MOVIE REVIEW
Consider Three Women in Mumbai
First Indian filmmaker wins the Grand Prix at Cannes for “All We Imagined As Light”
I love the Roxie theater in San Francisco, in part because it’s on my 22 Fillmore Muni bus line. I can get on the bus across the street from my apartment building, and be delivered practically to the front door of the Roxie across town about 40 minutes later. That’s valuable to me, since it’s hard to find parking in San Francisco, and I don’t like walking alone at night through unfamiliar territory.
Sometimes, my husband Mark wants to come to the movies with me. But sometimes, he doesn’t; and I don’t want my attendance to depend on his enthusiasm. So the convenient bus service is important to me. But I also love the Roxie because it’s a small, independent movie house that plays artistic and interesting films.
All We Imagine As Light
I’d read about All We Imagine as Light in a story in the Daily Beast which included the sentiment that it has the year’s best sex scene. That piqued my interest. I also learned it was set in Mumbai; followed the…