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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Deniz Celiloglu | Ece Bagci | Erdem Senocak | Merve Dizdar | Musab Ekici
Michael says: “I wavered between 4 and 4 1/2 cats for this 3 hour+ examination of misanthropy, truth, and isolation from master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, before leaning to the near perfect. Could be because I have a penchant for
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Akin Aksu | Bennu Yildirimlar | Dogu Demirkol | Hazar Ergüçlü | Murat Cemcir | Öner Erkan | Serkan Keskin
Michael says: “I am a big fan of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, despite the dense, sometimes inscrutable films he makes with running times sometimes well over three hours. His first film, DISTANT, plays like a sober, languid, dramatic version
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Rating: 5 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Demet Akbag | Haluk Bilginer | Melissa Sözen | Serhat MustafaKiliç
Michael says: “Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has yet to let me down. I have enjoyed (now, including this one) all five of his films that I have seen, including ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, which scored a Chotrudis
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan | Ercan Kesal | Firat Tanis | Muhammet Uzuner | Taner Birsel | Yilmaz Erdogan
Michael says: “Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s seventh film (following the outstanding trio of DISTANT, CLIMATES, and THREE MONKEYS continues the trend proving him to be a filmmaker of note. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA clocks in at 157 minutes, and
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Cafer Köse | Ercan Kesel | Hatice Aslan | Rifat Sungar | Yavuz Bingol
Bruce says: “THREE MONKEYS, a classic tragedy, has everything – hit and run, unrequited love, contemplated suicide, murder, infidelity, brutal beatings, bogus confessions, false pride and manic desperation. Runny noses, sweaty brows, tear stained cheeks, blood and vomit also figure
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Ebru Ceylan | Nazan Kirilmas | Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Bruce says: “While I enjoyed DISTANT, Celylan’s last film, I found its many flaws curbed my enthusiasm. I have not seen Ceylan’s earlier films so I have no way of knowing whether there was ever an inkling of such an
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Emin Toprak | Muzaffer Özdemir | Nazan Kesal | Zuhal Gencer Erkaya
Bruce says: “Mahmut (Muzaffer Ozdemir) and Yusuf (Emin Toprak ) both hail from the same mountain village. Mahmut, who is the elder by at least a dozen years, is a self-made man. He is educated, a successful photographer in both
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