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A Round of Applause is a reality check for audiences about the existential crisis that we all have been facing in modern times. The Turkish drama helps us find meaning in the meaningless activities of the characters. Accomplished actors like Aslihan Gurbuz, Fatih Artman, and Cihat Suvarioglu have added to the charm of the series. Ben Oya has done an excellent job of successfully executing such an absurd theme, which wouldn’t have been possible without the skilled cast. Other imminent faces, like Cengiz Bozkurt, have also added special value to the drama, making it stand out amidst the other satirical dramas.

Zeynep

Aslihan Gurbuz, the winner of the Best Comedy Actress award for Yahsi Cazibe in 2011, has played the role of Zeynep in the series. She plays an over-loving mother who is pressured by society to maintain calm even when her newborn child goes missing. Eventually, she managed to reunite with her child,...

"I'm not leaving until we wrap." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a Turkish drama titled Cici, from filmmaker Berkun Oya (also of Happy New Year London previously). Set to premiere on Netflix for streaming at the end of this month. The synopsis states that years ago a family migrated to the city after a loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface. "A tragic death that brings the family together, reveals the repressed feelings and painful memories that they have kept from each other for around 30 years." The film's cast features Fatih Artman, Sevval Balkan, Ayça Bingöl, Incinur Dasdemir, Yilmaz Erdogan, Funda Eryigit, Olgun Simsek, Nur Sürer, and Okan Yalabik. This really seems like something quite special, an epic tale of a family and many years of emotions. Reminds me of the kind of films Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes. Looks like it might be worth watching.

Netflix has ordered a social thriller from Turkish creator Berkun Oya, the man behind well-traveled international drama format The End.

Oya has created an untitled eight-part series and will write and direct the project, which is produced by Ali Farkhonde and Nisan Ceren Gocen on behalf of Krek Film.

The series tells the story of a group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, – some by chance and some by force of will. Now they must form new friendships or reckon with a complicated past.

The series, which has kicked off production today and is set to air in 2020, stars an ensemble cast including Oyku Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryigit, Alican Yucesoy, Tulin Ozen, Defne Kayalar, Settar Tanriogen and Bige Onal.

Oya is best known for The End, which tells the story of a woman with a perfect life,...

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Gravity (12A)

(Alfonso Cuarón, 2013, Us) Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. 91 mins

A movie to restore your faith in special effects, 3D and cinema in general, Cuarón's space movie arrives here already heaped with well-earned adulation. Like, say, Avatar or Toy Story, it really does expand the frontiers of what cinema can do; unlike them, Gravity is set in, or at least around, the real world. The story is admirably minimalist: two astronauts get stranded in space and try to get home. The visuals are out of this world but there's much more: riveting tension, sympathetic performances, and a spiritual undertone that only adds to the movie's transcendent nature.

How To Survive A Plague (15)

(David France, 2012, Us) 110 mins

A true story with all the elements of a mythic struggle, this bracing documentary recounts how Aids activists – many potential...