Yilmaz Güney, Part II: The Poor Ones (1975)
In Part II, I review The Poor Ones / Zavallilar (1975), recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of their series The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yilmaz Güney.
In Part II, I review The Poor Ones / Zavallilar (1975), recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of their series The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yilmaz Güney.
Reviews of Ti West’s latest shocker, The Innkeepers, and Jeff Grace’s soundtrack album (Screamworks / MovieScore Media), plus some opinionated blather regarded big stupid actor heads.
This week the TIFF Bell Lightbox launches its 2-month series Attack the Bloc: Cold War Science Fiction from Behind the Iron Curtain, and I’ve added a list of what’s screening, what’s on DVD, and why these films matter.
Review of Yilmaz Güney’s Cannes-decorated Yol (1982), part of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s tribute to one of Turkey’s most important directors, beginning this week.
Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.
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