Features
Monday, April 13 2009
India Shining?: America's Indian Moment
Perhaps Slumdog Millionaire is an elaborate, cinematic version of Bobby Jindal. Perhaps Western audiences have so deeply appreciated Boyle's film because it subtly reiterates a symbolic order that is as familiar as colonial conquest.
Friday, January 16 2009
The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008
Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.
Columns
Friday, January 16 2009
Slumdog Millionaire: All Eyes East
Slumdog Millionaire's Golden Globe win for Best Motion Picture/Drama is like a flare warning Hollywood about its future in cinema.
Reviews
Wednesday, November 12 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
In Slumdog Millionaire's riotous, luscious fantasy, Jamal responds to an astonishing series of game show questions -- each speaking directly and surreally to his own life experiences.
Blogs
Wednesday, February 25 2009
Blaxploitation & 'Slumdogs Can't Have Dignity' - A Critical Response to Indian Media Coverage
Unlike comic book superheroes, Slumdog hit a bit closer under our bellies with our eyes wide shut. Yet, now that “we” have had our eyes opened, will “we” place Third World poverty into another, more entertaining box?
Wednesday, January 21 2009
Dickens - Bollywood Style: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
“Serendipity” originated in India. The word derives from the old Persian name for Sri Lanka, and tells the story of three princes who went on…
Thursday, December 18 2008
'Slumdog' Sizzles as One of Year's Very Best
We all want to escape - our sense of self, our worthless lives, those moments of unfulfilling social conformity. Yet few of us have to…
Wednesday, November 19 2008
Boyle-ing Over
He may be our most inventive living director - or at the very least, our must idiosyncratic. In his brief tenure as a feature filmmaker…
News
Friday, March 13 2009
‘Slumdog' popularity shines spotlight on Indian designers, fashions
If there was ever a time we needed a Mumbai makeover -- or at least a nudge toward the cheery colors, metallic threads and dazzling…
Thursday, February 19 2009
'Slumdog Millionaire' leads the best picture pack
Hate it or love it, the underdog is on top. Not long ago, the movie to beat at this year's Oscars seemed to be "The…
Wednesday, February 18 2009
Truth, fiction face off — and 'Slumdog' will likely take the lead
There really is no backlash when it comes to "Slumdog Millionaire," the best bet to take home the best picture Academy Award next Sunday. It's…
Monday, February 16 2009
Which road will Oscar take? ‘Benjamin Button,' ‘Slumdog' travel on two distinct paths
New Orleans is 8,870 miles from Mumbai, India, as the crow flies. The Academy Award nominees for best picture set in those cities - "The…
Thursday, February 5 2009
'Slumdog Millionaire' director is both the underdog and Oscar favorite
It's a movie about underdogs, and those who made it like to think of the project that way - as the "little film that could."…
