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Mira Nair is currently making movie news with ‘Amelia‘, the Hilary Swank-starring Amelia Earhart biopic that screened on opening night at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, but she really got her first taste of movie stardom as the director of 2001’s Monsoon Wedding.     The film was just re-released by the Criterion Collection, so let’s take a trip to ... Read More »

The Tribeca Film Festival — Robert De Niro’s New York-centric celebration of film — is headed to the Middle East, to Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The festival will kick-off its inagural season with a screening of ‘Amelia,’ director Mira Nair’s biopic of the pilot Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank.   Helmed by Al Jazeera entertainment reporter Amanda Palmer, ... Read More »