‘One of Those Days When Hemme Dies’ Review: Turkey’s Oscar Entry is a Sure-Handed Debut That Channels Abbas Kiarostami

Debuting writer-director Murat Fıratoğlu’s meditative slow-burn “One of Those Days When Hemme Dies” starts with a row of (mostly) men while they are at halay, a popular Turkish folk dance commonly performed at celebrations like weddings — not by professional dancers necessarily, but by the guests themselves. There is much symmetry, and a specific yet […]