Movies
A mix of old-fashioned Hollywood optimism with an unblinking view of contemporary struggles, the new film “Queen of Katwe” is an upbeat tale from an impoverished place.
Sept. 22, 2016
Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair bring Indian voices to Toronto film fest
July 24, 2012
Mira Nair’s ‘Reluctant Fundamentalist’ set for Indian Film Festival
April 5, 2013
Mira Nair: An accidental timeliness
April 24, 2013
Deepa Mehta and Mira Nair first met in a swimming pool in Amritsar, India, when they were children, not knowing at the time that they would become two of India’s most influential filmmakers.
In a few minutes, gunshots will crackle over the blare of salsa music on the set of “The Perez Family.”
May 7, 1995
More than ethnicity drew Mira Nair and Kal Penn to ‘The Namesake.’
March 8, 2007
Director Mira Nair’s romantic drama ‘Monsoon Wedding’ shows one family’s efforts to combine the traditional with the contemporary in modern India.
March 1, 2002
With “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love,” director Mira Nair has incorporated the teachings of the famous 4th century text on the art of love into a heady, tragic tale of the entangled lives of two women and two men in 16th century India.
Feb. 28, 1997
Director Mira Nair will be a guest director at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June, hosting a filmmaker retreat and selecting a program of films that have inspired her work.
April 9, 2004