The Gist: Buenos Aires, 1976: Tom Michell (Coogan) arrives at fancypants rich-boy educatorium St. George’s College as an explosion rocks the city a little ways off. That’s just a coup happening back ...

To many people, 1989’s “Dead Poets Society” with the late-great Robin Williams is pretty much the perfect movie. But it appears that you can actually improve upon perfection, as “The Penguin Lessons” ...

A pint-sized penguin waddling along behind its master is cute. The first time. But there is such a thing as too much sugar in a dessert, and too much cuteness in a movie. “Penguin Lessons” needed to ...

Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman's personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period ...

The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts will screen the films The Penguin Lessons and The Friend. The Penguin Lessons (Wednesday at 7 p.m.) is inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who ...

Jonathan Pryce is not a fan of penguins. Steve Coogan tells me this with a sort of “eh, can you believe it?” arch to his eyebrows. Pryce confirms as much. “I’m not an animal person,” says the ...