Un amour de jeunesse (Goodby first love in the english version) is a 2011 Franco-German film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. The film is chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan’s 8-year… Continue Reading
Berlin Syndrome is a 2017 Australian psychological thriller film directed by Cate Shortland, and written by Shaun Grant, based upon the novel of the same name by Melanie Joosten. It stars Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt. In the plot, Australian photographer, Clare, meets Andi while holidaying in Berlin.… Continue Reading
Wake in Fright (also known as Outback) is a 1971 Australian thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a young school teacher from Sydney who descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia. It stars Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence and Chips Rafferty. The screenplay, written by Evan Jones,… Continue Reading
A trip to the mall with mom does not go as planned for a high school teacher after she crosses paths with some of her students. A short film based on the short story by Stacey Richter. The First Men, Benjamin… Continue Reading
101 Reykjavík is 2000 film based on the 1996 novel by Hallgrímur Helgason. Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but… Continue Reading
Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, from a screenplay by Buck Henry. High school student Candy (former Miss Teen Sweden Ewa Aulin) seemingly descends to Earth from space. In the relatively simple satiric plot, she naively… Continue Reading
Irrational Man is a 2015 American mystery drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey and Jamie Blackley. At the small-town fictional New England college campus of Braylin, philosophy professor Abe Lucas (Phoenix) finds himself in an existential crisis, but he eventually discovers a… Continue Reading
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Jesse Andrews, based on Andrews’ 2012 debut novel of the same name. High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with… Continue Reading
Wonder Boys is an American 2000 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves. The film was based on the novel of the same title by Michael Chabon. Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university. He has been unable… Continue Reading
The Crush is an Irish live action short film written and directed by first-timer Michael Creagh, and produced by Damon Quinn. The story sees an eight-year-old schoolboy (played by Oran Creagh) fall in love with his teacher, Miss Purdy. One day he gives her a toy… Continue Reading
Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados (Living is easy with eyes closed in the english version) is a 2013 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by David Trueba, and starring Javier Cámara. The film’s title comes from a line in the song “Strawberry Fields… Continue Reading
A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for… Continue Reading