The latest discursive saga from the 2014 Palme d'Or winner ('Winter Sleep') revolves around schoolteachers in a remote rural region. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Of course, that’s not ...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s 2014 effort Winter Sleep won what is arguably cinema’s most coveted prize, Cannes’ Palme d’Or. Since then, he has been remarkably quiet. So it was with some anticipation that the ...

Cannes official competition has grandfathered-in filmmakers—Pedro Almodóvar, the Dardennes, Arnaud Desplechin—who will keep being included no matter what, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose every feature ...

The Turkish drama won the best actress honor for star Merve Dizdar at this year's Cannes Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Sideshow and Janus Films have picked up U.S. rights to ...

About Dry Grasses, the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan that played in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was submitted by Turkey on Friday to represent the country in the Oscar ...

When is time not on the side of any Cannes film premiere? Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s About Dry Grasses, which had its world premiere Friday night, follows the middle-class melancholy of a Turkish rural ...

"What a father keeps hidden is revealed in the son." An official international teaser trailer has debuted for the new film from acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, titled The Wild Pear Tree ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a masterclass on Thursday, Turkish film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan gave the initial impression of being an austere and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan discussed his career and the need for creative independence during a wide-ranging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has responded to criticism regarding his participation in Iran’s government-run Fajr Film ...

Over the course of his seven feature films – the last five of which have won prizes at Cannes – the Turkish filmmaker and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan has moved from a dramaturgy primarily based in ...

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes deeply atmospheric movies filled with long pauses and delicate visual schemes, so it’s no surprise that he tends to hold back when talking about his work. That ...