DIRECTED BY DEEPA MEHTA Adamant that none but Salman Rushdie himself was fit to adapt the “unfilmable” Midnight’s Children, director Deepa Mehta insisted that the author be the one to bring his own widely beloved text to the big screen. And though Rushdie demonstrates commendable ruthlessness in paring his decades-spanning tome down to a two-and-a-half-hour … Continue reading Midnight’s Children