Robert Hughes

Race the Sun -- Based on a true story, RACE THE SUN tells the story of an attractive new science teacher at Hawaii's Kona Pali High School who takes on a bunch of bored and disillusioned students. When she gives them the inspiration to design and build their own solar-powered car she brings hope back into their world.

This is a remarkably revealing documentary about Robert Crumb, the creator of such underground comics as "Fritz the Cat." Director Terry Zwigoff, an old friend and colleague, links the hilariously rendered and rather peculiar obsessions of Crumb's graphic work to the artist's fantastically dysfunctional family.

Halle Berry stars as a new teacher stuck with a group of hopeless high school misfits. When she gives them the courage to believe in themselves, they lead her on an adventure she never imagined - andto a romance she hadn't expected.

Halle Berry stars as a new teacher stuck with a group of hopeless high school misfits. When she gives them the courage to believe in themselves, they lead her on an adventure she never imagined - and to a romance she hadn't expected.