Akira Kurosawa wrote that 'not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or moon'...It's almost impossible to follow that or indeed offer any more words of recommendation, but I guess I shall fumble through a few, however humbly, as a fan, and as someone whose eyes have been opened and illuminated by those same stars. The Apu trilogy is the most celebrated of the films of Satyajit Ray. The three films, based on a classic Bengali novel, follow the story of Apu, a young boy born into a poor but loving family in rural Bengal, from his impoverished childhood and his innocent glimpses and perceptions of the world in ...  Read the complete review