Beyhes Evren (@beyhesevren): YAŞ 58 HAYAT DEVAM EDİYOR: Gloria

YAŞ 58 HAYAT DEVAM EDİYOR: Gloria 63. Berlin Film Festivali?nde, Gloria karakterini canlandıran Paulina Garci?ya ya En İyi Kadın Oyuncu ödülünü kazandıran film Güney Amerika sinemasının kült filmleri arasına girebilme potansyaline sahiptir. Film için yalnız kadınların filmi de dememiz mümkündür. Film Şili?de 58 yaşında özgür bir dul kadın olan Gloria?nın hayatı üzerine kurulmuş bir filmdir. … Read more

Beyhes Evren (@beyhesevren): Mutlu bir Noel mi Yoksa Ateşkes mi?

Mutlu bir Noel mi Yoksa Ateşkes mi? : Bu sıra sinema dünyasında politik filmler veyahut gerçek bir hikâyeden alınma filmler yine moda olmuş durumda.  Geçenlerde 2005 yapımı İstanbul Film Festivalinde de oynamış ancak tabii ki Hollywood dünyasına adım atmadığı için pekte bilinmeyen Joeyux Noel isimli bir film gözüme takıldı ve izledim.         Filmde bu aralar Rush- … Read more

An animation on Occupy Gezi: TORNISTAN / BACKWARD RUN

TORNISTAN / BACKWARD RUN from AYCE KARTAL on Vimeo.   A self-censored film which was criticizing press censorship on Gezi Park protests. Year: July 2013 This digital hand drawn animated short film has been urgently completed in 18 days ( after the Gezi Park protests which was happened in Turkey between May-June 2013 ) for … Read more

Cinema roundup: Kickstarter on Zach Braff’s Campaign, Steven Soderbergh: The state of cinema…

Kickstarter Responds to Critics of Zach Braff’s Campaign Kickstarter has been criticized on and off in recent months for allowing celebrities to use the crowdfunding service to raise money ? most recently Zach Braff, who raised more than $2 million on Kickstarter for a follow-up to his movie Garden State. Now, Kickstarter has decided to … Read more

10 Techie Character Types in movies… “‘Citizen Kane’ no longer the best movie”

Nerds on Film: 10 Techie Character Types We Love by Brandon Smith   1. The Robot That Wants to Be Human Film: A.I. Artificial Intelligence In A.I. Artificial Intelligence, David wants nothing more than to be accepted as a normal human boy. The desire for belonging is a prevalent plot point in many tech movies. … Read more

“The Dark Knight Rises” looks like an anti-Occupy movement statement…

  Yesterday, I could finally watch the latest Batman episode. The villain is  in no way an alternative to Joker. Some exotic scenes are added but they are not substantially integrated to the script and they are more like some Orientalist decorations. Sort of insulting now.. But worse is that the villain, Bane, starts an … Read more

Cinema roundup including “21 Gorgeous film logos and icons for your design inspiration

21 Gorgeous film logos and icons for your design inspiration from The Next Web by Harrison Weber   Cahiers du Cinema | SUPPLÉMENT TURQUIE from Turkish Cinema Newsletter by M.A.M Cahiers du cinéma n°647, pp.X-XII SUPPLÉMENT TURQUIE C?est un véritable rêve éveillé : avec un top 10 composé à 100 % de films nationaux, le box-office turc 2008 affirme un peu … Read more

3 early shorts from Peter Greenaway… and a cinema roundup

An Introduction to the Films of Peter Greenaway: Three Early Shorts from Open Culture by cjmarshall   Otisabi…Finally by M.A.M Having high hopes that it is possible to capture the atmosphere and humor of this fantastic comic series. Otisabi by Yilmaz Aslanturk [1]…Finally a TV series. Cannes 2012 | Fatih Akin’s Documentary ‘Der Mull im … Read more

Zahra Abtahi: Oscar and us [iranians-E.S.]

Oscar and us A few days ago, in 74th Academy Awards, which is known better as Oscar, Iranian movie, a separation, (original title: Jodaye Nader az Simin), won the best foreign language movie award. It was the first Iranian movie which won Oscar, though another Iranian movie, heaven kids, (original title: Bache haye Aseman) years … Read more

“(500) Days of Summer” movie to start the new year (!)…

  How i missed (500) Days of Summer before? Apart from the from the last parts as part of classical happy Hollywood endings- this plot is sooo familiar… I have lived it a few times before:) Nice way to start the new year… a cinema roundup: Playing to home audiences keeps Turkey’s cinema scene cooking from World … Read more

Erkan recommends: Incendies (2010)

Thanks to Criticker recommendations, I have discovered this movie, Incendies. The plot is summed as “Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother’s last wishes.” It is not a didactic movie and there are such heart-touching moments related to Lebanon civil war…  

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

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

Elif Sudagezer: ‘Devrimden Sonra’ üzerine (A brief review on After the Revolution, a Turkish movie)

[Translation in English at the end] Eğer Türkiye?de bir Sosyalist devrim olursa neler yaşanır? Yönetmenliğini Mustafa Kenan?ın üstlendiği ve Nazım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi?nde (NHKM) çalışmaları süren ?Devrimden Sonra? adlı film bu soruyu cevaplıyor. Oldukça manidar bir tarih olan 1 Mayıs?ta gösterime girecek olan film, 12 farklı insan hikâyesine konu olacak. Filmle ilgili en ilginç detay- ki buna … Read more

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

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

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