Coming of Age

Summer White

By Hanna B. | February 2020

SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Summer White, or Blanco de Verano, is the story of Rodrigo (Adrián Ross) a sweet but shy…

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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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Cavale is the French word for lam. It is also the title of a Belgium coming-of-age road trip movie. Teenager Kathy (Lisa Viance), against her wishes, is...

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Actor Alex Wolff (Hereditary) puts his best foot forward with his debut feature The Cat and the Moon. Wolff plays Nick, a Detroit native who arrives on the...

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A beautiful coming-of-age story that literally comes out of nowhere is Nick Richey’s Low Low. Four friends are confronted with the inevitable...

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The idea of the transformative summer has been explored in many movies before. Everyone has experienced that specific summer, which shapes and transforms...

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Sand is many things: a potential nuisance, a decent way to pass an hour, a goldmine of bottle caps and loose change. To add another feather to its cap,...

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Executing a dark comedy is by no means an easy task for any director. Unless the nihilistic laughs serve to emphasize some grander theme or statement about...

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There’s a question in art that to me seems to have a simple answer but somehow remains a controversy. Is art for the artist or for the public? Relating...

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