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Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay) presents a charming, funny and touching look at the conflict between modern relationships and family traditions. The scattered members of an Indian family gather in New Delhi for an arranged marriage ceremony--an event complicated by past relationships, family secrets, cross-cultural lifestyles, and the weather. Nair fuses the loose, ensemble feel of an Altman film with a touch of Bollywood spectacle. "...one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). DVD in English, Punjabi and Hindi, with English subtitles; India/USA, 2001, 114 mins. DVD | $37.95
Hysterical Blindness Mira Nair Uma Thurman delivers an award-winning performance as a woman looking for love in all the wrong places. Directed by Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala) and set in 1987, the film follows Debby (Thurman) and Beth (Juliette Lewis), two old friends in small-town Bayonne, New Jersey searching for Mr. Right, but only finding a series of one night stands. Equally funny and somber, the film also reunites the fine actors Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara (John Cassavetes' Opening Night) as Debby's mother and her suitor respectively. "The whole movie is beautiful" (L.A. Times). In English. USA, 2002, 93 mins. DVD | $44.95
Kama Sutra Mira Nair A seductive tale of love and betrayal in which a king's courtesan is forbidden to embrace her one true love. Trained in the art of pleasure, Maya (Indira Varma), the beautiful servant girl, becomes defiant, rebelling against ancient tradition. As passion takes over, the conflict brings consequences that no one ever envisioned. With Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudury and Ramon Tiikaram. In English. India, 1996, 113 mins. DVD | $37.95
Mississippi Masala Mira Nair Moving to the American South in her American debut, the Indian-born, Harvard-educated filmmaker Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!) inverts the Romeo and Juliet story, concerning the forbidden love affair of an entrepreneurial black man (Denzel Washington) and a sheltered, young, Indian woman (the startling newcomer Sarita Choudhury), despite the objections of their respective families. Brilliantly shot by Ed Lachman, Nair has a marvelous and open way with actors. With Roshan Seth, Charles S. Dutton, and Joe Seneca. In English. USA, 1991, 110 mins. DVD | $37.95
The Namesake Mira Nair The surprise casting of Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) brought some additional attention to Mira Nair's moving family saga about cultural and generational clashes. The story travels from Calcutta to New York with Ashima (Tabu) and her arranged-marriage husband, Ashoke (Irfan Khan). There, they raise their son, Gogol (Penn), a second-generation immigrant gravitating toward the lifestyles of his American friends. Ashima's trials in adapting to American life run parallel to Penn's struggle with identity, fighting against his parents' traditions and yet ill at ease with the customs of his hip American girlfriend (Jacinda Barrett). Based on a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. In English. India/USA, 2006, 122 mins. DVD | $44.95
The Perez Family Mira Nair Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Marisa Tomei and Chazz Palminteri star in this super sexy comedy about family, emigration and love, set amidst the Cuban community in Miami. Molina is finally leaving Cuba after 20 years to join his wife, Huston, but a beautiful woman, Tomei, leads him astray. Twenty years of pent-up passion make this diversion an explosive proposition. In English. USA, 1995, 135 mins. DVD | $37.95
Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair An international critical favorite. Director Mira Nair examines the wretched social conditions of the street urchins of Bombay by filming on location and selecting most of her cast from the local population. The movie focuses on Krishna, a 10-year-old boy on his own who falls in with prostitutes, drug dealers, crooked cops and the indifferent bureaucracy of India. "...a film that has the everyday, unforced reality of documentary, and yet the emotional power of great drama" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). The DVD is letterboxed, 16x9 widescreen, and includes commentary by Mira Nair and cinematographer Sandi Sissel, 6 behind-the-scenes featurettes, a photo gallery, original theatrical trailer, and optional French and Spanish subtitles. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. India/Great Britain, 1988, 114 mins. DVD | $44.95
Vanity Fair Mira Nair Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) brings Thackeray's witty indictment of British social conventions to the screen with a talented cast of stars. Reese Witherspoon plays Becky Sharp, a bubbly and ambitious girl from a lower-class family who's determined to scale the ladder of social influence. But what seems like the perfect means to a perfect end--marriage to the dashing and aristocratic Rawdon Crawley (James Purefoy)--ends up sending Becky on a disastorous slide. "Graced with Nair's loving direction, Witherspoon's radiance and that great cast, it is a treat" (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune). With Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Jim Broadbent, Rhys Ifans, Gabriel Byrne, and Bob Hoskins. In English. USA, 2004, 141 mins. DVD | $37.95
