99 Homes
First screened in October 2015
Director: Ramin Bahrani. Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Tim Guinee, Noah Lomax, Nicole Barré, John L. Armijo, J.D. Evermore, Clancy Brown, Ann Mahoney, Javier Molina, Albert C. Bates. Screenplay: Ramin Bahrani and Amir Naderi (based on an original screen story by Ramin Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi). Twitter Capsule:
Film blanc, suggesting moral rot not through deepening shadow but wispy, edge-dulling light. Bit schematic but acted well.
VOR:③
So many American movies duck contemporary realities completely that such a frontal confrontation is rare and valuable. Too neat and conventional to qualify as a time capsule, but rich stuff.
