Wildland – AFI Film Festival 2020
Wildland is unlike any female coming-of-age story you have seen. Director Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature film eschews every single girl coming-of-ageContinue Reading
Tag: Coming of Age
Film Review: Out Stealing Horses (2020)
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland continues his collaboration with the legend that is Stellan Skarsgård in this tender look backContinue Reading
Film Review: Bull (2020)
Director Annie Silverstein’s modest feature debut Bull, about a washed up rodeo rider and a wayward teen in suburban Texas, playedContinue Reading
House of Hummingbird: Fantasia 2019 Film Review
Debut Film From South Korean Writer-Director Kim Bora is a Knock-Out House of Hummingbird, the debut feature film from writer-directorContinue Reading
Rafiki: AFI Film Festival 2018 Review
Adam sees the power, beauty, and passion of Rafiki. The Kenyan film played the AFI Film Festival 2018’s New Auteurs section.Continue Reading
Too Late to Die Young (Tarde Para Morir Joven): AFI Film Festival 2018 Review
The Chilean film Too Late to Die Young (Tarde Para Morir Joven) written and directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo hitsContinue Reading
Amateurs (Amatörer): AFI Film Festival 2018 Review
Amateurs (Amatörer) is a crowd-pleasing comedy-drama from Swedish writer/director Gabriela Pichler finds a pair of rebellious teens (Zahraa Aldoujaili andContinue Reading
Olympia: LA Film Festival 2018 Review
Adam finds the LA Film Festival entry Olympia a warm and inviting character piece about one of those life-defining moments.Continue Reading
Film Review: Skate Kitchen
Impressive Debut Puts New Spin on the Coming-of-Age Film In a day and age where each genre (and subgenre)Continue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: MVD Rewind Collection’s Windrider (Collector’s Edition)
Adam looks at the summer romance Aussie style in Windrider, where Competitive Windsurfing and Pop Star flings collide. The NicoleContinue Reading