A Single Man

Tom Ford ditched fashion designing for filmmaking with this smart adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood story about a grieving gay man in 1962 California.

"...Lamori. George Falconer (Firth) is a middle-aged British ex-pat teaching at a university in sunny Southern California in 1962...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Creationist Activist Goes Into Lion's Den

Saenz to speak at Yarborough Library

"...the "strengths and weaknesses" language in the state's science teaching curriculum, wording that has been used by his group..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

The House Bunny

A Playboy bunny who's been ejected from the mansion becomes a sorority house mother.

"...spot on campus once she nurtures her girls by teaching them to wear too much make-up and too little..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Late to Bed, Early to Rise

Will UT students be taking weekend courses?

"...need sleep), and get lecturers working longer hours and teaching more classes, rather than expanding the facilities to keep..."

March 20, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

This highly unanticipated offering is cut ’n’ paste horn-dog humor.

"...of Taj are scarce indeed. As the hipster Yank teaching assistant enrolled at a Cambridge knockoff, Taj (Penn) has..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Up

This snooty-dancer-meets-street-dancer musical romance is so painfully intent on teaching its characters life lessons every few minutes that it forgets to be trashy.

"...the movie is so awkward, so painfully intent on teaching its characters life lessons every few minutes, that it..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Heights

This intersecting story that follows a half-dozen New Yorkers over the course of one long day and night is intellectually engaging and genuinely surprising, although not terribly risky.

"...with Diana (Close), a venerable stage and screen actress, teaching a master class on Macbeth. Grande-dame style, she bellows..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rock School

More than his Philadelphia school of rock, it's blustery instructor Paul Green who becomes the true subject of this documentary.

"...well. Yet we never see the nitty-gritty of Green teaching the students chords and music theory, fingering and technique...."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Walk on Water

A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.

"...on Water makes you wonder what the Mossad is teaching its field agents these days. Apparently, they’re tops at..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paper Clips

It’s an only-in-America tale about kids in the Tennessee hamlet of Whitwell and their "paper clip project” – a teaching tool meant to help them comprehend the dimensions of the Holocaust – but it grew into something much, much more.

"...on “the paper clip project,” a clever means of teaching, and more importantly, comprehending the incomprehensible horrors of the..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Brothers

Two tiger cubs separated during infancy are cast to the winds of fate in French-occupied Indochina.

"...inclined to ask questions about ethics. There are ample teaching moments, handled with a pleasantly light touch – questions..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

To Be and to Have

In this documentary, a one-room schoolhouse in France is a microcosm of the teaching universe.

"...tables to how to flip an omelet properly. His teaching methodology is well-documented; the man himself, however, is somewhat..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gods and Generals

"...embodies Col. Joshua Lawrence, who gives up his promising teaching career at Bowdoin College in Maine to become a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Castle

"...head-to-head with the warden, Col. Winter (Gandolfini), while simultaneously teaching his fellow inmates a thing or two about self-respect...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When Brendan Met Trudy

"...shy, reserved Dublin schoolteacher who spends his days absently teaching English to the sort of boisterous soccer-hooligans-to-be who seem..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy, Texas

"...heart and no impulse control. Scenes which show him teaching the dimpled, curly-haired contestants how to dance are marvelous,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

On the Ropes

"...cliché. An aging ex-boxer, he now spends his time teaching and acting as manager to a group of at-risk..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mask of Zorro

"...the resurrection of Zorro, the people's hero, by patiently teaching the headstrong Murietta everything he knows about fighting, fencing,..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Horse Whisperer

"...and bodies of both Grace and Pilgrim, while also teaching the city-bred Annie a thing or two about the..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ride

"...law, he must choose between going to jail or teaching a young Christian boy how to ride a bull...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

187

"...South Central Los Angeles (!) and accepts a substitute teaching position amid yet another scholastic war zone. Why he..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saint Clara

"...nuclear families and some very outlandish bearers of Israeli teaching certificates (one hopes), to create an overall illusion of..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Holland's Opus

"...Of course, along the way Glenn becomes sidetracked -- teaching music to teenagers becomes his true life's work while..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art for Teachers of Children

"...with her. In fact, his interest in photography and teaching her how to take pictures initially provide Jennifer with..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Naked Killer

"...promptly assists her by surgically removing her fingerprints and teaching her the ways of the assassin. Cindy's previous charges..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For a Lost Soldier

"...melancholy Walt (Kelley), develops a close relationship with Jeroen, teaching him to dance the lindy and palling around with..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mistress

"...a restaurant of her own and scouting out a teaching job for him at Queens College. As the movie..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Angel at My Table

"...to the city to pursue her education, get her teaching degree and suffer a complete nervous collapse. Diagnosed as..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Iron & Silk

"...who have been forced by the state to cease teaching Russian and take up English instead. When one of..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin ISD Board President Eyes Tutoring Program Expansion to Prevent Illiteracy

One-on-one time may save money on remedial teaching down the road

"...A mile away, at Pillow Elementary, another tutor was teaching letter sounds. “What’s the letter that makes the 'm’..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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