The Toll Booth — Unsettled Desperation in Turkey
The Toll Booth (2014), more accurately, the” toll taker,” has a nice play on words in it, at least in …
Tag Archives: Movies:Turkey
Women say: Hands Off! — Three Films of the Changing Conversation in Islam
The long fight for autonomy, independence and freedom against enemies canny and brutal, is one of the most popular subjects …
Egg-Milk-Honey — A Turkish Film Trilogy
Trilogies are rare birds in the species we call movies. When they exist at all they seem to come from …
Turkey to Switzerland: Hope Drives Despair
As one interpretation of Pandora’s Box goes, what remains inside after all the evils are set free — hope– is …
Talking Turkey: Two Films
I admit it. I’ve been on a bender lately reading about Turkey and watching movies made there, or by Turks …
Three Monkeys – A Film from Turkey
Three Monkeys — the famous three monkeys of not seeing, speaking or hearing– is a sorrowful, long-take, film of domestic …
Distant – a Film from Turkey
I’m going on a trip to Turkey in a couple of months with some dear companions, so we’re doing a …
Bliss — An Unexpected Movie
I’d had the movie Bliss in my Tivo instant line-up for quite a while and kept avoiding it. The short …
The Edge of Heaven: A Film
The Edge of Heaven is a fine, too little seen, film from Turkey and Germany, a tale of sorrow and …