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Mira Nair On The Reluctant Fundamentalist

By • May 1st, 2013 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, India, People, Women Achievers Special
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Mira Nair‘s latest films is The Reluctant Fundamentalist.  The picture is based on a novel by the same name by Mohsin Hamid. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an intimate portrait told with anguish and love about the 2 societies: American and South Asian says Mira, who came to the US as a 19 year old undergraduate to [...]


John Kahrs On Paperman, Animation & Technology

By • Feb 28th, 2013 • Category: Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, People, Video
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John Kahrs won an Academy award for his animated short film Paperman. This was Kahrs directorial debut and his first Oscar nomination. Paperman is a  7 minute black and white short film that combines old and new technology in a powerful and delightful way. We caught up with Kahrs just as his film was being premiered [...]


Mathew Lillard: Fat Kid Rules The World

By • Dec 6th, 2012 • Category: Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
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Meet actor turned director Mathew Lillard, who talks about his debut film Fat Kid Rules The World. Based on a best-selling novel by AL Gooing it’s a poignant and interesting coming-of-age film about two teenage boys with very different personalities. What unites them together is their love of music. Lillard is using new and interesting [...]


Sacha Gervasi on Hitchcock

By • Nov 23rd, 2012 • Category: Books and Authors, Featured, Hollywood, People
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Director Sacha Gervasi’s debut feature film Hitchcock is an unusual film. While we know quite a lot about the “master of suspense” Hitchcock and his movie-making techniques, there is very little we know about his personal life and the key role his wife played throughout his long and distinguished film career. The film is a [...]


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