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“Teen Spirit” tells a familiar story: A teenage hopeful from a small town gets a chance to go big and runs with it. With a melancholy pop soundtrack, undercurrents of discontent...
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“‘Lady Bird,’ is that your given name?” “I gave it to myself, it’s given to me by me.”
In “Lady Bird,” the brilliant and relatable film written and directed...
For those looking to enjoy a lighthearted yet well-crafted summer read, 18-year-old author Nicolaia Rips’ debut book, “Trying to Float: Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel,” is a great pick. Rips’...
A coming-of-age ceremony is not uncommon among world cultures. Fifteen-year-old Latin-American girls celebrate their quinceañeras as a representation of their entrance into womanhood. Bar and bat mitzvahs...
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“Low Down” is a biopic about a pre-teen girl, Amy-Jo Albany (Elle Fanning), who is the only daughter of troubled jazz artist Joe Albany (John Hawkes). Inspired by Amy-Jo’s memoir...
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There are few stories in Hollywood as ubiquitous as the coming of age drama. These kinds of stories — depicting snapshots of the intersection of childhood and adulthood — are compelling...
"Coming of age" is a ubiquitous term, often characterized by teenagers stumbling across a few roadblocks on their way into adulthood. We are colored by dilemmas — our challenges and sufferings — and...
