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Memo to Joe Klein: with several states yet to vote in primaries, putting Obama's picture on the cover with the headline "And the Winner* Is ..." is just irresponsible reporting. A. Corona, CARMEL, CALIF...
...Canadian and someone who has occasionally used your magazine in my classroom, I was shocked and dismayed by your most recent cover with Obama on it, along with the line, "And the Winner* Is ..." Your coverage has only served, north of the border, to illustrate how the media are no longer, if they ever truly were, dedicated to honest, unbiased coverage of events. You're not even pretending to honor that idea. I'll stick to Maclean's for my classroom material from now on. I am not naive enough to believe it is any different from TIME...
...magic, Ceylan's films - slow-paced, poetic tales of individuals struggling against the bleak backdrop of modern Turkey - routinely flop back home. Distant, a previous Cannes competitor, was seen by just 20,000 people in Turkey - only one-fourth as many as saw it in France. His current Cannes winner, Three Monkeys, has yet to sell to Turkish TV, which has deemed it too arty...
...that's the case, they can take heart: Cannes award winner Three Monkeys is an engrossing tale of an Istanbul family torn apart by their secrets. In tone, if not style, it is a departure for Ceylan and has even been described as a thriller, albeit a meditative one. "Hopefully the Cannes charm might coax viewers into giving Ceylan a chance," says film critic Emrah Guler. And if that's not enough to get Turkish moviegoers to the theaters, the director stands in good company, with the likes of Woody Allen, of filmmakers embraced by the arty French but neglected...