Emre Caglayan

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Emre Çağlayan is a film writer, researcher and independent scholar currently living in Canterbury, United Kingdom. He completed a PhD in Film Studies at the University of Kent, with a dissertation examining the history and aesthetics of slow cinema. In 2016, he participated at the Sarajevo Film Festival's Talents Press programme and continues to teach film courses in the UK. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Broken Embraces), Ceylan (Uzak), Dardennes (The Son), Haneke (Caché), Hsiao-Hsien (A Time to Live, a Time to Die), Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love), Kiarostami (Close-up), Tarr (Werckmeister Harmonies), Reygadas (Battle in Heaven), Van Sant (Last Days), von Trier (The Five Obstructions).

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Sweet Country | Review

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Emre Caglayan - April 7, 2017

Once Upon a Time in Australia: Thornton’s Western-inspired Saga of Violent Racial Discrimination Racial tensions in Australian society are given historic treatment in the outback-Western...

Free Fire | 2016 BFI London Film Festival Review

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Emre Caglayan - November 21, 2016

Gunfight at Boston, MA: Wheatley’s Portrait of a Vicious Shootout Massachusetts, 1970s. More precisely, the docks of Boston, where plans for a weapons trade at...

Una | 2016 BFI London Film Festival Review

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Emre Caglayan - October 28, 2016

Breaking the Taboo: Andrews’ Courageous Analysis of an Agonizing Affair A young woman confronts her predator after an interval of fifteen years in the taut...

Porto | 2016 BFI London Film Festival Review

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Emre Caglayan - October 28, 2016

In Remembrance of Loves Past: Klinger’s Quiet Meditation on Romance, Time & Memory Two foreigners stumble upon a chance encounter and spend an intimate evening together...

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