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Director Mira Nair's The Namesake
By: Margaret Burke
Multicultural love story follows a family through 25 years as the parents adapt to a new country and their children learn to embrace their heritage. more...
Sean Penn Directs Into The Wild
Sean Penn directed, produced and partly filmed the 2007 movie Into The Wild. A movie about a young mans escape from modern society. more...
By: Michael Roberts
Brick Lane tells the story of a Bangladeshi girl who, at seventeen, is entered into an arranged marriage to an older man and begins a new life in England. more...
By: Margaret Burke
A movie about sex and sibling rivalry focusing on Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, and the role her sister Mary played as the King's mistress. more...
Director Joe Wright's Atonement
By: Margaret Burke
Oscar nominated romantic war drama is gorgeous to look at and heartbreaking in its story. more...
By: Margaret Burke
2008 Best Picture Oscar nominee and Best Actor winner, this movie is an amazing look at an oil tycoon's ambition and greed. more...
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
By: James W. Coates
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the new film from acclaimed French film director, Julian Schnabel, testifies to the strength of the human spirit. more...
By: Mona Lisa Safai
An Indian Family Immigrates To New York. Nair, The Director, Chronicles Two Generations of Their Lives Through Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Cultural Identities. more...
US V. Bush Examines the Iraq War
By: Steven C Bryan
Director Robert Boris currently is working on "U.S. V. Bush," a new movie based on the book by former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega. more...
By: Steven C Bryan
A rare opportunity to see this classic film on the big screen unveils the life lessons contained within. more...
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