Young Caucasian Dan Dunne teaches history and coaches the girls basketball team at a Brooklyn high school populated primarily by black and Hispanic students. To the chagrin of his superiors, Dan ...

For instance, when I did Half Nelson, I wore a calculator watch that was held together by a rubber band because it communicated this was a teacher at the end of his rope. When I did Drive ...

Rocky Nelson is a former New York cop who is trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood. However, like most actor-wannabes, he is still looking for his big break, and his lack of stature doesn't ...

Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, who made soulful indies (“Half Nelson,” “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”) before they took a detour into franchise filmmaking with the billion-dollar earner ...