Pather Panchali

Edward Guthmann

Pather Panchali is an unqualified masterpiece, but dont restrict yourself to it alone. ( Read More )

James Berardinelli

This is the kind of motion picture that will stay with you for hours, or perhaps even days, after youve left the theater, and thats a rare characteristic for any movie. ( Read More )

This was the first film of a great body of work characterized by visual beauty, humor, and emotional generosity, and announced the arrival of a major new director on the world scene, as well as the debut of Indian cinema in the West. ( Read More )

Jeffrey M. Anderson

And if you recognize a little of yourself in Apu, then the film has done its job. ( Read More )

Bosley Crowther

THE Indian film, Pather Panchali (Song of the Road), which opened at the Fifth Avenue Cinema yesterday, is one of those rare exotic items, remote in idiom from the usual Hollywood film, that should offer some subtle compensations to anyone who has the patience to sit through its almost two hours.View Full Article in Timesmachine ( Read More )