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My New Review of "Distant"

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Jeffrey Overstreet

16 May 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • The Other Journal • Distant • Nuri Bilge Ceylan

The Other Journal has published my review of Distant.

I wrote a capsule review of Distant for Paste Magazine recently, but this film demanded much closer attention. Pick it up sometime on DVD.

Train Dreams (2025)

Train Dreams (2025)

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) collaborate on another enthralling film about men seeking meaning in hard times.
22 Nov 2025 11 min read
Breaking this week’s (apparent) silence...

Breaking this week’s (apparent) silence...

Technical difficulties interrupted my posting this week.
22 Nov 2025 1 min read
Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Here is a revised, expanded version of the keynote address I delivered at the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival in Martinsville, Ohio on Labor Day Weekend.
08 Nov 2025 31 min read
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