coming-of-age
For a movie like And Then We Danced, so steeped in the traditional culture of Georgian dance, to embrace its taboo subject matter is defiance, artistically rendered.
As aloof and occasionally frustrating as the film may appear to be, Zombi Child is an eerie yet beautiful tale of coming-of-age and vodou.
Minhal Baig marries an American indie aesthetic with a uniquely immigrant narrative for something fresh, vital and worthwhile.
While the performances, production, and humor remain top-notch, Sex Education season two is a regressive step compared to its revolutionary first season.
Troop Zero is a feel-good film in every sense of the word and it is the hope of this critic that people find and cherish this film.
I Lost My Body leaves plenty to be interpreted and discovered by its viewers, making it one of the most thought provoking animated films of the 2010s.
Most Likely To Succeed reaffirms the dispiriting correlation between professional success and racial and class divide, as subtly depicted by Pamela Littky.
Boyhood is an impactful film, teaching us the strong life lesson of the importance of living in the moment.
Though plot-wise Atypical is somewhat formulaic and uses many tropes from the drama/comedy genre, its utilization and handling of these make it a step up from many shows of the same variety.
Better Days is a mostly earnest drama that plods through bullying, academic stress, murder and tragedy, retaining a fittingly bleak and dolorous tone.
Boys takes a well-worn story of self-acceptance and turns it into a beautiful piece of internal struggle.
Philophobia is a film where words are meant to have stories unto their own with connotations and nuggets of meaning buried within.
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha perfectly represents the complexities of your 20s. Read why the film is such an accurate portrait.
We spoke with director Kevin McMullin, whose film Low Tide hit theaters last Friday to inject the fall frenzy with a reminder of summers by the beach.
Prarthana Mohan’s coming-of-age dramedy The MisEducation of Bindu arranges Grade-A talent, on-screen and behind-the-screen.
