coming-of-age
While the movie itself is not without its bumps , there is always a new adventure, a new gag, a new moment of blissful sweetness just around the corner.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is a brilliant animated film with a haunting score, tragic themes, and an angsty coming-of-age plot.
Scarborough follows the lives of three families and expands on their struggles and triumphs as they navigate through adversity.
Beautifully filmed, Coast is a film you will find just coasting through the motions.
In Kids Return, the warmth of Kitano’s brand of brotherhood glows on the palate long after the acidity of his cynicism has subsided.
Ena Sendijarević’s Take Me Somewhere Nice is a movie most cinema-goers have probably seen before, at least in pieces.
In the film’s approach to try depicting its scandalous central relationship as naturally occurring as possible, Wet Season sacrifices narrative or emotional thrust.
Beyond the Horizon is almost a traditional coming-of-age story that operates in accordance with the rules of the genre, but set apart by its twist.
Upon the release of David Freyne’s coming-of-age hit currently taking the world by storm, Film Inquiry’s Marc Ricov spoke with the Belfast-born actress.
A gorgeous, thrilling portrayal of careless childhood dissolving in the summer sun, Smooth Talk is a landmark coming-of-age film.
There’s so much to be said, and yet we settle into a story that sometimes takes the easier road if not the obvious one.
Summer of 85 is one of the best coming of age stories in recent memory – an affecting tale of first love and first heartbreak.
While Sno Babies has its flaws, it does drive home hard the messages of addiction – it is dark, it is ugly and it is hard.
Concrete Cowboy is a heartfelt reclamation and tribute to a long lineage of Black frontiersman that’s largely been swept under the rug.
We Are Who We Are thankfully delivers on what it promises in an immersive coming of age drama from one of the greatest filmmakers of our generation.
