coming-of-age

“This is not a love story, or at least not one where anyone gets what they want,” is the line The Half of It chooses to open on. That might be true by the end of the film but the conclusion to Alice Wu’s queer coming-of-age film suggests…

Coming-of-age movies have a bad reputation. Often dismissed as hackneyed Oscar bait, a lingering criticism despite the classic status of several releases that fit the mould. The likes of Little Miss Sunshine, Boyhood and Ferris Bueller’s…

"If Rakim was rap's Woody Guthrie, Nas was the Dylan figure expanding the possibilities and complexity of the form, twisting old fables to match contemporary failings, faithful to tradition but unwilling to submit to orthodoxy." - Jeff…