Disturbing Behavior

"...William Sadler. John Hughes meets Ira Levin at Carrie's high school. Dopey, histrionic fun from The X-Files alum David..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...audience off balance with a colorful blend of teen high jinks and a coming-of-age story á la De Palma's..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eastside Memorial Celebrates

High school meets state standards, first time since 2002

"...Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston Campus didn't just suddenly become..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The D Train

Jack Black stars in this unorthodox comedy about a high school reunion

"...Black plays Dan Landsman, the unpopular head of the high school reunion committee. The film at first appears to..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Here Comes the Boom

Kevin James plays a biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter; Salma Hayek is his love interest.

"...When high school biology teacher and all-around sad sack Scott Voss..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Again

A high school loser who reinvents herself as a successful adult regresses when she returns home in this comedy starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, and Betty White.

"...set off any alarms. Bell plays Marni, a former high school loser who, in adult life, has remade herself..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Easy A

The Scarlet Letter is refitted for the app age in this winning high school comedy.

"...a rumor kick-starts about the devirginizing of its heroine, high school senior Olive (Zombieland’s Stone), it spreads like –..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rocket Science

On the surface, Rocket Science is yet another quirky high school movie, but its story of a stutterer who's enticed into joining the debate team is special in its own way.

"...incoherent teenage stutterer, delivers his opening remarks during a high school debate. I won’t ruin it for you, but..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Brick

Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op’s heyday.

"...Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...H.G. Bissinger’s now-classic book about the secular religion of high school football to come to the screen. This retooling..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Radio

The mentally handicapped again are used as vehicles for our own best intentions.

"...in any of that namby-pamby moral ambivalence. Its hero (high school football coach Harris) is unimpeachable; its villain (Mulkey)..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Whatever

"...two female best friends caught between the end of high school and the rest of their lives. With almost..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Not Enough Austin ISD Seniors Are Ready for College, Per Recent Test Scores

Credentials post-high school are crucial to make a living

"...earning a living wage within six years of leaving high school. In Travis County, a graduate with no kids..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...entitled and titular Heathers were the walking embodiment of high school evil. Three decades later, a TV reboot crashed..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Young Adult

Actors Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt prove as riveting a combo as writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman.

"...is about to fold. She lives in a Minneapolis high rise, having escaped her hometown of Mercury, Minn., where..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terri

The keen observational style of this indie drama elevates it above the more commonplace films about high school misfits.

"...Olivia Crocicchia, Bridger Zadina and Diane Salinger. Stories about high school misfits form a substantial if commonplace subgenre of..."

July 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beastly

Beauty and the Beast is refashioned here for the contemporary teen set and stars I Am Number Four's Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.

"...so this new incarnation set in a contemporary Manhattan high school fills and swells and finally blooms with both..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Home Field' Looks Great on the Coffee Table

With a forward from Buzz Bissinger

"...glossy photos. So when Jeff Wilson's Home Field: Texas High School Football Stadiums From Alice to Zephyr showed up..."

Aug. 28, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Arne Duncan = Ally

Barack Obama selects Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education, so what does this mean for the gays?

"...currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools, and a full-on supporter of the expansion of Chicago's..."

Dec. 17, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Sleepover

Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.

"...and Jeff Garlin. It’s the last day of junior high for Julie (Spy Kids’ Alexa Vega), and she and..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The New Guy

"...Dushku, Eddie Griffin and DJ Qualls. Among the touted highlights of this filmed-at-Austin Studios teen movie are cameos by..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Been Kissed

A newspaper editor re-enrolls in high school for a story on what the younger generation is up to.

"...riding on the assignment. Her mission: to return to high school and re-enroll as a 17-year-old transfer student to..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rage: Carrie Two

"...in the wake of a tragic (though dramatically inevitable) school fire, a fresh, new progeny of the White clan..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Varsity Blues

"...directors the network has weaned, they'd be pumping out high-gloss ephemera at a steady clip by now, but that's..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...plays Casey, the introverted class misfit at Ohio's Herrington High School. When he chances upon a bizarre, slug-like life..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grosse Pointe Blank

The film is a wacky joyride through a hit man's high school reunion.

"...he returns to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, for his 10-year high school reunion. George Armitage (who, over the years, has..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Welcome to the Dollhouse

"...Kalinina. Anyone who has suffered the indignity of junior high school will undoubtedly remember the experience as the wonder..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago. Filmmaker James, along with..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There Goes My Baby

"...Minter, Lucy Deakins, Kenny Ransom and Seymour Cassel. Summer school has just let out at Westwood High in Los..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...Writer/director Shinkai opens the story like the standard Japanese high school drama with supernatural overtones. Yet he quickly pulls..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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