The Stranger

If you're expecting a movie as raging and ferocious as his aptly titled Head-On, you might be disappointed. But German-Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin's new movie—scheduled to play at the Varsity for just a week—is another kind of devastating. The braided narrative is about the disruptive urgency of sexual desire, the ties of kinship, and the faint tactlessness of requesting forgiveness. And I don't care if she never makes another film that reaches American shores: Nurgül Yesilçay is a goddamn movie star. (See movie times, www.thestranger.com, for details.) by Annie Wagner

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