Dramatizing the 1947 Partition of India, “Viceroy’s House” finds Lord Mountbatten sent to oversee the peaceful transfer of power as the British Empire relinquishes three centuries of control over India.
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Film Review: “The Lunchbox”
Fate brings a lonely office worker and a young, unhappily married housewife together in an unexpected friendship in writer-director Ritesh Batra’s warm-hearted, humanistic fable, “The Lunchbox.” Following the old adage that the way to man’s heart is through his stomach, Ila (Nimrat Kaur) hopes to reignite her marriage by arranging to have a special lunchbox […]
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INTERVIEW: Rudresh Mahanthappa
It’s not unusual for a jazz artist to lead several groups, but Rudresh Mahanthappa just might hold the record. He leads or co-leads 10 different ensembles. “I’m always hearing a different sound in my head,” says Mahanthappa. “My artistic vision is not necessarily about having one group and keeping it together for 10 to 20 […]
