Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987): Mike Newell’s Anti-Nuclear Drama, Starring William Petersen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck as the U.S. President

Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987): Mike Newell’s Anti-Nuclear Drama, Starring William Petersen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck as the U.S. President

Education, An (2009): Lone Scherfig’s Coming of Age Tale, Featuring Carey Mulligan in Career Making Performance, with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson (Sundance Fest, Audience Award)

A touching coming-of-age tale, An Education was adapted to the screen by Nick Hornby from Lynn Barber’s memoir of the same title.

Wild Reeds: Techine’s Most Personal Film, Winner of All US Critics Groups (LGBTQ, Gay)

Putting his notorious penchant for visual style at the service of a more personal work, Techine has made one of his best and most emotional films. Evocation of universal themes about adolescence and sexual politics, peppered with Gallic charm and popular American songs, should make this film, which could be described as a French American Graffiti, seductive to viewers.