Aug 18th, 2006 · Film critic David Edelstein reviews Half Nelson, starring Ryan Gosling. Gosling stars as a young inner-city junior high school teacher who develops a drug habit, and the friendship he strikes up with one of his students.
Aug 11th, 2006 · The movie Half Nelson, starring Ryan Gosling as a crack-addicted schoolteacher, turned heads at the Sundance Film Festival. It seems like a film that could jump-start the careers of everyone involved.
Jan 26th, 2006 · The Sundance Film Festival is wrapping up in Park City, Utah. Denver Post film critic Lisa Kennedy tells Michele Norris about the big-money bidding war for Little Miss Sunshine; the buzzworthy Half Nelson and her personal favorite, Son of Man, a South African film that retells the story of Jesus.