Movies: Lesson

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge ...

Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, ...

A young teacher is the victim of a cruel joke. When she enters the classroom, all her pupils are naked, standing near their bench. Their clothes are heaped up on the podium...

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together....

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity....

Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles....

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher....

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was documented to electrifying effect in Werner Herzog’s 1999 portrait My Best Fiend. This documentary provides further fascinating insight into the talent an...

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Go...

Hal Leonard designed this course for students who are just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar. Subjects covered include: the parts of the guitar, tuning, chords, strumming, picking, improvisation, tablature, and standard notation. Close-ups...

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listeni...

A school girl visits a house to take a koto lesson. She meets her teacher and her son and they seem to be playing "HIDE and SEEK" in the house. Koto lesson starts but the girl soon realizes that there's something very odd about the teacher....

After playing some simple chords, Fred Sokolow demonstrates various patterns, licks, and grooves in five keys. While one camera stays on Fred, a second gives students a close-up, picture-in-picture view of his playing technique....

A high school student puts off many responsibilities....

Werner Herzog interviews guests on the art of filmmaking....

Rubie is a classic grade school bully. She is challenged by Santa; she must get a present from a real friend by Christmas, or he’ll make her as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. Rubie learns it's the inside that's most important in a perso...

During the quarantine, some dedicated students have decided to adapt an Eugen Ionesco play into a short film. They all filmed themselves at home. This version isn't looking for coherence. The only 3 characters of the play are portrayed by many actors...

Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters....

In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs....

A complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come....