Posts tagged coming-of-age
Review: American Graffiti (1973)
Review: American Graffiti (1973)

At 50, George Lucas’s masterpiece of nostalgia is far deeper, more complex, more innovative, and more influential than is often remembered.


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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromAmerican Graffiti, George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Americana, 1960s, 1962, cars, coming-of-age, teen movie, teenagers, high schoolComment
Halloween Horror: It Chapter Two (2019)
Halloween Horror: It Chapter Two (2019)

It Chapter Two is effective and scary if a bit muddled.

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Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Halloween Horror IIAnton BergstromHalloween Horror, horror, coming-of-age, Stephen King, It Chapter Two, Andy Muschietti, Gary Dauberman, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Russell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Glazer, Chosen Jacobs, Bill SkarsgardComment
Review: When Marnie Was There (2014)
Review: When Marnie Was There (2014)

A profound, melancholy depiction of adolescent self-loathing.

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Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren Bergstromanimation, Ava Acres, Catherine O'Hara, children, coming-of-age, drama, Ellen Burstyn, Geena Davis, Grey DeLisle, Hailee Steinfeld, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japan, Joan G- Robinson, John C- Reilly, Kathy Bates, Keiko Niwa, Kiernan Shipka, Masashi Ando, melodrama, Raini Rodriguez, Studio Ghibli, Vanessa L- Williams, When Marnie Was There, youthComment
TIFF13: Hateship Loveship (2013) and Labor Day (2013)
TIFF13: Hateship Loveship (2013) and Labor Day (2013)

One's understated and carefully awkward, the other's too sweet.

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Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromAlice Munro, Clark Gregg, coming-of-age, drama, family, family drama, Gattlin Griffith, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Hateship Loveship, James Van Der Beek, Jason Reitman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Kristen Wiig, Labor Day, Liza Johnson, love, Nick Nolte, romance, Sami Gayle, thriller, TIFF13, Tobey MaguireComment