Turkish film

TIFF 2023: The Reeds Review

Cemil Ağacıkoğlu's The Reeds transports viewers to a stunning Anatolian village in this slow burn story of oppression and rebellion.

The Antenna Review: Watered Down Contempt

Distopias with heavy-handed governments were one of the first things dreamed of by science fiction after the industrial revolution. Metropolis, 1984, and, We collectively looked to Big Brother (and originated that phrase) as the big bad guy. The Antenna tries to carry that torch, but fails to have much to add to the conversation. The […]

The Wild Pear Tree Review

Unwieldy, verbose, and digressive, I did not know that I loved The Wild Pear Tree until the final ten minutes of its three-hour plus run.