The Games Teachers Play

Don’t let the awkward English title put you off. This story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class is Blackboard Jungle for the nineties: the first movie in a long while to confront the problems of schooling with equal degrees of honesty and dramatic clout. The film is as relevant to Western countries as it is to Japan. And every bit as provocative. – Tony Rayns