Tag Archives: Ramin Bahrani

March 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 2, 2016 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be” (2007; d. Eric Kripke) My 300-page re-cap here. At Any Price (2012; d. Ramin Bahrani) Inspired by the recent conversation Mitchell and I had about Zac Efron (Part … Continue reading →

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September 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 1, 2015 by sheila

I got a pretty big writing assignment this past month, with a deadline of October 5. So I’ve been working hard, researching, as the below list will probably show. Not ready to talk about it yet, still working on the … Continue reading →

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Review: 99 Homes (2015); d. Ramin Bahrani

Posted on September 25, 2015 by sheila

Horrible poster. Ugh. Who would see the movie based on the poster? Oh, you marketing people. You are not artists, and it SHOWS. 99 Homes is a doozy, and people should see it. It’s not perfect, but it’s a relentless … Continue reading →

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Ebertfest 2015 Final Day: Ida, The Motel Life, 99 Homes

Posted on April 24, 2015 by sheila

On Friday I moderated the Girlhood panel. On Saturday, I participated in the panel for Paweł Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning Ida, and then right after that, I moderated the QA for the next film, The Motel Life. The funniest thing was that … Continue reading →

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Ebertfest 2014: A Simple Life (2011) and Goodbye Solo (2008)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by sheila

Roger Ebert called Ann Hui’s 2011 film A Simple Life “one of the year’s best films” (his review here). Maybe halfway through tears started falling down my face and they really never stopped until the end. It is a film … Continue reading →

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