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'Yellow Letters' review: A Turkish artist couple fractures but never falls apart in 'Teachers' Lounge' director's politically vexed latest

"The Teachers' Lounge" writer/director İlker Çatak shifts his attentions from the mob mentality of a Berlin classroom to scenes from a marriage between a Turkish artist couple being targeted by their ...
Deadline.com

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: İlker Çatak’s Turkey-Set Political Drama Has Much To Say About Current State Of Right-Leaning West — Berlin Film Festival

Set in Turkey and filmed on location in Germany with no attempt to hide the artifice, the trenchantly honest and terrifically acted new film from The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak might be the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Director Delivers a Modern-Day Political Parable That’s Strongly Acted but Hampered by Vagueness

Oscar-nominated helmer Ilker Çatak returns to the Berlinale with a family drama set in authoritarian Turkey but shot entirely in Germany. By Jordan Mintzer For his follow-up to the tense and ...
IndieWire

‘Yellow Letters’ Review: A Turkish Artist Couple Fractures but Never Falls Apart in ‘Teachers’ Lounge’ Director’s Politically Vexed Latest

Berlin: İlker Çatak's thought-provoking, politically rousing drama follows a pair of thespians pushed out of Ankara and into Istanbul because of state censorship. “The Teachers’ Lounge” ...