Coming of Age

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By Alan Ng | April 2021

SFFILM FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Whenever a so-called teen sex comedy comes out, I see reviews and interviews mention that no matter…

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SFFILM FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! Whenever a so-called teen sex comedy comes out, I see reviews and interviews mention that no matter how raunchy the...

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Victor Nunez's 1993 coming-of-age film, Ruby in Paradise, is a slower-paced take on the coming-of-age subgenre. There's a key focus on not just the...

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Music has the power to inspire us, to change us, to set us on the right path, and to help us discover truths within ourselves. Punk rock plays a crucial...

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There's a moment in Kuessipan where Shaniss (Yamie Grégoire) tells her friend that Mikuan (Sharon Ishpatao Fontaine) not dropping out of school doesn't...

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The Never List is one of the least inspired films to ever tackle the coming-of-age subgenre. Spawning from an unoriginal script by Ariadne Shaffer,...

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I'm starting to get the sense that the coming-of-age genre is really stories about young people coming to terms with bad parenting. Tony Ahedo's ICON is...

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The second feature film by New York-based Filipino filmmaker Maria Diane Ventura, Your Color (Deine Farbe), is an enchanting and unsettling coming-of-age...

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Adolescence is the transition between childhood and adulthood, and it's rarely an easy one. Writer/director Debi Bradshaw's Hot Cake is the story of...

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Coming of age happens all in one night in Madison Baker Was Here. 14-year-old Madison (Madeline L'Engle) is moving from California to Kansas tomorrow...

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If you have never heard the name Natalie Rodriguez, her latest movie, The Extraordinary Ordinary, is the best place to start. Based on Rodriguez's short...

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