A very good and squishy movie
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Story Ave 2023
Starts strong but the script let's it down by doubling down on cliches (e.g. a scene of an older character coughing--yes, they are hiding a life-threatening illness). Visuals have a lovely texture and the acting is strong, but the way the script relies on cliche makes it feel long a long short film. It also unfortunately aligns graffiti/street art with a very specific kind of "troubled street kid" lifestyle and plays with what it means to be authentic but doesn't really do anything interesting with it.
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Climates 2006
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
As a big fan of Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, I really looked forward to seeing Ceylan's earlier work.
Climates is a realistically and disheartening look at the end of a relationship where two people have irreconcilable differences. The main character, Isa (played by Ceylan), feels as though he is in a perpetual state of indecision and dissatisfaction. The only real decision he makes is ending his relationship with Bahar, played by Ceylan's wife. Bahar is clearly still in…
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