For fans of the mannered, ersatz verité of "The Bear" comes the new film "Steve," from Belgian director Tim Mielants. The Netflix film, about a British reform school for troubled teenage boys, swaps ...

Movies about institutions for schooling the unschoolable used to be a big part of British cinema, whether sly, subversive comedies like the St. Trinian’s franchise or heavy social dramas, which ...

Steve, a film Max Porter adapted from his own novella Shy, asks us to consider what we expect from adaptation. On the page, we enter inside the mind of a teenage boy. It’s chaotic in there. We’re torn ...

Cillian Murphy plays a beleaguered teacher at an all-boys reform school in this exhausting movie on Netflix. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...

Reteaming with 'Small Things Like These' director Tim Mielants, the 'Oppenheimer' star plays a desperate reform school teacher opposite a rowdy ensemble of totally convincing young actors. In theory, ...

“There’s so much, and it’s a lot, but hold tight because you won’t always feel like this.” At Stanton Wood, each day is a fresh start for students — until the fire alarm is pulled, or windows are ...