 | Turkish bellydance is one of the most exciting incarnations of the popular form, and this instructional program provides a fun and energetic way to become acquainted with the art. |
 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan's DISTANT chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut (Muzaffer Ozdemir) reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf (Mehmet Emin... |
 | When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that... |
 | The most popular film in Dutch history, TURKISH DELIGHT stars Rutger Hauer as Erik Vonk, a free spirited sculptor who enters into a passionate affair with the beautiful Olga (van de Ven), whose thirst for sexual experimentation matches his own. As... |
 | The second film in Ferzan Ozpetek's erotic trilogy (bookended by STEAM: THE TURKISH BATH and HIS SECRET LIFE), HAREM is set against the backdrop of early 1900's Baghdad. Near the end of the Ottoman Empire, Safiye (Marie Gillain), one of the Sultan's... |
 | Wacky, unrestrained, and with their own mystifying internal logic that cannot be entirely chalked up to the language barrier, these two low-budget Turkish exploitation films from the 1970s are both very weird, and both provide a very good time. THE... |
 | When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting, a gift to her husband with a note attached indicating that... |
 | Despite the criticism Gus Van Sant's PSYCHO remake received, it garners far more respect than this Turkish twin of THE EXORCIST. With most of the same scenes as in the original but shot on a pea-sized budget, this film feels eerily similar to the... |
 | Two boys living in a small Turkish village spend their time selling watermelons, assisting a local barber, and indulging in their dreams of cinema. This debut feature from director Ahmet Ulucay is an evocative look at childhood and also at the love... |
 | An Italian designer travels to Istanbul to sell a traditional Turkish steam bath left to him by a deceased aunt. Upon arrival, he becomes enthralled by the city and decides to renovate and return the bath to the public. This sudden change of heart... |
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