There’s a reason there are so many coming-of-age films. They are a powerful time in our lives, raging hormones aside, it’s a time when we learn so much about the world, who we are, and how we fit into ...

This is such a messy undertaking, but also one that movies can help make a little more bearable. After all, the best coming-of-age films make audiences feel a little less alone, since the lives of the ...

In Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry, newcomer Nadia Melliti plays a teenager struggling to reconcile her religious convictions with her burgeoning sexuality. By Jon Frosch Senior Editor, ...

If there's one thing that cinema can reliably do, it's perfectly capture the pain, angst, and heartache of coming-of-age. Ever since the dawn of movies, filmmakers worldwide have been sharing their ...

The film’s story of a naive teenager’s coming of age as a mobster’s daughter strongly recalls that of Jonas Carpignano’s equally affecting – but more impressionistic – Italian-language A Chiara (2021) ...