It’s terrifying what we can do for love. We like to romanticise love. Hollywood has moulded Love into a powerful, beautiful force, an everlasting bond that breaks all barriers and bounds. We see the passionate displays of affection on the movie screens, and our heart melts a little, in joy for the two characters, who…

Somewhere in the empty steppes of rural Turkey, a convoy of police vehicles wanders aimlessly, looking for a body. From time to time the assemblage of vehicles stops; everyone gets out to see if this is it, if this is where the body is buried, and returns 15 minutes later without success, no, the body…

Recently, I’ve become a fan of films that are freed from the shackles of a plot. The Wild Pear Tree, which I reviewed last month, was one of those. There was no significant plot to be progressed, it was merely a peek into the psyche of a character who isn’t too far-removed from myself; his…