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Doha Tribeca Film Fest 2011: Nadine Labaki's Latest, Antonio Banderas, and the Wonder of Black Gold

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Nadine Labaki, Antonio Banderas, Doha, Freida Pinto, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Black Gold, Doha Film Institute, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Jean Jacques Annaud, Where Do We Go Now?, Amanda Palmer, Qatar, Mira Nair, Culture News
E. Nina Rothe

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival is the kind of event that can make all other film festivals seem unexciting.

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Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art -- in Atlanta

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Rebecca M. Brown, Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, Mirabai Films, South Asian Art, Atlanta, Melanie Einzig, Sundaram Tagore, Mira Nair, Susan S. Bean, Don Rubin, Nalini Malani, Seema Kohli, Rubin Museum of Art, Aroon Shivdasani, Lawrence M. Schall, Kamal Mitra, Cuban Art, Indian-American Culture, Indo-American Arts Council, Edward Wilkinson, Shelley Rubin, Chelsea, Human Rights, Himalayan Art, Goddess, Oglethorpe University, Sakti Burman, Francis Newton Souza, Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni, Art, Lion, Arpita Singh, Arts News
Jim Luce

Don Rubin and his wife Shelley have introduced an exceptional, personal collection of modern and contemporary South Asian art at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.

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Reinventing The Bard: Rajat Kapoor's Hamlet -- The Clown Prince Tours the UK

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rajat Kapoor, London, Monsoon Wedding, William Shakespeare, Gibberish, Hamlet: The Clown Prince, Richard III, Sulayman Al Bassam, Mira Nair, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kalki Koechlin, Atul Kumar, Arts News
E. Nina Rothe

My award for the most creative re-interpretation of Shakespeare goes to Indian filmmaker Rajat Kapoor's production of Hamlet -- The Clown Prince.

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Can You Feel the Love?

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Apollo Theater, Philanthropy, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Apollo Educational Programs, Mayor Bloomberg, Marcia Gay Harden, Ny Impact, Dining With the Divas, Mira Nair, New York News
Liz Neumark

After monthly food festivals featuring a seasonal harvest item, February -- the dead of winter month -- lends itself to our imagination... and for us, the crop is love.

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South Asian Cinema Spotlighted in Fall Festivals

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, South Asia, Bollywood, Pakistan, Indian, Mumbai, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Mira Nair, New York News
Brad Balfour

Four festivals have taken place -- or will -- this Fall in New York City that showcase South Asian cinema or those from the South Asian diaspora. Of the four, I View Film Festival 2010, was the eye-opener -- no pun intended.

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Live From the Toronto Film Festival: Saturday, Sept. 11

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, Made in Dagenham, Alex Gibnew, Monsoon Wedding, Tiff, Woody Allen, Tamara Drewe, 9/11, The Town, Joseph Bruno, Ben Affleck, Let Me In, Toronto International Film Festival, Marshall Fine Blog, Mira Nair, Clint Eastwood, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Stephen Frears, Let the Right One In, Sally Hawkins, Marshall Fine Commentary, Hereafter, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The most persistent feeling one has at a big event like the Toronto International Film Festival -- other than the feeling of exhaustion -- is that you're somehow running behind.

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A Woman's Touch: Ten Great Films From Female Directors

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, The Academy Awards, Giancarlo Giannini, Penny Marshall, Avatar, Kimberly Peirce, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Kopple, Scarlett Johansson, Deepa Mehta, Best Movies on DVD, Agnes Varda, Sean Penn, Best Movies by Farr, Thirteen/WNET, Sam Neill, Bill Murray, Mira Nair, Amy Heckerling, Female Directors, Tom Hanks, Hilary Swank, James Cameron, Lina Wertmuller, Holly Hunter, Sofia Coppola, Entertainment News
John Farr

Though film directing has been an overwhelmingly male preserve, there's an enduring legacy of women directors to celebrate. To prove my point, here are ten of my own favorite titles helmed by women.

