Directed by Jérémy Clapin Animated movies can cast a spell over you in a way I don't think live action can. Just the basics of how they present their worlds, the hand drawn style, can settle your or disturb you so easily. In I Lost My Body there is plenty to be disturbed by, and it … Continue reading I Lost My Body (2019)
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Waves (2019)
Directed by Trey Edward Shults Not to make a terrible pun out of the title, but Waves really does feel like you're standing four feet into the ocean tide, with the water level rising and sinking in rapid succession. At times it flows so damn well, a free-flowing visual poem that washes soothingly around you. … Continue reading Waves (2019)
JoJo Rabbit (2019)
Directed by Taika Waititi Taika Waititi's movies have such an appealing innocence. His characters, often children, learn perhaps obvious but nevertheless valuable lessons, as is the case with most coming of age films, and I think his young, bold protagonists highlight something similar within all of us, albeit a confidence that has been battered and … Continue reading JoJo Rabbit (2019)
The Parts You Lose (2019)
Directed by Christopher Cantwell In The Parts You Lose a young boy, Wesley (Danny Murphy) who feels outside of things stumbles across a convict in hiding, and they develop a nice little friendship. It’s a modest film that leans into certain tropes and cliches, dotted on the edges with tangential characters who can feel a … Continue reading The Parts You Lose (2019)
Low Tide (2019)
Directed by Kevin McMullin Low Tide is a neat little coming of age thriller about a group of boys who find a bag of gold. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, by any means, but it’s entertaining and engrossing, telling a familiar story of the unrestrained yearning of a certain moment in your youth, with ideas … Continue reading Low Tide (2019)
Joe (2013)
Directed by David Gordon Green Joe is a grim, coming-of-age melodrama set in a small dying town, like that of The Last Picture Show. How anyone survives there is a mystery. For fifteen year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan), his survival will depend on an ex-con named Joe (Nicolas Cage). In so many coming-of-age movies we meet an … Continue reading Joe (2013)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Directed by Rebecca Miller Jack and his daughter Rose live together on an isolated, mostly self-sustaining community that once housed dozens of young, free-spirited hippies. He is dying, and she has it in mind to kill herself when he does. If her pronouncement frightens him, he doesn't show it. Instead Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) quietly resolves … Continue reading The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Directed by Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming of age young adult drama. Stories like these often unfold like this: --Boy is a sad, isolated and possibly self-loathing -- Boy admires a charismatic character from afar who embraces who they are rather than hiding it -- Boy identifies romantic interest … Continue reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Spirited Away (2001)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise I wish I could've seen Spirited Away when I was a child. For friends who did, it seems this movie is rooted deep within their memories, as if it's something they themselves experienced. Watching it for the first time recently I found it cute, strange and fantastical but nothing more … Continue reading Spirited Away (2001)
Outside Providence (1999)
Directed by Michael Corrente There are a ton of needle drops in Outside Providence, and just about every song on the soundtrack to the 1974-set film is a classic. The film is more or less a series of montages of young love set to the likes of The Who, Wings, The Eagles, Steely Dan, The Doobie … Continue reading Outside Providence (1999)
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