coming of age Archives

How the Parental Dating Scene of the 1980s Led Me to Direct To the Stars

By Martha Stephens | May 4, 2020

Director Martha Stephens traces back the roots of her fascination with being a teenager in the '50s and '60s, the focus of her latest film.

By Nijla Mu’min | April 25, 2018

Nijla Mu'min makes no apologies for her African-American coming-of-age movie Jinn, which plays at BAM this weekend.

By Bruce LaBruce | August 1, 2017

LaBruce extols the virtues of Frank and Eleanor Perry’s shocking coming-of-age drama that captures the loss of innocence of the late 1960s.

By Mara Wilson | March 15, 2017

Writer and actress Mara Wilson traces her complex relationship over time with Phoebe Gloeckner's book, and then its big-screen version.

By Megan Griffiths | January 12, 2016

A period coming-of-age dramedy, Heller's debut feature is a portrait of adolescence femininity that embraces complexity.

By Kirsten Smith | January 16, 2015

One of 2014's best, this Brooklyn-set portrait of burgeoning female adolescent sexuality examines a moment of transition in a young girl's life.