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Satyajit Ray “Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon,” observed Akira Kurosawa with regards to the Indian master who would have turned one hundred this May. Influenced by the poetic humanism of Jean Renoir and the Italian neorealist movement, Ray self-financed his landmark debut Pather Panchali—the first installment of his internationally celebrated Apu Trilogy, a cycle of richly humane masterworks that traces its title...

We’re thrilled to be celebrating Black History Month on the Criterion Channel with a lineup that salutes African American filmmaking pioneers like Gordon Parks and Madeline Anderson, spotlights the brilliant career of actor and activist Ruby Dee, presents newly restored works by William Greaves and Bill Duke, and offers introductions to contemporary Black directors like Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and Akosua Adoma Owusu. That’s just the beginning—we’ve also got Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, a...