It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
A nameless young man travels the country by bus and train, visiting friends and making new ones, having banal conversations, and dedicating his existence to mundane activities.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Dan Kratochvil, Daniel Johnston, James Goodwin, Linda Finney, Richard Linklater, Tracy Crabtree
The Shadow Line (1973)
Story of a young, inexperienced ship captain named Marlow, who struggles in solitude during the voyage with disease, insubordinate crew and vagaries of weather.
On Thin Ice (2003)
Based on a true story. Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons trying to gather all the money she has to pay for her car, bills, and her son’s…
Ice Castles (2010)
Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most…
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Everyman’s War (2009)
No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith…