Mira Nair

New York, I Love You

6 Oct 2010

(15) 103min The second instalment of the wholly spurious ‘Cities of Love’ franchise produced by Paris, je t’aime creator Emmanuel Benbihy, New York, I Love You feels about as fresh as a piss-stained Pan Am flight bag. It’s a collection of eleven…

Profile of Amelia director Mira Nair

13 Nov 2009

Name: Mira Nair Born: 15 October 1957, Bhubaneshwar (India) Background: After starting her career as an actress, Nair turned to directing award-winning documentaries, including So Far From India. She made her feature film debut in 1988 with the…

Amelia

4 Nov 2009

Amelia (PG) 111min Mira Monsoon Wedding Nair’s biopic of of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart starring Hilary Swank as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Nair goes for a low-key approach to this extraordinary life, which…

The Namesake

(12A) 121min

26 Mar 2007

HISTORY/DRAMA/ROMANCE Not only is Mira Nair one of the world’s pre-eminent women directors, she has also taken over Spike Lee’s mantle as the most intuitive director making movies about ethnic minorities in America. Having started off making…

Glasgow Film Festival - Mira Nair interview (The Namesake)

A tale of two cities

31 Jan 2007

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL After her sojourn into the upper echelons of British society with her adaptation of Vanity Fair, Mira Nair returns to the multicultural themes that established her reputation with The Namesake. It’s a cinematic rendition of…

Glasgow Film Festival - Mira Nair interview (The Namesake)

A tale of two cities

30 Jan 2007

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL After her sojourn into the upper echelons of British society with her adaptation of Vanity Fair, Mira Nair returns to the multicultural themes that established her reputation with The Namesake. It’s a cinematic rendition of…