AFIFest: Day 4
The T-shirt for this year’s AFIFest Presented by Canva has a quotation from the Guest Artistic...
Tag: coming-of-age
AFIFest 2025: Day 3
Welcome back to Hollywood and AFIFest Presented by Canva. Today I encountered the first film that...
The Summer Book: Hoping for new life
“Life is long.” For a young girl and her family, a summer at their island summer cabin is filled...
My Old Ass – Wisdom of the ages
“I’m very grateful for this moment with you.” Oh, the advice we could give to our younger selves!...
Goodrich: With Keaton, this family comedy is gonna be okay
“I’m gonna be okay. I’m always okay.” This is the mantra of Andy Goodrich (Michael Keaton), the...
Paradise Is Burning: Not so perfect freedom
Paradise Is Burning, from director Mika Gustafson,seems to be a story of youth and freedom, but is...
Alam: Raising a flag of independence
“My dad used to say that the beginning of liberation is to raise your flag. The highest level of...
We Grown Now: Homes and roots
”WE EXIST!” In the 1990s, the Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago became a symbol of urban...
Yuni: A life out of season
“How do I know what I want? But my future is not bleak.” Yuni, from Kamila Andini, is a...
2023 Oscar? Nominated Animated Shorts
Each year there are Oscars? awarded in three categories of short films: Live Action Shorts,...
Close – End of childhood innocence
Coming of age can open the world in new ways, but at what price? In Lukas Dhont?s Close (which is...
Hatching – Nurturing an evil twin
In the Finnish film Hatching, from director Hanna Bergholm, a girl from a seemingly perfect home...
Coast – Teen ennui
?Even rebels need a place to come home to.? Because the teenage years are a bridge between...