Some might find it odd that France’s submission to the 2016 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film is indeed a film that takes place in Northern Turkey with a Turkish cast that deals chiefly with Turkish issues. After watching it though, they will be no doubts to its quality as Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s smartly-named Mustang is a sharp, important piece of international cinema that pushes key issues of marginalized women’s rights to the forefront in a tactful but natural manner. Read More