1.0The Mookse and the Gripeshttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviewsTrevor Berretthttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/author/trevor/Satyajit Ray: The Hero - The Mookse and the Gripesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bQ4SVhE019"><a href="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2018/02/22/satyajit-ray-the-hero/">Satyajit Ray: <em>The Hero</em></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2018/02/22/satyajit-ray-the-hero/embed/#?secret=bQ4SVhE019" width="600" height="338" title="“Satyajit Ray: <em>The Hero</em>” — The Mookse and the Gripes" data-secret="bQ4SVhE019" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
//# sourceURL=https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js
</script>
https://i0.wp.com/mookseandgripes.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Hero-Featured-Image.jpg?fit=702%2C400&ssl=1702400This week The Criterion Collection released Satyajit Ray's 1966 film The Hero on home video. Now that I've seen it, Ray may have ousted Ingmar Bergman as my favorite director of all time. Maybe. Today, at any rate. Here I look at this surprisingly compassionate film.