toronto film festival: day 4

one word, borat. not only is this movie the funniest movie of the year, but i personally haven't screamed (i mean, laughed) so hard in ages. completely un-PC, sick and just plain wrong, i was completely wiped out after i was done watching kazkhstan's biggest reporter cross america with his misadventures. to tell you more would be unfair. just go and watch it!











literally minutes before rushing into a last minute additional screening of borat, i was storming out in a huff because i just saw the highly anticipated new release of director mira nair's (monsoon wedding) new film, the namesake. adapted from pulitzer prize winner Jumpha Lihari's book of the same name, the story of how moving to america affects the ganguli family had the potential to subtly delve into issues of race, community and identity. but instead nair cliches-up the film by bombarding it with one obvious choice after another. in the end 'the namesake' comes across basic and well... lame.