![]() ![]() It is full of odd characters who are not neatly explained. It hurries up, dawdles and then moves on. The new film has its own engagingly idiosyncratic pace. Nair, the director, and Sooni Taraporevala, her screenwriter, was not an accident. "Mississippi Masala" demonstrates that the success of "Salaam Bombay!" (1988), the first collaboration of Ms. Mina and Demetrius must fight the sense of cultural dislocation that, for different reasons, has become a part of the heritage of each. Racism isn't the major issue, at least on the surface. "Mississippi Masala" appears to have been produced on a modest (by Hollywood standards) budget, but it is a big movie in terms of talent, geography and concerns. ![]() A Supporting-Actress Underdog: In “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” don’t discount the pivotal presence of Stephanie Hsu.‘Glass Onion’ and Rian Johnson: The director explains why he sold the “Knives Out” franchise to Netflix, and how he feels about its theatrical test.Best-Actress Battle Royal: A banner crop of leading ladies like Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett rule the Oscars’ deepest and most dynamic race.Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams: Why she made the surprising choice to skip the supporting actress category and run for best actress.Kyle Buchanan is covering the films, personalities and events along the way. The Projectionist Chronicles the Awards Season The Oscars aren’t until March, but the campaigns have begun. They are the Indian immigrants who have somehow found their way to Greenwood and, for reasons not entirely clear, have wound up owning most of the motels. The blacks and whites have been in Greenwood for generations. The landscape of "Mississippi Masala" is brown and black and white. ![]() ![]() It is also the first of a series of collisions by which "Mississippi Masala" vividly dramatizes the uncertain, frequently comic progress of the love affair of Mina, a spirited young Indian who has never seen India, and Demetrius, a conscientious, upwardly mobile black American who has never seen Africa. The incident is handled with comparative amiability, considering the nature of most such encounters. The van is slightly damaged, but no one is hurt. With her head turned around to answer her mother, Mina slams into the rear of the stopped van owned by Demetrius (Denzel Washington), who owns a rug-cleaning service. Mina drives with the hapless self-assurance of someone who doesn't often get behind a wheel. Near the beginning of Mira Nair's sweetly pungent new comedy, "Mississippi Masala," Mina (Sarita Choudhury) is driving a large, borrowed American automobile down a highway near Greenwood, Miss., arguing with her mother, who sits imperially in the back. ![]()
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