If the word masterpiece has any use these days, it must apply to the film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, a mature, philosophically resonant work from Turkey's leading director, 53-year-old Nuri Bilge ...

Turkish film-maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan initially trained as an electrical engineer and worked as a commercial photographer until becoming a full-time director. Now in his early 50s, he's one of the most ...

Once upon a time, long ago, I asked the late, great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski why his Three Colors triptych was so operatic. He thought about this for a minute. "My dear," he said dryly, ...

A search party hunts for a missing corpse in the Turkish drama "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" ("Bir Zamanlar Anadoulu’da") from writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. By THR Staff In the last decade, the ...

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia opens peering through a dirty window, giving an indication of the grubby events that will follow. The camera gradually closes in to reveal three men engaged in an ...