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.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...