Impressively carried by nonactor Alejandro Polanco, the film should serve to further Ramin Bahrani's reputation as a director with a promising future ahead of him. By THR Staff Iranian-American ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Love in a sea of sorrow, is not sorrowful.” The Persian poet Rumi’s quote was something of a mantra for director Ramzi Bahrani and co-writer Bahereh Azimi.

ALEJANDRO POLANCO IN DIRECTOR RAMIN BAHRANI’S CHOP SHOP. COURTESY KOCH LORBER FILMS. Ramin Bahrani’s films are what one could term “outsider cinema,” and yet they are made with the quiet confidence of ...

Ramin Bahrani’s Chop Shop is a low-budget vérité triumph, set in Queens beyond the sight of baseball fans in nearby Shea Stadium. Bahrani’s concentration is close to supernatural as he tracks the ...