cinema

Sevcan Çelik: 14th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival to be held in Ankara…

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This year; 14. Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival will be done between 5-12 May. And the topic will be ?Power?? The festival will be hosted in Ankara. Here is the schedule: 5-12 May –  at Kızılırmak Cinema and Goethe Institut. 9-12 May –  at Hacettepe, Ankara and Middle East Technical University.   You can … Read more

Sadly watching Johnny Got His Gun, that inspired Metallica’s One…

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Johnny got his gun (1971) Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death — a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms… See full summary » and a cinema roundup: A Son?s … Read more

Press: Yazıyorlar o halde öldürülüyorlar / They write therefore they are killed (Elif Sudagezer)

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[Translatin in English at the end] Yönetmenliğini Sedat Yılmaz?ın üstlendiği ?Press? isimli Türk yapımı film, insanların düşündüğü, araştırdığı ve yazdığı için öldürüldüğü bir korku ortamını konu oluyor. Film, 1990?ların başında Diyarbakır?da yayınlanan Özgür Gündem gazetesindeki bir grup insanın toplumun bamtellerine bastıkça nasıl teker teker öldürüldüğü ve öldürülme sürecinde kadar hangi baskılarla karşılaştığını konu alıyor. Filmin … Read more

A digital archive for late Ottoman-early Turkish cinema

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Prof. Nezih Erdoğan has been working on this project for a while. It has finally been launched here.It is not user friendly but it contains a treasure. and it is just the beginning… there will be more documents uploaded day by day… and a cinema roundup: A controversial new film — “Valley of the Wolves … Read more

A video: Filmography 2010 – 270 films from 2010 in 6 minutes

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This year’s movies have legitimately transformed my idea of what is creatively possible. To commemorate, I’ve remixed 270 of them into one giant ass video. Music: 1. Ratatat – Nostrand – http://tinyurl.com/2ahhhj9 2. Kanye West – Power – http://tinyurl.com/27mpo83 3. Rooney – Not In My House – http://tinyurl.com/23vpakx 4. Apartment – Fall Into Place – … Read more

Mavi Boncuk presents “Turkish Box Office Leaders 2005-20010”

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Turkish Box Office Leaders 2005-20010 from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Turkish Box office Leaders 2005-20010 Mavi Boncuk 2010 Recep İvedik 3 2009 Recep İvedik 2 2008 Recep İvedik 2007 Beyaz Melek 2006 Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak 2005 Hababam Sınıfı Askerde Çoğunluk (The Majority) : l?itinéraire d?un sale gosse des nouvelles classes moyennes turques from YOL (routes … Read more

Sadly, I watch the Battle of Chile

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I could find a poor copy of this spectacular documentary on the Pinochet’s coup in Chile: The Battle of Chile The first volume is the story of how intolerant oppositions paves the way for the coup against democractically elected President Allende.. The first volume also reminded me what happened in the last five years of … Read more

“Sex *could* kill you. Do you know what the human body goes through when you have sex? …

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House M.D. (TV series 2004? ) Occam’s Razor (TV episode 2004 #1.3): Dr. Cameron: [messing with Chase’s head] Sex *could* kill you. Do you know what the human body goes through when you have sex? Pupils dilate, arteries constrict, core temperature rises, heart races, blood pressure skyrockets, respiration becomes rapid and shallow, the brain fires … Read more

Emir Kusturica: This week’s source of polarization

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Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture, joined the protest and did not attend the opening ceremony of Golden Orange film festival in Antalya. Mr. Kusturica talked to the press: “This country’s minister of culture is my enemy”. Well, as a friend of nationalist socialists in Serbia, a not unexpected discursive tone from Kusturica. However, there is … Read more

Semih Kaplanoğlu, my man! He protests the war mongerer Emir Kusturica…

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and decides not to attend Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival… Mr. Kusturica unashamedly defended Serbian position during Serbia’s genocidal offensive against Bosnia… Semih Kaplanoğlu The Golden Oranges: A history from controversy to respect from Hurriyet Dailynews A lot has changed since the first Golden Orange Film Festival in 1964. The much-confused structure of the festival … Read more

Bal: the official nominee for Turkey’s Oscar bid

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Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Bal becomes the official nominee for Turkey’s Oscar bid… And I have managed not to see the film yet…. Anti-Israel flotilla thriller for Turkey | The Jewish Chronicle By Sami Kohen, September 16, 2010 An anti-Israeli movie featuring a Turkish agent avenging the killing of the nine Turks aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla in … Read more

Flooded with good news: “Turkish film wins Lion of the Future Award at Venice

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Photo from Hurriyet Daily News Another Great Turkish Film from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Another great Turkish film to see! At this rate, we?ll be in the movie theaters every night. And it?s a good thing. A scene from Çoğunluk…. Turkish film wins Lion of the Future Award at Venice from Hurriyet Dailynews The … Read more

Egoyan to shoot Orhan Pamuk’s Snow

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Atom Egoyan to shoot film based on Orhan Pamuk’s novel
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Canadian director of the Armenian origin Atom Egoyan plans to shoot a film based on ?Snow? novel by Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. …

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Torrent edition from The Yes Men: Fix the World

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click the photo for downloading information…Who is the Yes Men? “To date, the duo has produced two films: The Yes Men (2003) and The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)……” **************** CINEMA ROUNDUP Twilight: Eclipse from sinefil by melisb Eclipse followed by True Blood. It was a day of werewolves, vampires, and the (slightly irritating) … Read more

Erkan recommends: Watch masters’ last movies: The White Ribbon, Antichrist

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The White Ribbon (2009)

Haneke’s White Ribbon is more humane than many of his previous movies.  Maintains tension to the end, cinematographically perfect, as usual:)

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Antichrist (2009)

The first word to use after watching it is “excuriating”. It is just too challenging. I warn you:)

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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) ahahahah Michael Moore is probably a pain in the ass for the Republicans. I felt like he skillfully skipped corporate relations in the Clinton era and continued to hit Bush period. Well, compared to Bush period all others are innocent of course. After all they have done, and no punishment for them… maybe voters just deserve what happened…

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