“The Wild Pear Tree” — 3.5 stars. No MPAA rating (some language) Opens: Friday and continues through Feb. 28, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.; siskelfilmcenter.org.

“The Wild Pear Tree,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film, shares its title with a manuscript written by its protagonist, a restless young man named Sinan.

The Wild Pear Tree is a film that stays with you for a while, long after viewing it. This three-hour long film follows Sinan (played by Aydın Doğu Demirkol), a recently graduated student, who ...

Thematically “The Wild Pear Tree” fits perfectly into the director’s melancholy expanse of male disaffection, though his main character is younger than many of his protagonists, full of ...

Oscars: Turkey Selects ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ for Foreign-Language Category. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's story of a young writer struggling to find the money necessary to publish a novel, 'The Wild Pear ...

Bradford pear trees are banned in a few states. More are looking to replace, eradicate them. Bradford pear trees, which can help spread wild, thorny Callery pear trees, are becoming a target of ...

Each October for the last six years, our family has undertaken a quest to visit a wild pear tree. Located in a small, quiet canyon south of town, this pear tree is both a mystery and a treat. We ...