AltWeeklies Wire
Capitalist? Terrorist? Don't Be Reluctant to See This Thrillernew
"In that moment [of 9/11], I felt the awe, audacity, the ruthlessness of the act, surpassed only by its genius."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-15-2013 |
Reviews
Writer Jhumpa Lahiri bridges worlds at Butlernew
Before reading at Butler University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri sits down with NUVO to talk about her work.
NUVO |
Dan Grossman |
04-09-2012 |
Commentary
Is 'Amelia' Ready for Takeoff?new
Sticking to the period of the middle 1930s during which she became a celebrity, Mira Nair's film doesn't have much to add to the Earhart lore, but by necessity of movie convention does have much to subtract from the actual life.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jonathan Kiefer |
10-28-2009 |
Reviews
'Amelia' is a Handsome, Dull and Utterly Banal Earhart Biographynew
Mira Nair's film is old-school Hollywood in that musty, detached way that impresses no one and ultimately does a disservice to the person it so dutifully strains to deify.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
10-27-2009 |
Reviews
Hilary Swank Talks About Mastering Amelia Earhart's Walk and Talknew
"You may think you know how it ends," Swank says about Amelia, "but you have to see it to see if it ends the way you think it does, because there are a lot of theories about it."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Moving Castlesnew
Generational growing pains tarnish Nair's family portrait.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
What's In a Name?new
The Namesake ponders many things -- maybe you can figure them out.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Oh! Calcutta!new
Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity, traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Fitting Innew
Mira Nair overreaches in her latest story about assimilation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Staking Traditionnew
The Namesake takes an honest look at the complexities of immigration and family.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
03-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Global Family Valuesnew
Mira Nair talks about her latest film, an intergenerational family saga about Ashoke and Ashima who, immediately after their arranged marriage in Calcutta, immigrate to the United States.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
03-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Nair's Fairnew
Reese Witherspoon gets her period piece.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Pomp and Circumstance Drives Brit-Lit Romancenew
I really couldn't give a toss if poor Ms. So-and-so finally climbs up that snobby social ladder and marries Lord What's-his-name.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Reese's Pieces of Thackeraynew
Disappointing screen adaptation lacks the novel's satiric edge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Fair to Middlingnew
Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair is no bonfire.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Krough |
09-02-2004 |
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