Wednesday, November 28 2007
The Namesake
Whatever else you get out of this movie -- a give-take equation that depends largely on your willingness to follow Nair’s lead -- it’s worth watching for Tabu’s superlative turn alone, which would earn her an Oscar if there were any justice in the First World.
Thursday, March 22 2007
Unbridled with Life: Interview with Mira Nair
With The Namesake, based on Jhumpa Lahiri's popular novel, Mira Nair has found an ideal subject -- a family full of complex characters who spend their lives traversing traditions and expectations.
Monday, March 12 2007
The Namesake (2006)
Attentive to surfaces as well as nuances, Mira Nair's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, The Namesake, is about legacies and responsibilities, ambitions and dislocations.
Thursday, October 3 2002
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Elastic yet precise, Malle's film has the vitality and vividness of a Renoir -- it breathes.
