Finally taking matters into her own hands, Ustaoglu went straight to the exhibitors and in the spring 2000, a year after the film cleared Best Director, Best Film, International Film Critics and ...

Yesim Ustaoglu’s “Journey to the Sun,” as bleak as it is beautiful, takes its time to develop, eschewing virtually all exposition, conveying a sense of what it’s like to be young and poor but still ...

Director Yesim Ustaoglu, known for her courageous films with political undertones ("Journey to the Sun", "Waiting for the Clouds") shows great sensitivity and an ability to touch the heartstrings in ...

A woman in a village by the Black Sea seeks closure on her tangled past in "Waiting for the Clouds," a timely, potentially resonant idea that makes it to the screen only half-formed. Third feature by ...

As viewed through the perceptive lens of writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu, a young man's abrupt political awakening resonates to powerful effect in Journey To The Sun, an illuminating look at the ...

Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu's Clair Obscur seems both personal and impersonal at once, a character study of two women that keeps an academic distance from its subjects while still providing ...

Young leads Neslihan Ataguul and Baris Hacihan brighten drama by noted Turkish director Yesim Ustaoglu By Deborah Young Plus Icon The original Turkish title of Somewhere in Between is Araf, which ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If you are on the edge of your seat while watching the hysterical performance of the mentally-disturbed character Elmas in the Turkish moive ‘Clair Obscur’, the credit will go to ...

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Every shot counts in this drama set initially in Istanbul, where, writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu has said, “all the problems of Turkey exist in microcosm.” A night of danger solidifies a friendship ...