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About Dry Grasses: Misanthropic Turkish Teacher Learns a Lesson, Maybe

About Dry Grasses: Misanthropic Turkish Teacher Learns a Lesson, Maybe

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 28, 2024About Dry Grasses, Turkish, TIFF 23, Nuri Bilge Ceylon, Deniz Celiloglu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici, Ece Bagci, Drama, Foreign filmsComment

TIFF announcements 2018: Ryan Gosling walks on the moon!

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 24, 2018Toronto International Film Festival, Film festivals, Cannes, Foreign films, Oscar winning films, Damian Chazelle, Barry Jenkins, Patricia Rozema, Beautiful Boy, Life Itself

Cannes winner The Square satirizes society through antic modern-art tale

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2017Foreign films, Ruben Ostlund, Force Majeure, Modern art, Elisabeth Moss

TIFF: Honey, they shrunk the festival!

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 25, 2017TIFF, Awards season, Foreign films