only know nowadays through Disney's animated version. However, if you ask me, Disney's version pales in comparison.
Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Collection) I stayed up late so I could watch this before posting today's column. I'd seen this film only once before, as part of my Janus collection, but that release contains none of the special features available on the full Criterion disc, such as two commentaries, Phillip Glass' opera based on Cocteau's film, interviews, featurettes and a restoration trailer. All of which I didn't have a chance to explore yet, but will shortly and will tell you all about them in a review that is already half-written after watching the film this late evening.
So, in short, yes, for the film alone this is worth the purchase. This is a wonderful and fantastical telling of the story that most only know nowadays through Disney's animated version. However, if you ask me, Disney's version pales in comparison.
- 7/19/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
- 7/18/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Criterion Collection will release the legendary Bengali director Satyajit Ray’s 1958 film The Music Room (Jalsaghar) on Blu-ray and DVD on July 19, marking the movie’s first-ever release digital release.
Chhabi Biswas catches his reflection in The Music Room.
The Music Room turns on the fallen aristocrat Huzur Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas) who desperately tries to cling to his way of life as his opulent world begins to crumble. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years—now a shadow of its former vivid self.
Considered to be a defining work for Ray, The Music Room offers an insightful depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, while showcasing for some of India’s most popular musicians of the day, The Music Room
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles, the Blu-ray and DVD each contain the following features:
• New digital restoration,...
Chhabi Biswas catches his reflection in The Music Room.
The Music Room turns on the fallen aristocrat Huzur Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas) who desperately tries to cling to his way of life as his opulent world begins to crumble. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years—now a shadow of its former vivid self.
Considered to be a defining work for Ray, The Music Room offers an insightful depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, while showcasing for some of India’s most popular musicians of the day, The Music Room
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles, the Blu-ray and DVD each contain the following features:
• New digital restoration,...
- 4/16/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Note: I’ll be updating this page as Criterion makes the release dates and final art available. – Ryan 4/15/2011
Well here we are, another mid-month Criterion new release announcement. This time last year, we were treated to the incredible one-two punch announcement of Black Narcissus and the Red Shoes as upgraded DVD/Blu-ray editions. This time around we have even more to be excited about.
First up, a couple of films that we’ve actually already covered on the podcast will finally be getting Blu-ray upgrades. One of our very first episodes was on Mike Leigh’s Naked (a film that I wasn’t too hot on, but I loved Leigh’s Topsy Turvy). Now you’ll finally be able to see this incredibly daring and raw look at England in the early 90s, with David Thewlis as the immortal Johnny. I found the dialogue to be a little too rapid and not very naturalistic,...
Well here we are, another mid-month Criterion new release announcement. This time last year, we were treated to the incredible one-two punch announcement of Black Narcissus and the Red Shoes as upgraded DVD/Blu-ray editions. This time around we have even more to be excited about.
First up, a couple of films that we’ve actually already covered on the podcast will finally be getting Blu-ray upgrades. One of our very first episodes was on Mike Leigh’s Naked (a film that I wasn’t too hot on, but I loved Leigh’s Topsy Turvy). Now you’ll finally be able to see this incredibly daring and raw look at England in the early 90s, with David Thewlis as the immortal Johnny. I found the dialogue to be a little too rapid and not very naturalistic,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Florence, Oct 21 – The Satyajit Ray classic ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ will be this year’s highlight at River to River, Italy’s only festival of Indian cinema that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Four films by India’s master filmmaker – ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’, ‘Jalsaghar’, ‘Charulala’ being the other three – will be screened in the retrospective section at the weeklong festival that opens in Florence Dec 3.
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Four films by India’s master filmmaker – ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’, ‘Jalsaghar’, ‘Charulala’ being the other three – will be screened in the retrospective section at the weeklong festival that opens in Florence Dec 3.
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- 10/21/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Jalsaghar (The Music Room) (1958) directed, written and produced by Satyajit Ray will be presented by The Film Foundation and American Express as part of "20 Years/20 Films" at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Now in its 16th year, the festival will take place from June 17-27, 2010 in downtown Los Angeles.
Starring Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, the festival website describes the film as - “A turn of the century Indian aristocrat's wealth is dwindling, yet he continues to spend his fortune on lavish music concerts in his decaying mansion in Satyajit Ray's elegiac 1958 classic.”
Supriyo Sen’s acclaimed short film Wagah will be screened in the section for Short films at the festival.
The Kids Are All Right directed by Lisa Cholodenko will open the festival while Despicable Me by Chris Renaud will be the closing film of the festival. Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will present more than 200 features,...
Starring Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta, the festival website describes the film as - “A turn of the century Indian aristocrat's wealth is dwindling, yet he continues to spend his fortune on lavish music concerts in his decaying mansion in Satyajit Ray's elegiac 1958 classic.”
Supriyo Sen’s acclaimed short film Wagah will be screened in the section for Short films at the festival.
The Kids Are All Right directed by Lisa Cholodenko will open the festival while Despicable Me by Chris Renaud will be the closing film of the festival. Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will present more than 200 features,...
- 5/4/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Taj Enlighten Film Society will organise “The Satyajit Ray Festival”, a festival showcasing films, of the great master of Indian cinema from May 2-16. Beginning 2nd May 2010, which is the 89th birth anniversary of the filmmaker the society will screen Ray’s films namely Agantuk (The Stranger), Jalsaghar (The Music Room) and Charulata (The Lonely Wife) every Sunday at 10am at Cinemax, Metro Big Cinemas and Ncpa in Mumbai.
Pranav Ashar, President of the Taj Enlighten Film Society said, “Since we began our film society, we have had many requests to do a Satyajit Ray film festival. We have never received such a response immediately after announcing a festival. After this overwhelming response, we are already planning to extend and enhance the experience of the festival by adding the famous Apu Triolgy - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of...
Pranav Ashar, President of the Taj Enlighten Film Society said, “Since we began our film society, we have had many requests to do a Satyajit Ray film festival. We have never received such a response immediately after announcing a festival. After this overwhelming response, we are already planning to extend and enhance the experience of the festival by adding the famous Apu Triolgy - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of...
- 4/27/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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