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Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-American Arts Council

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pakistan, Salaam Bombay!, Punjabi, Sundaram Tagore, Hindus, Mira Nair, Sesame Street India, Indian Diaspora, Oiww, Bengali, Sikhs, Indian Consulate New York, Mumbai, Indian Classical Music, Aroon Shivdasani, Christians, New York Philharmonic, Jeffrey Sachs, Iona College, Indian Independence, Slumdog Millionaire, Barack Obama, Spanglish, U.S.S.R., Parsis, British, Danny Boyle, Amelia, Upper East Side, M.F.Husain, Broadway, Mahatma Gandhi, Ravi Shankar, Cold War, Hindi, 1947, Vishakha Desai, Indra Nooyi, Global Citizen, Doris Day, Isheeta Ganguly, Telugu, North America, Earth Institute, Salman Rushdie, Manvendra Singh Gohil, Indian-Americans, Urdu, Harold and Kumar, Buddhists, United States, Asia Society, Non-Aligned Nations, Queens, Indo-American Arts Council, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, Royal House of Rajpipla, India Unveiled, Daily Kos, Thought Leader, Tamil, Mississippi Masala, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Haitian Earthquake Relief, Muslims, Nuclear Weapon State, Baha'is, Bollywood, Zubin Mehta, Orphans International Worldwide, Sanjay Gupta, Jains, Gujarati, Indo-Americans, New York News
Jim Luce

Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...

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New York City's Indian Film Festival: MIAAC

Priyanka Boghani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian-Film-Director, India, Films, Bollywood, Miaac, Film, Women Directors, Actors, Mira Nair, World News
Priyanka Boghani

MIAAC started with an independent Asian American filmmaker focus, but now has broadened to the Indian film industry as well as artists from the wider Indian diaspora.

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HuffPost Review: Amelia crashes

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Gore Vidal, Richard Gere, Amelia Movie Review, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's as if, once Hilary Swank got her hair cut and lightened and had the faux freckles applied, well, that was the whole character.

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Stars Take Flight at Amelia Premiere

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Ewan McGregor, Premiere, Screenwriter, Hilary Swank, Harry Connick Jr, Richard Gere, Amelia, Movie Premiere, Mira Nair, Earheart, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

the latest role for Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank is portraying aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in the aptly titled Amelia.

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HuffPost Review: New York, I Love You

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris I Love You, Natalie Portman, Omnibus Film, Alexander Payne, Brett Ratner, New York I Love You Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Isabel Coixet, The Coen Brothers, Mira Nair, Alfonso Cuaron, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

What to make of omnibus/anthology films such as New York, I Love You? Do you judge them by the best of the short films contained within? Or by the wo...

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Actor Hilary Swank Becomes a High Flying Aviator in Amelia

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Kansas, Aviatrix, Aviator, Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Pioneer, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Between the big smile, mouth full of teeth and unique vocal cadence, Swank fashioned such an uncanny facsimile of Earhart that Amelia is garnering awards talk even while still flying into theaters.

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ReThink Review: Amelia -- Yup, It's a Biopic

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Aviation, Richard Gere, Gay, Feminism, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I hardly knew anything about Earhart before seeing Amelia -- and I didn't feel like I knew much more when I left.

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Review: Amelia

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Zorianna Kit, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

Watching Amelia, a biopic of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, is like spending two hours reading a Wikipedia entry on the title character.

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Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

Mira Kamdar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Paris, Zinedine Zidane, Sooni Taraporevala, Soccer, Mumbai, Little Zizou, Zizou, Mira Nair, Parsis, Entertainment News
Mira Kamdar

The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.

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Amelia

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cherry Jones, Richard Gere, Christopher Eggleston, Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

In the new movie directed by Mira Nair starring Hilary Swank, Earhart is the ideal and idealized woman of her time, a role model for young aviatrixes and women everywhere.

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Hilary Swank In 'Amelia': The Trailer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Video, Richard Gere, Film, Amelia-Earhart, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair, Amelia, Entertainment News

Here's a first look at the trailer for 'Amelia,' the Fox Searchlight movie based on the life of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying t...

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Film in India Shines an Unflattering Spotlight on the Children

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slumdog Millionaire Actors, India, Reliance Entertainment, Film, Anil Ambani, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Shana Ting Lipton

Both Firaaq and Sikandar address how the children of India fare (or don't fare) in the midst of political and cultural conflicts at large, and in the microcosm of the home.

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Unlike Dubai, Doha Puts Education First, Stresses Collaboration (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Education City, Northwestern University, Education, Doha, Qatar, Seymour Hersh, Mira Nair, Michigan State University, Dubai, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

What if there were a small city whose entire purpose for existing was to promote education for an entire country?

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Strike Delays Two More Movies

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Marshall, Sophia Loren Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Mira Nair, Shantaram, Entertainment News

The writers strike claimed two more casualties Monday. Warner Bros. called off a February production start on "Shantaram," the Mira Nair-directed ada...

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