Sydney Film Festival – Under the Paving Stones

June 4, 2023June 5, 2023

Sydney Film Festival preview: A deliriously good Amitabh Bachchan retro, plus other highlights

This year I was once again tapped by Sydney Film Festival to write program notes for the upcoming 70th edition. Once again, along with the assortment of new films assigned to me, I was handed the enjoyable task of writing up a program of classic films from India. Last year it was the Satyajit Ray … Continue reading Sydney Film Festival preview: A deliriously good Amitabh Bachchan retro, plus other highlights

July 28, 2022July 30, 2022

The exquisite films of Satyajit Ray, cinema’s great humanist

Earlier this year, I had the honor of writing the program notes for Sydney Film Festival’s Satyajit Ray retrospective. My task was to watch and write up 10 classic Ray films selected by beloved Australian critic David Stratton for his annual retro program at the festival (and I got to talk to Stratton on the … Continue reading The exquisite films of Satyajit Ray, cinema’s great humanist