Sentences with phrase «mainstream coming of age»

Given the state of today's mainstream coming of age stories, this one definitely deserves a look and could gather some attention come awards time.

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Fulfilling the need to participate in a coming of age ceremony that is common in most cultures throughout history but largely lacking in mainstream western culture.

This is around the same time coming - of - age movie maestro John Hughes gave Ferris a day off, but unlike his contemporary, Oliver seems oblivious to mainstream pop culture.

If one were to point out its faults, they would be the same as any other mainstream teen coming - of - age movie.

March 18, 2018 • It's a coming - of - age story that's also a coming - out story — and it's in mainstream theaters around the country.

Between Moonlight and the upcoming Call Me By Your Name, some are calling this the golden age of gay coming - of - age cinema; Beach Rats» slow pacing and dreamy verité style doesn't feel made for quite that level of mainstream appeal.

With his 1990 indie Slacker, he put Austin's independent filmmaking scene on the map, introducing the American audiences to an eclectic cast of local burnouts and philosophers, but Dazed and Confused, his more mainstream coming - of - age comedy, is the movie that really captures the relaxed cool of the Lone Star State.

Writer - director Rob Meyer and co-writer Luke Matheny's «A Birder's Guider to Everything» likely won't incite a mainstream birding craze, but the pair does deliver a charming coming - of - age tale that'll at least let you enjoy it vicariously through the film's Young Birders Society.

Based on the book Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, this essentially marks Hollywood's first mainstream LGBTQ coming of age comedy / drama.

Why We're Excited: Coming - of - age stories are always the best sort of films, but this one's rooted in something that isn't always talked about in the mainstream — conversion therapy centers.

Could be: Mainstream, family saga, coming - of - age, memoir, fictionalized memoir, literary, upmarket commercial, adult fiction, YA, or, depending on my mood, One Big Joke.

A feminist, activist and video and performance pioneer, Ivekovic came of age in the early 1970s during the period known as the Croatian Spring, when artists broke free from mainstream institutional settings.

GQ's Jason Barlow profiles Porsche's Panamera SE electric hybrid as the ultimate symbol of hybrid car technology coming of age and going mainstream.