Tag Archives: Ramin Bahrani

March 2016 Viewing Diary

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

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

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

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)

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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