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Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

July 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

Sandra Bagaria was not raised to be a victim, and so when her online with a woman blogger named Amina half a world away took an emotionally wrenching turn, the last thing she wanted to do was walk away.

Tagged With: Amina, Arab Spring, blogging, closure, Damascus, deception, documentary, EFF, Egypt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Intifada, internet, internet security, Lebanon, LGBT, marriage equality, media, Middle East, Mossad, Online dating, Palestine, politics, same-sex marriage, Sandra Bagaria, Supreme Court, Syria, The Guardian, virtual relationships, Washington Post

FOCUS Needs Some Adjustment

February 26, 2015 By Leave a Comment

FOCUS Needs Some Adjustment

Glenn Ficarra and John Renqua have made some films that are close to my heart. BAD SANTA, I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, CRAZY STUPID LOVE are movies that are funny and smart without resorting to schmaltz. Instead, they are subversive satires about human nature, and what happens when wide-eyed innocence meets conniving manipulator. The same… Read More »

Tagged With: B.D. Wong, Brennan Brown, cinema, comedy-drama, con man, confidence game, crime caper, deception, film, Gerald McRaney, Glenn Ficarra, John Renqua, Margot Robbie, movie, narrative, narrative and tagged Adrian Martinez, race car, racing, romance, Super Bowl, Toledo Button, Will Smith

SYRIANA

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

SYRIANA

At two different points during SYRIANA, two different men in traditional Arab robes sits on a floor surrounded by two different sets of rapt listeners sitting in a circle. Each explains with perfect conviction how to make the world a better place. One is an eloquent imam in a poverty-stricken madrassa, advocating a return to… Read More »

Tagged With: class traitors, covert government operations, deception, director, directorial debut, intrigue, nature of truth, oil rights, Persian Gulf. oil, politics, saving energy, screenwriter, Stephen Gaghan, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, TRAFFIC

Stephen Gaghan Visits SYRIANA

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Stephen Gaghan Visits SYRIANA

Stephen Gaghan has a broad worldview, one that is reflected in his Oscar(tm)-winning screenplay for TRAFFIC and now, even more superbly, in SYRIANA, which is also his directorial debut. This multi-faceted story of intrigue and deception surrounding the rights to an oil field in an unnamed Persian Gulf country is gripping, surprising, and scathingly intelligent.… Read More »

Tagged With: class traitors, covert government operations, deception, director, directorial debut, intrigue, nature of truth, oil rights, Persian Gulf. oil, politics, saving energy, screenwriter, Stephen Gaghan, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, TRAFFIC

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