The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin Lessons,” based on the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, is in the exoticism of ...

“Penguins only have one partner. When they lose their mate, they never take another one,” a student tells his English teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) during a pivotal moment in the dramatic comedy ...

Judith Painter, an eighth-grade geography teacher at Andrew Lewis Middle School, observes an Adelie penguin colony in Antarctica. Judith Painter, a self-described penguin fanatic, took this close-up ...

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 ...

A former Truro teacher with an incredible story involving a penguin and a brutal military dictatorship has seen his tale turned into a film starring Steve Coogan. Mike Thompson, retired head of ...

TIFF: Featuring an international cast led by Brit Steve Coogan, ‘Full Monty’ Director Peter Cattaneo tells the story of teacher who rescues a penguin amidst the 1976 military coup in Argentina.