coming-of-age
In this week’s Queerly Ever After, Amanda Jane Stern considers the 1997 film All Over Me, a coming-of-age story about the relationship between two girls.
Low Tide is a tactile, explosive study of masculinity, an exploration of what boys do, what makes them do it, and how they need to learn to stick up to each other.
The Last Tree isn’t perfect, but it’s an honest and insightful coming of age story that deserves to find an audience.
In this TIFF 2019 report, David Fontana reviews four foreign films: Ordinary Love, Easy Land, August, and Dirt Music.
Unfortunately, Tall Girl takes the typical high school movie beats and fails to do much with them.
It’s absurd and outrageous, and although sometimes that doesn’t work in favor of the jokes, Good Boys triumphs as a sweet coming-of-age story.
Ambitious in scope and scale, all while taking the time to flesh out all of its characters and immerse the viewer in moments of striking intimacy, Euphoria leaves no stone unturned.
Two new shorts from director Nicola Rose, Into the Land of Moonstones and Gabrielle, tell us that it is important to remember that the sky is always blue.
It was kind of odd coming of age in the early 2010’s and seeing these ultra-fantastic teen stories, yet Palo Alto proved to be in a league all its own.
Blinded by the Light is a fabulous ode to the power of music, and how our favourite artists come to define our lives.
While it’s set up with a poignant perspectives, Cubby fails to provide an introspective look into loss and growth.
Ruth Caudeli’s Second Star on the Right winningly captures our varying levels of maturation and individualism, with beauty and style.
From the first frame to the last, Firecrackers is clearly a story by women, about women, stubbornly through their gaze without regrets.
Much like life itself, Dominga Sotomayor’s Too Late to Die Young is a meandering, seemingly directionless tale but no less enrapturing for it.
Season 3 of Stranger Things reminds us why we love this show, and it’s not just the nostalgia, it’s the characters.
