Coming of Age

Ocean Boy

By Sumner Forbes | February 2023

It may be the heart of winter here in the United States, but it’s the perfect time of year for a surfing…

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It may be the heart of winter here in the United States, but it's the perfect time of year for a surfing trip Down Under. In Ocean Boy, director Tyler...

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If you want a filmmaker to meticulously imitate a decade, Richard Linklater is a stellar choice. He has proven time and time again, in Dazed and...

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If we were to poll French critics and filmmakers about who their favorite American filmmaker might be, many of us would be surprised at their answers....

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Every Star Wars fan has a story about the first time they gazed with wide-eyed wonder into George Lucas' mythical galaxy far, far away. I'm here to tell...

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Paradise is as subjective of a concept as they come. To most outsiders, a coastal existence in Croatia under the Adriatic sun is a life to envy. But the...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2022 REVIEW! There are plenty of coming-of-age dramas focused on empowering teenagers, telling them how to overcome all the problems and...

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Undergrads, directed by Andrew Zuckerman, is an introspective slice-of-life film focused on a group of friends approaching the end of their college days....

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Before any of us can spread our wings as functioning adults, we must go through the egg, caterpillar, and pupa stages. As kids, we yearn to grow up and...

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Striding Into The Wind is a fictional revisit into the life of Shujun Wei. Making his feature debut, the co-writer/director goes back to his student days...

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City is director Kenneth Lott's feature film debut. Terrence Cooper wrote the coming-of-age crime drama, and interestingly, for both good and bad, it feels...

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