Movies and TvShows featuring "art-school-student" theme.

Nana is a drama filled with music and romance, following two girls named Nana who become roommates and navigate life in Yokohama. They embark on a journey of friendship, love, and self-discovery, facing challenges and supporting each other along the way. With a backdrop of j-rock and punk bands, the story explores themes of relationships, dreams, and the ups and downs of young adulthood.

Class barriers threaten the budding romance of two young lovers striving to realize their artistic ambitions.

Fresh Air, which focuses on ordinary moments of everyday life, is an original hybrid of urban comedy and kitchen-sink drama. It is also a realistic depiction of relationships among lovers, friends, and family in the multi-cultural environment of a big city. The protagonists are three thirty-something housemates with artistic aspirations.

Elisabeth Subrin’s masterful film is a shot-by-shot reenactment of an unreleased 1967 documentary portrait of SAIC student Shulamith Firestone, who, a few years later, would become a central figure in the rise of radical feminism. Through its meticulous staging, the film expresses in Subrin’s words, “the residues of the past,” and the resonance of issues around gender and class today. (Gene Siskel Film Center)