Director talked about his combative writing relationship with wife Ebru Ceylan and his love of ambiguity on the big screen during a Qumra masterclass. Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan — taking a ...

A powerfully bleak family drama that leaves its characters' offenses largely offscreen but lingers with agonizing, drawn-out deliberation on the consequences. Opening shot of aging Turkish politician ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkey’s Best International Feature Oscar entry “About Dry Grasses” defrosts the blurred lines between teacher and student, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To this Turkish critic, Nuri Bilge Ceylan is our Mike Leigh and Anton Chekhov in one, with multilayered characters of social and ...