‘Yellow Letters’ Review: Germany Plays Turkey in a Stirring and Surprising Political Drama

In the riveting family drama “Yellow Letters,” German-born Turkish director İlker Çatak employs a culturally tilt-shifted backdrop for his tale of authoritarian crackdowns. The film announces, upfront via enormous on-screen text, that its setting is “Berlin as Ankara,” with the German capital standing in (sans disguise) for its Turkish equivalent, as though the film itself […]