Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.


April 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 50

Total Comments: 20


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The Namesake / India/USA / 2007

I haven’t read The Namesake, but being familiar with Jhumpa Lahiri’s short stories, it was easy for me to imagine how certain tropes and plot points that are rendered in a somewhat shallow manner onscreen might have packed a punch on the page. This, along with the miscasting of Kal Penn, is my chief complaint about the film – director Mira Nair seems to be in awe of her source material, relying on it rather than her own directorial abilities to convey certain truths.

Jit’s more articulate, personal comments can be found here.

by Beth Gilligan | Source: Fox Searchlight 35mm print
18 Apr 2007 11:17 AM | Submit Comment


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