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The Heights

schurmane wrote 3 weeks ago: I guess movies about teachers are made for people who think they could never be teachers, so that th … more →

Tags: True-Life Education, adventure, Urban Education, Movies, Hollywood

Anthony Mackie Talks ‘Hurt Locker,’ the Oscars and Upcoming Projects

Mandingo wrote 1 month ago: Dr. Cole Abaius from Filmschoolrejects.com sat down with  the star of The Hurt Locker and All he has … more →

Tags: Hollywood, next, Anthony Mackie, matt damon, The Hurt Locker, interviews, Site Features, academy awards, August Wilson

Sympathy vs. Empathy

haneskc wrote 2 months ago: Sugar, the new baseball movie by writer-director team Boden and Fleck, has an interesting premise.  … more →

Tags: Sugar

Sugar

Squally Showers wrote 2 months ago: The directors of Half Nelson struggle on the follow-up. The baseball sequences seem to be mostly the … more →

Tags: Reviews, Sugar

Gowanus, Brooklyn: Winner of Short Filmmaking Award in 2004

Dumpster Diver wrote 3 months ago: I was sent this video by a reader. It is a great short that I think you should watch. A young girl i … more →

Tags: Gowanus, Brooklyn, Winner of the Short Filmmaking Award at the 2004 Sundan, sundance film fest

Ten You Missed4 comments

Remington wrote 3 months ago: We are a rather fortunate bunch. Our grandparents only had two chances to see a film: either when it … more →

Tags: Essay, Cinema, the fountain, Movies, film, List, Indie, Independent, Ryan Gosling

Favourite Performances of the Decade: Part 11 comment

Colleen wrote 3 months ago: This is the first part of an ongoing feature where I’ll be sharing some of my favourite film p … more →

Tags: Movies, Lists, Favourite Performances of the Decade, Ryan Gosling, Enchanted, Amy Adams, James McAvoy, Rory O'Shea Was Here, Frances McDormand

Universal Truths: Monday, July 20th, 20091 comment

isntanything wrote 4 months ago: People who are already cool get cooler, and despite global recession, human organs will always be a … more →

Tags: Opinion, Art, Music, consumption, Indie, Philipines, Manila, organ trafficking, Human Rights

Half Nelson (2006)6 comments

Aiden R wrote 4 months ago: VERDICT: 9/10 Student/Teacher Boundary Issues One of the best movies of 2006 and proof that Ryan Gos … more →

Tags: 09/10, H, Drama, great acting, Movies, Movie Reviews, Humor, Oscars, Ryan Gosling

Kids trying to grow up too fast...

John wrote 4 months ago: There is a whole sub-genre of movies about kids learning about life from adults – usually not … more →

Tags: Drama, Actors, Teenagers, Adults, Olivia Thirlby, the wackness, Jonathan Levine, Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley

Ryan! Gosling!

qwertyy wrote 4 months ago: From The Notebook, not my favorite movie of Ryan's but hey... I'll take it Well, since no to … more →

Tags: 1, Ryan Gosling, the notebook, Lars and the Real Girl

Director-writer duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck talk about SUGAR

Jason wrote 5 months ago: SUGAR is the assured follow-up to HALF NELSON from writer-director duo Boden and Fleck. Continuing t … more →

Tags: Interview, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Sugar

Remember all those articles about jobs in teaching? Yeah...not so much...

semiprofessional wrote 6 months ago:     We can now add teachers to the list of professionals who come to New York to try and make it big … more →

Tags: Teaching, new yokr city schools, new teachers, Education, sucks to be you, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Wire, Ryan Gosling

MOVIE REVIEW: Sugar

amused0472 wrote 6 months ago: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore … more →

Tags: film, black actors, Movies, Movie Review, latin actors, Sugar, Dominican Republic, Baseball

Sugar

intothedustbowl wrote 7 months ago: Sugar – A new age, need to see, baseball story. The duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck team up once … more →

Tags: films, Matt Cici, Sugar, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, sundance, Dominican Republic, Ryan Gossling, Baseball

Beyond the Reel 3

One Film Beyond wrote 7 months ago: The talented Kelly Macdonald riffs on Marge Simpson, T. Rex and “Back to the Future.” Be … more →

Tags: Beyond the Reel, Kelly MacDonald, back to the future, Ben Walters, the guardian, john waters, John Hughes, brat pack, matt dillon

my life on screen1 comment

beanstew wrote 7 months ago: so, no, no one is making a movie about my life. yet. but there have been quite a few movies similar … more →

Tags: other stew, teacher movies, Dangerous Minds, Stand and Deliver, Lean on Me, To Sir With Love, Blackboard Jungle, Life Inspiration, movies about teachers

FILM:- THE CLASS

Scrambler wrote 7 months ago: Movies set in schools are never that like real school. No one gets any homework. The nerd  somehow e … more →

Tags: films, Love, Festival, Education, film, Oscar, School, Laurent Cantet, Hollywood

Movies as escapism? How about movies as art?1 comment

acm213 wrote 7 months ago: Want to go see a movie?  Well, recent top-grossers include 3-D crapfest Monsters vs. Aliens, Knowing … more →

Tags: Movies, Entertainment Weekly, Mark Harris, laist, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Sugar, Algenis Perez Soto


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