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Tag / Satyajit Ray

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Enemy of the People, An (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1989, India, Satyajit Ray
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Holy water from a temple is found to be contaminated in this decent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, situated within Ray’s cultural milieu as this straightforwardly-told drama sees science and religion cross swords. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Holy Man, The (1965)

  • Ray, Satyajit
  • 1965, India, Satyajit Ray
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A con-man who pretends to be an all-powerful spiritual guru is at the centre of Ray’s modest if stinging social commentary on the naivety of succumbing to blind faith.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 2, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Hero, The (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1966, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Not as purely cinematic as some of his greatest works, but Ray manages to invoke feelings of introspection as a movie star gets a reality check from strangers—and fans—he encounters on a train.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Home and the World, The (1984)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1984, India, Satyajit Ray
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Ray’s third adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s work late on in his career is a quietly-composed and deliberately-paced tale about the intertwining of domestic and national affairs. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 29, 2020October 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Chess Players, The (1977)

  • Ray, Satyajit
  • 1977, India, Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray’s only Hindi film is an engrossing treatment on how the pleasures of chess can take on political and symbolic significance.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 17, 2020August 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Charulata (1964)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1964, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 5 Comments

Another extraordinary work by Ray, directed with a profound delicateness that translates into great performances and astonishing visual flourishes.  

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Music Room, The (1958)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1958, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 7 Comments

An extraordinary masterpiece by the great Satyajit Ray that captures the clash between tradition and modernity in a deeply poetic, melancholic (and musical) way.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2020May 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Aparajito (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1956, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 1 Comment

Ray’s powerful follow-up to ‘Pather Panchali’ has moments of exquisite emotional beauty and a deep sense of coming-to-terms with an ever-changing, sobering reality.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 15, 2020January 12, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Pather Panchali (1955)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1955, India, Satyajit Ray
  • 5 Comments

One of the greatest films of all-time from the legendary Satyajit Ray.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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