coming-of-age
Film Inquiry got to sit down with writer‑director Megan Rico, co‑director Kade Atwood, and stars Adi Madden Cabrera and McKenna Tuckett to discuss Edie Arnold is a Loser.
There aren’t any stylistic flairs that Who By Fire brings to the table that differentiate this film from the prototypical coming-of-age movie.
Girls Will Be Girls is a powerful examination of how the patriarchy continues to punish girls/women for pushing back against the narrow roles prescribed.
Inside Out 2 introduces a bunch of new emotions, but the only one I felt…
Shinji Somai’s magnificent 1993 coming-of-age film, Moving—now available in a new 4K restoration from Cinema Guild—can be interpreted in several ways.
Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood star in the queer cheer drama “Backspot,” executive-produced by Elliot Page.
My Sweet Land is a somber warning call that its events are not contained in one place or time, they are the story of humanity.
In this SXSW report, we take a look at two female-driven titles: An Army of Women and We Were Dangerous.
CRATER, a sci-fi kids’ movie that was scrubbed from Disney+, wastes the talents of its young cast, especially Mckenna Grace.
No films better symbolize the livewire energy of this era in Hong Kong filmmaking than those focused on the youth of the region, such as Spacked Out.
With the second report from TIFF we are brought three wildly different films, and a TV series, all bold in their individual ways.
Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear is both unique in the canon of midnight movies and reaffirms what makes each of them wonderful.
In this report from NYAFF, Lee Jutton takes a look at Mountain Onion, Nomad and Mountain Woman!
While Beautiful Beings is well-intentioned and certainly emotionally resonant in parts, it stops short of having a lasting emotional effect.
In her final report from the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, Kristy Strouse reviews Furies, Fry Bread Face and Me and Late Night with the Devil!