Coming of Age With Jane Ellen Bryant

Bad at growing up, good at promo

"...From deep inside the pile of CDs, cassettes, records, and other promotional ephemera the postman..."

July 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Coming of Age

"...Dawn Cooper and Cyndy Kirkland of Reel Women inside the Alamo Drafthouse, one of the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Coming of Age

Recommended at aGLIFF 2002

"...One of the most anticipated entries in this year's Austin Gay..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...has overtaken her body. Trier masterfully crafts this journey of a woman's self-discovery of her homosexuality as a thrilling..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coming of Age

Earth Share Grows Greener Through Payroll Deductions

"...George Cofer photograph by John Anderson It's taken six years, but..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Museum Comes of Age

"...señorita becomes 15, or quince años, she is considered "of age" and presented to the community in elaborate religious..."

July 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

The Kings of Summer

This Sundance favorite is a perfect yet offbeat summer movie about teens who ditch their families and try to live like men in a ground-level treehouse in the woods.

"...Vogt-Roberts. Starring: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Erin Moriarty, Megan Mullally, Marc Evan Jackson, Alison Brie..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender, unsentimental curio has been stretched by David Fincher into a nearly three-hour-long motion picture about a man (played by Brad Pitt) who ages in reverse.

"...Benjamin (Pitt), who is born with the arthritic creak of an old man and proceeds to age in reverse...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...Tamsin (Blunt) initially comes into view on the back of a horse. It's summertime in the Yorkshire countryside when..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

"...Boughedir goes home to Tunisia to tell the story of 13-year-old Noura (played by the director's nephew Selim), a..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Age of Summer

Back to the beach in this coming-of-age throwback

"...Not reviewed at press time. Coming-of-age story set on mid-Eighties Hermosa Beach avoids the Baywatch..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review

Testament of Youth

The luminous Alicia Vikander stars as a woman coming of age amid World War I

"...but she conquered Hollywood anyway with her luminous composite of fragile and steely. Alicia Vikander – Bergman’s countrywoman and..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Different Stages’ The Member of the Wedding

This staging of the coming-of-age drama evokes the small-town South with vivid design work and a rock solid ensemble

"...it. The other girls exclude her, leaving her out of their clubs and poking fun when they get the..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Art of Getting By

As coming-of-age dramas go, this one is flaccid and endlessly irksome.

"...Carl Franklin, Sam Robards and Alicia Silverstone. The Art of Getting By premiered at Sundance in January as Homework,..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Secret Life of Bees

Despite the sincere coming-of-age story at the heart of this movie rife with singers-turned-actresses, there's no denying the pleasures found in the film's soulful matriarchy.

"...Bettany, Tristan Wilds and Nate Parker. The film starts off promisingly with the voiceover narration of 14-year-old Lily Owens..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House of D

Here’s an interesting surprise: Dour, dry David Duchovny’s directorial debut is more weepy than creepy, a conventional coming-of-age story that flashes back to 1970s New York City.

"...directorial debut is more weepy than creepy, a conventional coming-of-age story that flashes back to 1970s New York City...."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Edge of Seventeen

"...Gabrych, Tina Holmes and Chris Stafford. For sexually confused teenager Eric Hunter, the Edge of Seventeen is the razor's..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Power of One

"...Alois Moyo. Director Avildsen has one recurrent theme: that of the solitary individual pitted against the insensitive, dehumanizing, oppressive..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Social and Personal Turbulence of Armageddon Time

James Gray explores his own flawed youth in this autobiographical coming-of-age film

"...After exploring the jungles of the Amazon in The Lost City of Z and..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Feature by Trace Sauveur

Age Onstage

Getting Specific About Age in subUrbia and Hot Flash!

"...question, and chances are it won't be the last. Age is something our society is extremely keen on keeping..."

April 4, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!

The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss

"...another chapter in a juggernaut franchise, or an adaptation of a light novel with a built-in fanbase, it's heartwarming..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Man of Steel

This new Superman flies without a lot of emotional baggage, which is mostly a good thing though the character could stand a bit more dramatic heft.

"...Man of Steel is as square as Superman’s storied jaw. Peel..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Linklater's loving reminiscence of space race Houston

"...There’s something special about getting to experience the premiere of a new Richard Linklater film at a festival like..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

The Animated Childhood of Milo Coy in Apollo 10½

The young Austin actor takes one giant leap in Richard Linklater's tale of the space race

"...The director behind classics such as Slacker and School of Rock is finally back with a beautiful and incredibly..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

The Grrrls of aGLIFF

A strong presence of queer women at this year's fest

"...A new age in queer filmmaking is here. As LGBTQ lives become..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Natalie Portman adapts Amos Oz's acclaimed memoir

"...Portman’s directorial debut about a young boy coming of age during the British Mandate and the troubled,..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hand of God

Unromantic semi-autobiography about an auteur’s discovery of cinema

"...The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino’s sentimental semi-autobiographical picture about an..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Measure of a Man

Even Donald Sutherland reciting fortune cookie wisdom doesn't save this YA snore.

"...possibility that I don’t have a soul, and some of the more incisive evidence is my time with coming-of-age..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Based on the young-adult novel by Jeanne Duprau, City of Ember digs deep but ends up feeling surprisingly cobbled-together..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Circle of Friends

"...“There's a lot to be said for those big soft girls,” remarks one character in Circle of Friends. Indeed..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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