Kumail Nanjiani Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/kumail-nanjiani/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Kumail Nanjiani Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/kumail-nanjiani/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 12 months of comedy faves in 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/year-in-review-vanyalands-12-months-of-comedy-faves-in-2025/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042789 Another year, another hell ride through a cultural landscape that devoured and reproduced at an alarming rate in 2025. Through all the “unprecedented times” that we’re all tired of living in, to the birth of “6-7!” (whatever the fuck that means), and everything in between, one constant that kept us afloat was the levity, and often times societal mirror check that comedy offered to the masses. With a little bit of everything for everyone, the world of stand-up was stretched, […]

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]]> Tom Papa gets his sourdough starter ready for Boston https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/07/tom-papa-gets-his-sourdough-starter-ready-for-boston/ Wed, 07 May 2025 17:55:57 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041336 As he has done countless times before, Tom Papa is making his way back to Boston with a brand- new hour of stand-up, and once again, he’s not leaving us with just the crumbs of his creativity — he’s really serving up the whole loaf. As announced earlier this week, Papa will be making his way back to The Wilbur on November 15, as part of his Grateful Bread tour. In addition to his continued work on stage, which most […]

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]]> Mic’d Up: Daniel Sloss, Ali Siddiq, Chad Daniels, Kumail Nanjiani https://vanyaland.com/2024/04/09/micd-up-daniel-sloss-ali-siddiq-chad-daniels-kumail-nanjiani/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:40:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10037818 Editor’s Note: March may officially be over, but madness remains in a whole lot of different ways. So, while we keep searching for where the time and our sanity have gone, we’ll take the chance to remind you that comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work by giving us something to smile (or groan, wince, or gasp) at. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to show […]

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]]> Kumail Nanjiani marks his return to Boston after nearly a decade https://vanyaland.com/2024/02/22/kumail-nanjiani-marks-his-return-to-boston-after-nearly-a-decade/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:55:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10037370 There’s not always a need to get all poetic about a comedic force coming through town, but there is quite a few reasons to get excited for Kumail Nanjiani making his way back to Boston for the first time in a hot minute. Per the announcement earlier this week, the award-winning comedian and actor will be at The Wilbur for what is sure to be a highly-anticipated night on April 14. It’s been a number of years since the Eternals […]

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]]> ‘The Lovebirds’ Review: No love lost here https://vanyaland.com/2020/05/21/the-lovebirds-review-no-love-lost-here/ Thu, 21 May 2020 09:17:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10021111 It feels like an unwritten rule of comedy that a pair of comedians, at the height of their powers, must star in a film that is so boring and forgettable that it will inevitably vanish from memory the minute one decides to stumble on the Wikipedia page for the ’86 Denver Broncos and decides to memorize the play-by-play of “The Drive” at four in the morning after a bender. The release calendar is littered with these sunken ships, even if […]

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]]> ‘Men in Black: International’ gets a fun new trailer https://vanyaland.com/2019/04/25/men-in-black-international-fun-new-trailer/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:01:27 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10007172 Hey, quick question: Did you remember that there’s a new Men in Black movie hitting theaters this summer before you saw this headline? If you didn’t, well, you’re officially in the club, and if you did, we hope you spent a good chunk of your weekend organizing your Frank the Pug plushies, because you’re probably a super-fan. There hasn’t been too much marketing for F. Gary Gray’s Men in Black: International for whatever reason — we got a teaser trailer […]

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]]> The ‘Stuber’ trailer takes Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista for a ride https://vanyaland.com/2019/04/08/stuber-trailer-kumail-nanjiani-dave-bautista/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:00:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10006412 It’s been a big day for our favorite Dave, as Dave Bautista wrestled the final match of his legendary WWE career, losing a no-holds-barred bout to his friend and mentor Triple H on Sunday Night at Wrestlemania 35 (he also got his nose ring pulled out with pliers, so, yikes!). He then announced his retirement from wrestling on Monday morning in an Instagram post, and presumably put some more ice on his ribs. Perhaps as a celebration of the man’s […]

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]]> Laugh Tracks: Kumail Nanjiani brings ‘The Big Sick’ tour to The Wilbur https://vanyaland.com/2017/05/10/laugh-tracks-kumail-nanjiani-brings-the-big-sick-tour-to-the-wilbur/ Wed, 10 May 2017 12:49:49 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=159146 Alright, we know we’ve talked your ears off about Michael Showalter’s modern classic The Big Sick these past couple of weeks (which we reviewed at SXSW), and we told you not to watch the trailer if you wanted an accurate sense of what the movie’s like. That’s a hard thing to do, especially if you like watching trailers, or need the helpful shot signposts in order to see how much time is left in a given movie (we’re so guilty […]

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]]> Watch a new trailer for ‘The Big Sick’ and look past the sudden rom-com-dram coating https://vanyaland.com/2017/05/02/watch-a-new-trailer-for-the-big-sick-and-look-past-the-sudden-rom-com-dram-coating/ Tue, 02 May 2017 20:33:00 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=158721 The trailer for festival smash The Big Sick dropped today, and we absolutely loved this movie when we saw it earlier this year and kind of hate this trailer. It’s not bad, per say, but holy fuck did the trailer editors make this look like Indie Movie: The Movie, complete with decade-old Vampire Weekend songs as a soundtrack. We can’t stress this enough: Don’t let the generic rom-com-dram trailer fool you, this is something truly special, and the trailer doesn’t […]

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]]> SXSW Film: Michael Showalter’s ‘The Big Sick’ is a wonderful mix of tailored writing, performance, and naturalist directing https://vanyaland.com/2017/03/17/sxsw-film-michael-showalters-the-big-sick-is-a-wonderful-mix-of-tailored-writing-performance-and-naturalist-directing/ Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:47:36 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=156268 For all our coverage of SXSW Film 2017, click here. Sundance buzz can be a blessing or a curse. Sometimes you luck out and have a real bit hit on your hands (Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite) and other times you have a miserable mess that everybody can’t wait to forget about (Hamlet 2, Birth of a Nation). In any case, festivals like South By Southwest act as a Thunderdome for what might work in the wake of that initial […]

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