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POWER PLAYS.(Movie Review)
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The Film File
No film of "Vanity Fair" can be true to Thackeray's novel, nor should it be. Bad faith, with occasional slivers of good, was his most pullulating theme, and woe betide any director who dogs the book with devotion. Better by far to fool around with it and grab what turns you on. The novel will be with us forever, but the movie is a one-night stand.
Spinning at the hub of the story is Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon). In the eyes of the early nineteenth century, she is a nobody, possessed of nothing more than brains, beauty, bilingualism, a fine dress sense, a lashing wit, the sexual heat of a lioness, and the singing ...
- Indian style: The forecast is sunny for Mira Nair's award-winning Punjabi...
- Magazine article from: W Gell, Aaron March 1, 2002 700+ words
...make it to educate you," director Mira Nair is saying, and despite the warm smile...charming and astonishing new film, Monsoon Wedding, seems perfectly crafted to give Western...her favor. Now, with the success of Monsoon Wedding, which opens in the U.S. February...
- 'I wanted to make a film that my son could see'; Film director Mira Nair,...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Norman, Neil January 3, 2002 700+ words
Byline: NEIL NORMAN WHEN Monsoon Wedding won the Golden Lion at last year...more surprised than its director Mira Nair. "To even be at Venice was a...University's film school. While Monsoon Wedding is the most upbeat movie she has...
- Culture: Lots of love from Punjab; Monsoon Wedding is tomorrow's opening gala...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) November 14, 2001 700+ words
...relayed over the phone to director Mira Nair in Bombay just as she was getting ready to start editing Monsoon Wedding. 'We lost 300 minutes of exposed...context. There's little doubt that Monsoon Wedding is going to be her greatest success...
- Film director Mira Nair to close UK's biggest Asian film festival.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 19, 2002 700+ words
...Government: Film director Mira Nair to close UK's biggest...box office success, Monsoon Wedding, Mira Nair will take part in...independent film director Mira Nair includes: Salaam...Foreign Language Film. Monsoon Wedding. Winner of the Golden...
- Mira Nair: intoxicated with life.
- Magazine article from: World and I Cheng, Scarlet June 1, 2003 700+ words
In films such as Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding, Indian-born filmmaker Mira Nair carves an independent path, eschewing the...Nair wanted to capture in her recent film hit Monsoon Wedding was the spirit of masti. "It means to be...
- Internationally-Acclaimed Director Mira Nair Delivers AIDS Jaago Film Project...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 31, 2008 700+ words
...free, global availability of Mira Nair's AIDS Jaago, four short dramatic...by acclaimed Indian filmmakers Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake), Vishal Bhardwaj...project was the brainchild of Mira Nair and was produced by her company...
- Mira Nair's Can-Do Golddigger.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) September 13, 2004 700+ words
...disappointing. Nothing much has changed. Indian director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) has made a cinematically impressive, beautifully...idiotic musical number extraneously inserted by Mira Nair as homage to her Asian roots, with poor Ms. Witherspoon...
- Principal Photography Begins on Mira Nair's THE NAMESAKE; Kal Penn and Cast...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 29, 2005 700+ words
...R)-nominated Mira Nair (SALAAM BOMBAY!, MONSOON WEDDING) and starring Kal...Said Director Mira Nair of her most personal...MELINDA AND MELINDA. Mira Nair's debut feature...Audience Choice Award. MONSOON WEDDING won the Golden Lion...
