Coming of Age

Soundtrack To Sixteen

By Andrew Stover | May 2020

We all grow up; there’s no avoiding it. Some of us yearn to go back to simpler times, either as a frivolous…

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We all grow up; there's no avoiding it. Some of us yearn to go back to simpler times, either as a frivolous child or lovestruck teen. Perhaps we should...

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The Half of It is a heart-stealing coming of age film where the bright but feisty Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis) discovers love from afar. Director Alice Wu...

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Set on the last night of her Freshman year at Oberlin (which isn’t named, but if you’ve ever heard of the school, watched Girls or met approximately...

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To start things off, let me say that I absolutely adored Big Time Adolescence, mainly because it reminded me of my own teen years. I'm not sure how many...

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Something surprising happens about midway through the kids-stranded-in-the-woods thriller, Here On Out. You realize with rapt delight that you are not, in...

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Belgian siblings Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne rarely step wrong. The filmmakers – Cannes Film Festival darlings since 1999’s Rosetta – have...

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Schwarz Weiss Bunt, which translates to Black White Color, is a gentle Austrian film centered around a perfect time in a young woman's life. Matilda (Clara...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Summer White, or Blanco de Verano, is the story of Rodrigo (Adrián Ross) a sweet but shy and lonely 13-year-old who is...

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In a time when black and white film appears to be elusive, the directorial debut of Svetlana Cvetko, known for her cinematography for Inside Job, uses this...

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Lucas is a young(?) man living with his religiously devout aunt. He lives a quiet and simple life playing music for his aunt’s meetings and chatting with...

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