New York-based production company is included in Realscreen's fourth annual report of the world's most influential production companies NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire/ --- 57th & Irving Productions, a Manhattan-based production company, is among Realscreen's 2008 Global 100.

By SCOTT A. MAY A documentary in name only, "American Teen" splices and dices reality to fashion an admittedly entertaining blend of fact and fiction. The movie chronicles the senior year of teens in Warsaw, Ind., during the 2005-06 school year.

By MAL VINCENT By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot SOMEWHERE between manipulative and condescending, "American Teen" is a staged, phony treatise masquerading as a documentary, showing that all the cliches about movie high school teens haven't changed.

By KATHRYN DeLONG Even now, as I watch the "American Teen" trailer for the umpteenth time, my heart gets heavy.

By T'Neisha Harris Editor's note: "American Teen" (PG-13) opened in Memphis last week, and is showing at the Ridgeway Four and this weekend also at the Malco Wolfchase Galleria. It got three stars in GoMemphis on Friday (gomemphis.com, click on movies).