Nuri Bilge Ceylan
-
The must-see movies that have defined a century of European cinema, as chosen by the Observer’s film writers
-
4 out of 5 stars.Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest epic tells the story of a graduate returning to his rural home
-
5 out of 5 stars.The Turkish director’s unhurried, magnificently acted film follows a bumptious young writer who returns home to face bittersweet truths
-
Coppola, Haneke and Todd Haynes are odds-on to be showing this year, but what about Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch? We weigh the odds on films in the running
-
Dozens of Turkish directors withdraw films after documentary Bakur is removed from programme
-
4 out of 5 stars.
Mark Kermode's film of the week Winter Sleep review – a powerful meditation upon guilt
4 out of 5 stars. -
-
Winter Sleep director compares Turkey with Japan, where the prime minister resigned after the Fukushima disaster
-
4 out of 5 stars.
First look review Cannes 2014: Winter Sleep review – unafraid to tackle classic Bergman themes
4 out of 5 stars.Nuri Bilge Ceylan's heavyweight Palme d'Or contender is a harsh character study that is, in fits and starts, a stunning picture
-
Andrew Pulver: Our roundup of marvellous movies continues with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's quietly gripping masterpiece set in the Turkish wilderness
-
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, a thriller as challenging as Antonioni's Blow-Up, is his finest work to date, writes Philip French
-
5 out of 5 stars.A long night spent looking for a body in the desert sets this Turkish crime drama apart as an exhilarating masterpiece
-
It won the Cannes grand prix – but people have been walking out of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Stuart Jeffries finds him unrepentant
-
Onstage at BFI Southbank, the Turkish director tells Geoff Andrew about what made him switch from photography to film-making, why his latest film is a departure from the autobiographical works of the past and why he never wants to shoot on film again
-
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has volunteered that a bit of opportunistic shoplifting during the Brixton riots ignited a passion for photography and film
-
Film of the week: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, about a disintegrating relationship, is riveting art house cinema of the highest order, says Philip French.
-
On the eve of the release of his Cannes hit Uzak, Nuri Bilge Ceylan tells Fiachra Gibbons why his leading man had to be awarded the festival's best actor gong posthumously.
Best culture of the 21st century The 100 best films of the 21st century