Gus Van Sant's take on the shooting at Columbine High School is a masterpiece. Using a cast of unprofessional actors, he has created a unique and highly affecting film, rich in atmosphere and style. The non-linear narrative follows the experiences of the key characters, giving a different perspective of events in the short time frame (most of the events shown in the film take place in about an hour). While the tension in the film obviously comes from the impending violence, the film's strongest find out more...

Young teens hang around the mall, slightly older they move on to the inner-city skateboard park. While near there one night 16-year-old Alex is accidentally involved in the fatal death of a railway security guard, an incident that the police rate him as a possible suspect for. Anyway he worries, has to cope with his fears and the consequences of his manslaughter, gets laid by his girlfriend, ignores his parents and teachers - it's early teens growing up time. find out more...