It just occurred to me that The Big Sick is the second Secret White Girlfriend film I’ve seen in the past two years. The other was Meet the Patels. Like Ravi in that charming documentary, Kumail Nanjiani’s character (a fictionalized version of his real self) is a South Asian man in his late 20s attempting […]
Meet Ritesh Batra for Q&A Friday and Saturday
The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra will be present in New York City for a Q&A following two screenings of his new film, The Sense of an Ending: Friday evening, March 10th, Lincoln Plaza Cinema after the 7:40pm show, Saturday evening, March 11th, Landmark Sunshine Cinema, after the 7:00pm show Save Save
The Sense of an Ending
Sometimes you read a book or watch a movie at a point in your life when you’re just not in the right mood for it, or when it’s just the wrong time for you, and that book or film either overwhelms you, making you feel things you didn’t want to, or you come away from […]
Meet the cast of Growing Up Smith
In various cities around the U.S. you have a chance to meet cast members from the utterly charming Growing Up Smith today and the next few days:
Growing Up Smith
As if it’s not tough enough being a tween – dealing with school, hostile or indifferent classmates, parents and your own hormonal surges and shifts – Smith Bhatnagar is also living between his Indian-influenced home life and his middle class American existence once he’s out the front door. Now imagine doing all that back in […]
“Lion” makes history with Academy Award nominations
Lion was nominated for six Academy Awards this week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the following categories: Best Motion Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Dev Patel, Best Supporting Actress for Nicole Kidman, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography Lion makes the 26th Best Picture nomination for renowned […]