The title character of “The Music Teacher,” a Belgian-French production, is a retired opera star, played by the eminent bass-baritone Jose Van Dam. The film is directed and co-written by Gerard Corbiau. The teacher’s most gifted pupil is singer/musician Anne Roussel, who loves and admires him. Roussel and Van Dam’s relationship also involves another pupil, […]

Director Wes Craven, best known for his horror films, such as Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Last House on the Left, surprised critics (and himself), when he made a change of pace with this inspiring drama about a teacher who helps change the lives of her students.

In 1979, coming out of nowhere, the Australian film “My Brilliant Career” put on the movie map two vastly talented women: Actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong.

For his American screen debut, Richard Burton received his first Oscar nomination (in the Supporting Actor category) as Philip Ashley, young English madly in love with the widow of his guardian (played by Olivia De Havilland), even though he suspects she was responsible for her husband’s death