Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up ...
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses o...
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two ...
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bun...
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California ...
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t...
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved t...
Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Al...
Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolp...
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced i...
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist ...
Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a F...
When the girl they call "the dog" leaves their school for good, Pauline and her gang decide to choos...
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to k...
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the au...
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her sec...