August Wilson is one of America’s greatest playwrights, and The Piano Lesson may be one of his greatest works. The writing is so powerful, I’m not sure you could stage a bad version if you tried.

The schoolteacher and the penguin, with a side of politics Steve Coogan is at his wry best in The Penguin Lessons, a comedy-drama set on the eve of the 1976 Argentinian coup.

As if penguins didn’t have enough to fret about with impending tariffs on exporting guano to America, here comes Steve Coogan to ruffle their feathers. The Penguin Lessons is a pretty loose adaptation ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Steve Coogan is pretty reliable when it comes to playing world-weary characters whose passion is revived by a cause ...

Steve Coogan plays a teacher who adopts a penguin – and experiences a military coup – in Peter Cattaneo's adaptation. Read the Empire review.

English teacher Steve Coogan adopts a penguin in the middle the 1976 Argentinean coup d’état -- and yes, that is kinda weird.

Steve Coogan and Björn Gustafsson are a hilarious duo in "The Penguin Lessons" despite an underwhelming film that shies away from getting real.

While no one would confuse Reno with Steve Coogan, who plays the protagonist of “The Penguin Lessons,” their characters are both closed off from human feelings.

One film per year in which the unexpected friendship of a penguin deeply affects a human being dealing with emotional pain? No objection here. That’s what we get with the British offering “The ...

‘The Penguin Lessons’ review: Another charming tale of an unusual friendship Steve Coogan stars as a man in need of healing who benefits from a bird ...

'Eyes on the Prize III' expands a classic with lessons on the civil rights fights of recent decades Without frills, important HBO documentary series looks back at 1970s arson in the Bronx, the ...

STAGE REVIEW Actors’ Shakespeare Project and August Wilson make beautiful music together in ‘The Piano Lesson’ By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated January 28, 2025, 2:00 a.m.