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Documentary Review: A Classic Film, Controversy, and Wounded Turkish Pride — “Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey”
There was a time when movies could create an international furor that could last for years — decades, even. If you think North Korea’s war on Sony over “The Interview,” racist YA sci-fi fans fuming over the fact that Black … Continue reading
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Tagged film, islamic-homophobia, israel, midnight-express, movies, Reviews, turkey
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Classic Film Review: Kingsley, Mirren and Dance scheme their way across “Pascali’s Island” (1988)
The decade after Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for his performance in the title role “Gandhi” was one of the most interesting of his storied, four-Oscar nomination career. He’d been a respected but mostly unknown player on Brit TV for … Continue reading
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Tagged art, ben-kingsley, charles-dance, cinema, classic-film-review, greece, helen-mirren, ottoman-empire, travel, turkey
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