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 ...

“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. And the spirit of that melancholy yet ...

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 ...

The City of New York and NYPD officers Craig Roach, Darryl Knight and Alejandro Polanco-Cortiz were hit with an employment lawsuit on Oct. 23 in New York Supreme Court for New York County. The ...