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'Yellow Letters' review: A Turkish artist couple fractures but never falls apart in 'Teachers' Lounge' director's politically vexed latest

"The Teachers' Lounge" writer/director İlker Çatak shifts his attentions from the mob mentality of a Berlin classroom to scenes from a marriage between a Turkish artist couple being targeted by their ...
Variety

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: Germany Plays Turkey in a Stirring and Surprising Political Drama

'The Teachers' Lounge' director İlker Çatak’s Berlin competition title chronicles the fractures of a family unit placed in a government’s crosshairs. Something, however, is amiss. A phone goes off in ...
Deadline.com

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: İlker Çatak’s Turkey-Set Political Drama Has Much To Say About Current State Of Right-Leaning West — Berlin Film Festival

Set in Turkey and filmed on location in Germany with no attempt to hide the artifice, the trenchantly honest and terrifically acted new film from The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak might be the ...
Mint

Berlin Film Festival entry Yellow Letters sends warning about democracy, says director

BERLIN, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Berlin Film Festival marriage drama "Yellow Letters" should serve as a cautionary tale for Western audiences who believe democratic backsliding is a distant concern, not a ...
IndieWire

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: A Turkish Artist Couple Fractures but Never Falls Apart in ‘Teachers’ Lounge’ Director’s Politically Vexed Latest

Berlin: İlker Çatak's thought-provoking, politically rousing drama follows a pair of thespians pushed out of Ankara and into Istanbul because of state censorship. “The Teachers’ Lounge” ...