How ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Director Captured Human Emotions From the Bird — and What Footage Landed on the Editing Room Floor
The Penguin Lessons' balances stories about an adorable penguin and the atrocities of a political uprising in 1976 Argentina.
Steve Coogan greeted penguins every day of filming for The Penguin Lessons
The film follows the true story of an Englishman who rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach in a divided Argentina.
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‘The Penguin Lessons’ Could Use a History Lesson
Tom Michell does not want to be in Argentina. And, frankly, neither does this movie.  “The Penguin Lessons” kicks off in ...
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How ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Director Captured Human Emotions From the Bird — and What Footage Landed on the Editing Room Floor
“The Penguin Lessons” does just that, thanks to the balancing act of director Peter Cattaneo — and the Magellanic penguins playing Juan Salvador (the bird is named after Jonathan Livingston ...
‘The Penguin Lessons,’ starring a teacher’s pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold
Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his ...
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Movie Review: THE PENGUIN LESSONS (2024)
THE PENGUIN LESSONS (2024) Peter Cattaneo. Writers: Jeff Pope from a memoir by Tom Michell / Cinematographer: Xavi Giménez (1.85:1) / Designer: Isona Rigau / Editor: Robin Peters / Music: Federico ...
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The Screening Room | Deft touch elevates poignancy in 'Penguin Lessons'
Charming” and “warm” are two words that have likely never been used to describe actor Steve Coogan. The English comedian has built his career on playing edgy and, at times, ...
'The Penguin Lessons' offers accidental lessons of its own
His latest, “The Penguin Lessons,” shares with his 2019 drama “Military Wives” the challenge of fashioning an uplifting, audience-friendly silk purse out of the sow’s ear of the world’s political ...