Exploring Authority and Rebellion in “The Teachers’ Lounge” by İlker Çatak | Review
Young teacher Carla Nowak’s theft investigation in a multicultural German school reveals racial tensions and ethical dilemmas, challenging societal harmony.
Young teacher Carla Nowak’s theft investigation in a multicultural German school reveals racial tensions and ethical dilemmas, challenging societal harmony.
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
A professor has a relationship with a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy. Their affair leads to a criminal trial over disability and consent. The film shows interviews and footage presenting both perspectives.
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Tarkovsky’s “Ivan’s Childhood” marks his transition from student to director, highlighting his artistic evolution and the challenges of adapting literature to film.
A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone’s imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
Tarkovsky explores his cinematic philosophy, challenges faced, and deep connections with audiences, seeking to articulate film’s unique artistry.
After over three decades in purgatory, the afterlife’s sleaziest demon is rearing his manky, mouldy head once more in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It’s showtime…
“Gladiator,” a 2000 epic by Ridley Scott, revived the sword-and-sandal genre, featuring Russell Crowe’s acclaimed performance, with rich visuals and historical liberties.
How Fede Álvarez fused two movies to create his ideal xenomorph story, Alien: Romulus
Forrest Gump recounts a childhood miracle: escaping bullies despite his leg braces, inspired by Jenny’s urging, leading to his first triumphant run.
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents’ farm.
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.
“Gladiator” exemplifies the American ideal of merit over birth, a theme prevalent in US cinema despite criticisms of its reality. Films like “Rocky” and “Flashdance” celebrate this narrative of self-made success through perseverance.
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.
Ken Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. However, he is compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster, the offspring of his greatest enemy as his own child.
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
After being sent to a detention center, a teenage skinhead clashes with the social workers, who want to conform him to the status quo.
Ceylan’s film examines the life of disenchanted art teacher Samet and his relationships in a remote village. It explores themes of intellectual crisis and the transient nature of existence.
A young teacher in Anatolia seeks escape to Istanbul amidst personal and societal contradictions. Ceylan’s film beautifully captures the fragile essence of human existence.
A special tribute documentary honoring Gene Wilder’s life and career.
Fifty years after the Terracotta Warriors’ discovery, this documentary unearths new secrets from China’s first emperor’s mausoleum and its 8,000 pottery soldier guards.
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.
Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.
Centers on 1980s films starring the ‘Brat Pack’ and their profound impact on the young stars’ lives.
An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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