*As Shadow And Act points out, “the coming of age genre in filmmaking is one of the most celebrated, and can be one of the most isolating in terms of representation.” The history of cinema doesn’t ...

New Zealand director Paloma Schneideman takes us back to 2006 with 'Big Girls Don't Cry,' her enveloping work of time, place, ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

A new short film by Minneapolis filmmaker Yasmin Yassin follows two Somali American sisters running a social-media ...

One of the most effective and emblematic stories in cinema is the tumultuous coming-of-age film, focusing on a young protagonist growing up and learning more about themselves. Each generation has ...

From the '70s to today.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music. Focus Features released the trailer for Hayley Kiyoko’s ...

Paloma Schneideman’s coming-of-age feature, set in the aughts, stars Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer and Noah Taylor.

Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age dramedy perfectly taps into the highs and lows that come with desperately wanting to find oneself, being on the brink of young adulthood, and the complicated beauty of the ...

In a choir, unity is essential. Breathe together, sing together, stop together. But for the teenagers of “Little Trouble Girls,” unity is a difficult prospect: Their bodies are changing, their ...

I’ve made many wishes, but none have ever come true.” That line, written by a teenage girl in China’s remote Liangshan region, became the starting point for “Whispers in May,” the hybrid documentary ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...