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Mayıs Sıkıntısı
''Clouds of May'' () is a 1999 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Cast * Emin Ceylan * Muzaffer Özdemir * Fatma Ceylan * Emin Toprak * Muhammed Zımbaoğlu * Sadık İncesu Reception Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' argued that “for much of its running time, it feels diffuse and anecdotal, but in retrospect you appreciate the subtlety and heft of the story, as well as the tricky profundity of Mr. Ceylan's approach [...] part of its magic lies in Mr. Ceylan's ability to place the world plainly before your eyes and invite you to reflect on its everyday mysteries”. In Variety (magazine), ''Variety'', David Stratton stated that “the inordinately long preliminaries of the first hour could well be tightened. The second half, however, builds to an understated but moving and extremely satisfying climax.” The reviewer described Ceylan ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while six of his films have been selected as List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Turkey's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Early life and education Ceylan was born in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Turkey on 26 January 1959, to Mehmet Emin Ceylan, an agricultural engineer, and Fatma Ceylan. Ceylan spent most of his childhood in his father's hometown of Yenice, Çanakkale, Yenice, Çanakkale. He completed his primary education in Yenice before finishing high school in Istanbul. In 1976, Ceylan started studying chemistry at Istanbul Technical University; in 1978, he transferred to Boğaziçi University in order to study electrical engineering. During his time at Boğa ...
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Muzaffer Özdemir
Muzaffer Özdemir (born 1955 in Gümüşhane) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his performance as Mahmut in Uzak. Awards * Best actor at Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ... (2003) References External links * 1955 births Living people Turkish male film actors Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Date of birth missing (living people) People from Gümüşhane {{Turkey-actor-stub ...
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Mehmet Emin Toprak
Mehmet Emin Toprak (11 September 1974 – 2 December 2002) was a Turkish film actor. Toprak starred in the critically acclaimed 2002 film '' Uzak''. He died in a car crash on the way back from the Ankara Film Festival near the town of Çan, at the age of 28. A few weeks after the accident, the film ''Uzak'' was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where Toprak was posthumously awarded Best Actor. Personal life Toprak collaborated with his cousin Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his films. He had been married for five months at the time of his death. Filmography *'' Kasaba'' (''The Small Town'', 1997) *''Mayıs Sıkıntısı ''Clouds of May'' () is a 1999 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Cast * Emin Ceylan * Muzaffer Özdemir * Fatma Ceylan * Emin Toprak * Muhammed Zımbaoğlu * Sadık İncesu Reception Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average scor ...'' (''Clouds of May'', 1999) *'' Uzak'' (''Distant'', 2002) Awards and nominations References 19 ...
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Metacritic
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics. Metacritic won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. It is regarded as the foremost online rev ...
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ...
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1999 Drama Films
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages ...
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1999 Films
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film '' Eyes Wide Shut'', Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film '' All About My Mother'', the science-fiction film '' The Matrix'', the animated works '' The Iron Giant'', ''Toy Story 2'', '' Tarzan'', and '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the Best Picture-winner '' American Beauty'', and the well-received '' The Green Mile''. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's '' The Sixth Sense'', David Fincher's '' Fight Club'', Sofia Coppola's '' The Virgin Suicides'', Paul Thomas Anderson's '' Magnolia'' and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's '' Being John Malkovich''. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows: Awards 1999 films By country/re ...
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Films Directed By Nuri Bilge Ceylan
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ...
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Films Set In Turkey
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ...
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Golden Orange Avni Tolunay Jury Special Award Winners
Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershire * Golden Valley, Herefordshire United States *Golden, Colorado, a town West of Denver, county seat of Jefferson County *Golden, Idaho, an unincorporated community *Golden, Illinois, a village * Golden Township, Michigan * Golden, Mississippi, a village *Golden City, Missouri, a city *Golden, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Golden, Nebraska, ghost town in Burt County *Golden Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Golden, New Mexico, a sparsely populated ghost town *Golden, Oregon, an abandoned mining town *Golden, Texas, an unincorporated community * Golden, Utah, a ghost town *Golden, Marshall County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere *Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland, a village on the River Suir *Golden Vale, Muns ...
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European Film Awards Winners (films)
European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** European Union citizenship ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (other) * The Europ ...
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