Top Mira Nair News, Videos, and Blogs - ShowHype

Scorsese, Royals and Some Chaos at Doha Tribeca Fest Opening

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:51:45 +0000

Huge local crowds, a little bit of chaos and international stars turned out Thursday night for the official opening of the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The I.M. Pei designed Museum of Islamic Art served as the very impressive backdrop for the ...

indiewire posted 10 days ago from indiewire.com

Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies, Martin Scorsese, Mira Nair

'Amelia' Flies Straight to Oscar Oblivion

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:40:27 +0000

By Steve Pond Well, it appears as if those reports that “Amelia” was actually a terrific movie that wasn’t being screened only because it wasn’t completely ready were nothing but studio spin. Who’da thunk it? And it turns out that everybody’s initial hunch, the one that said there must be a reason why Fox Searchlight wasn’t showing the film to critics until the last minute, was pretty accurate after all. Director Mira Nair’s movie about the ...

In Contention found this 12 days ago on thewrap.com

Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies, Academy Awards, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair

Culture Warrior: Good and Bad Biopics

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:42:16 +0000

The successful biopic is something that takes a truly masterful hand to accomplish. A lifetime, like history itself, contains no inherent narrative—no arc or three-act structure—yet, like in studying history, we narratavize the exceptional human life in order to better understand it. In ...

rejectnation posted 13 days ago from filmschoolrejects.com

Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Celebrities, Mira Nair, I'm Not There, Lincoln, Richard Gere, The Line, Joaquin Phoenix

Scorsese and Nair at the Inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:13:21 +0000

“Amelia” director Mira Nair and Martin Scorsese in Doha, Qatar on a very warm but breezy Thursday afternoon during a welcome lunch for filmmakers, press and invited guests for the first Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which opens tonight with Nair’s latest. “Like Amelia, I too come from a small town ...

indiewire posted 10 days ago from indiewire.com

Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies, Mira Nair, Martin Scorsese

With strong female characters, Hollywood suffers from a fear of failure

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:19:10 +0000

PLANE DEALINGS: Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair on the set of "Amelia."

Women & Hollywood found this 12 days ago on washingtonpost.com

Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair