As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
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After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Director:
Edward Zwick
Stars:
Tobey Maguire,
Liev Schreiber,
Peter Sarsgaard
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Director:
James Ponsoldt
Stars:
Jason Segel,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Anna Chlumsky
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Nina Hoss), unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Director:
Christian Petzold
Stars:
Nina Hoss,
Ronald Zehrfeld,
Nina Kunzendorf
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Stars:
Imogen Poots,
Owen Wilson,
Jennifer Aniston
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
Director:
Maya Forbes
Stars:
Mark Ruffalo,
Zoe Saldana,
Imogene Wolodarsky
Wendy (Patrician Clarkson), a self-absorbed New York book critic, is shocked to reality by the sudden end of her marriage. Always dependent on her husband for driving, she must now learn to take the wheel on her own. Her instructor Darwan (Ben Kingsley) is a Sikh Indian who watches with alarm as his pupil falls apart at the seams. He himself is contemplating an arranged marriage with a woman he has never met. As these two lives intersect, both will change in unpredictable ways. Written by
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Matt Salinger, who plays Peter, is the son of author J.D. Salinger and was coaxed out of acting retirement by director Isabelle Coixet, who liked him so much that she put him her next movie as well. See more »
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Wendy:
At 21 years, we're on our third itch... or it's male menopause.
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Hollister and O'Toole were completely charmed by "Learning to Drive" at this week's Provincetown International Film Festival where it rightfully took home the @hbo #AudienceAward. (At the Toronto International Film Festival audiences ranked it second only to "The Imitation Game".)
It is a simple story of two very different lives intersecting, at just the right moment. As Hollister says, it's not just about Learning to Drive it's really about Learning to Live.
Featuring the indomitable re-pairing of Sir Ben Kingsley (yes, our Oscar-winning "Gandhi") and Oscar-nominee (and two-time Emmy winner for "Six Feet Under") Patricia Clarkson. Directed by Barcelona's very talented Isabel Coixet (who also directed Kingsley, Clarkson, and Penélope Cruz in "Elegy"). Screenplay by Sarah Kernochan who has won two (!) Oscars for her documentaries, and whose artistic output has given O'Toole a complete complex.
Grace Gummer (Meryl Streep's real-life daughter) plays the movie daughter of Clarkson (who, like Meryl, went to the Yale School of Drama) and Jake Weber (Patricia Arquette's husband on "Medium").
Hollister and O'Toole and their complexes completely apologize when it comes to pronouncing last names in this podcast. Isabel Coixet, Sarah Kernochan please just come give us a tutorial so we can sing your praises in person.
Theatrical release set for August 21, 2015.
Podcast extras include:
Official "Learning to Drive" trailer Clip from "Elegy" Musical excerpt from "Thoth" (the Oscar-winning short documentary by "Learning to Drive" screenwriter Sarah Kernochan.
Now put your seatbelts on first, and go listen to the podcast. http://screenthoughts.net/podcast/learning-drive/
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Hollister and O'Toole were completely charmed by "Learning to Drive" at this week's Provincetown International Film Festival where it rightfully took home the @hbo #AudienceAward. (At the Toronto International Film Festival audiences ranked it second only to "The Imitation Game".)
It is a simple story of two very different lives intersecting, at just the right moment. As Hollister says, it's not just about Learning to Drive it's really about Learning to Live.
Featuring the indomitable re-pairing of Sir Ben Kingsley (yes, our Oscar-winning "Gandhi") and Oscar-nominee (and two-time Emmy winner for "Six Feet Under") Patricia Clarkson. Directed by Barcelona's very talented Isabel Coixet (who also directed Kingsley, Clarkson, and Penélope Cruz in "Elegy"). Screenplay by Sarah Kernochan who has won two (!) Oscars for her documentaries, and whose artistic output has given O'Toole a complete complex.
Grace Gummer (Meryl Streep's real-life daughter) plays the movie daughter of Clarkson (who, like Meryl, went to the Yale School of Drama) and Jake Weber (Patricia Arquette's husband on "Medium").
Hollister and O'Toole and their complexes completely apologize when it comes to pronouncing last names in this podcast. Isabel Coixet, Sarah Kernochan please just come give us a tutorial so we can sing your praises in person.
Theatrical release set for August 21, 2015.
Podcast extras include:
Official "Learning to Drive" trailer Clip from "Elegy" Musical excerpt from "Thoth" (the Oscar-winning short documentary by "Learning to Drive" screenwriter Sarah Kernochan.
Now put your seatbelts on first, and go listen to the podcast. http://screenthoughts.net/podcast/learning-drive/