- 1. Rhea Perlman and Newcomer Miya Cech Shine In YA Film, "Marvelous and The Black Hole
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- Sammy Ko (Miya Cech) is at a major turning point in her life. The 13-year-old has been acting out since the death of her mother, and after a particularly impressive display of vandalism, her dad, Angus ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 2. Rachel Berry, Diane Nguyen, and Me: My Journey Through Feminist Television to Find Representation, Identity, and More
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- ... my horizons when it comes to seeing and understanding female stories. It began with Glee, my favorite show as a teenager – a 2009 coming-of-age musical dramedy that broke barriers on how stories of sexual, ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 3. "The Worst Person In The World" Subverts the Classic Rom-Com Genre, Instead, Explores Loss Through a New Len
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- ... "As Ride Like The Wind" by Christopher Cross plays and we watch Julie turn careers, men, and hair colors on a dime, it appears as if we know what we’re going to get with Trier’s film – a classic coming-of-age ...
- Created on 22 February 2022
- 4. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
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- ... life and, like, a recipe for burning out.” Although I am bummed that PEN15 is over, I am pleased to say there are plenty of brilliant shows that give me my coming-of-age fix. Teen TV shows are on another ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 5. 6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
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- ... gory, gross-out sh*t, then Raw may fit your needs. A coming-of-age horror story chronicles first-year veterinarian student Justine (Garance Marillier), who, you guessed it, loves animals so much that she’s ...
- Created on 01 October 2021
- 6. "Cruel Summer's" Harley Quinn Smith On Why Mallory And Kate Are Soulmates: BUST Intervi
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- ... thriller, mystery, and dark coming-of-age drama all in one. At the center of everything is Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), an awkward teenager who covets everything about golden girl Kate Wallis’ (Olivia ...
- Created on 15 June 2021
- 7. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
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- ... Pariah, a coming-of-age tale about a young teen coming to terms with their sexuality, really put this writer-director on the map when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2011. In 2015, Rees went ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 8. Emma Seligman's "Shiva Baby" Is A Screenshot Of Prolonged Adolescence In The Information Age: BUST Intervi
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- ... splash with Shiva Baby, a story that alludes to the coming-of-age narrative that it could be while straying from the quintessential norms of one. Shiva Baby’s protagonist, Danielle (Rachel Sennott), is ...
- Created on 25 February 2021
- 9. The Timelessness Of The Cheerleader Flick: Serving You Veracity In A Y2K Miniskirt
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- ... that many consider frivolous or superficial into the foundation of a complex coming-of-age story. By establishing footing within that which is already marginalized, cheerleader movies open up an effective ...
- Created on 04 February 2021
- 10. Week of Women: Ariana Grande, Tierra Whack, Dua Lipa
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- ... men and women in her new short story collection, out November 3. White Ivy by Susie Yang In this coming-of-age novel about family, love, and privilege, an ambitious young woman, Ivy, goes to extremes ...
- Created on 30 October 2020
- 11. Gideon Adlon On Unearthing The Spooky Truths In “The Craft: Legacy”: BUST Interview
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- ... and sisterhood among their magic spells. The stand-alone sequel of the 1996 The Craft amps up the coming-of-age drama and loses the gimmicky (but loved) aesthetic choices. Zoe Lister-Jones wrote and directed ...
- Created on 28 October 2020
- 12. A Lady, Liberated: Julia Lindon On Depicting An Honest Coming Out Story In Her New Short Film
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- ... New Hampshire, and the L.A. Indie film festivals. An aspiring comedian learns to embrace her queerness and finds her comedic voice and, more importantly, her community in LADY LIBERTY, a coming-out/coming-of-age ...
- Created on 14 October 2020
- 13. How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
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- In 1980, a shy young woman named Roberta Williams made history by designing a new kind of computer game—changing the industry forever Mystery House YOU ARE IN THE FRONT YARD OF A LARGE ABANDONED ...
- Created on 09 October 2020
- 14. What's The Deal With "Cutie
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- ... filmmaker. The film is described as a coming-of-age drama starring Fathia Youssouf as the main character, Amy, an eleven-year-old Senegalese immigrant. Unsatisfied with the prayer, piety and religious ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 15. Author Caitlin Moran Proves Why She's One Of The World's Funniest Feminists On BUST's "Poptarts" Pod
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- ... York Times bestseller. And her 2014 autobiographical coming-of-age novel, How to Build a Girl, was adapted into a film starring Beanie Feldstein that premiered in 2019. When Moran finished How to Be ...
- Created on 11 September 2020
- 16. Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
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- ... a playful, personal take on sexual awakening in the coming-of-age narrative. The semi-autobiographical film stars Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things’ Nancy) as Alice, a sheltered 16-year-old attending a Catholic ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 17. Olivia Wilde To Direct Women-Centered Marvel Movie
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- ... success with the coming-of-age movie Booksmart. Her film earned Katie Silberman a Writers Guild of America nomination for best original screenplay and it was one of last year’s best reviewed films. The ...
- Created on 21 August 2020
- 18. "Babyteeth" Is Darkly Funny And Surprisingly Tende
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- ... the worst possible parenting I can imagine.” Babyteeth could be described as a darkly funny and surprisingly tender subversion of the coming-of-age subgenre that gave us The Fault in Our Stars and Me ...
- Created on 16 July 2020
- 19. 16 LGBTQ+ Movies Directed By Women Of Color To Watch This Pride Month
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- ... The film depicts Iranian culture and coming-of-age in a new way. Circumstance is available for rent on Amazon Prime. 13. Call Me Kuchu (2012), directed by Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 20. Week Of Women: May 8-14, 2020
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- ... a Girl Based on Caitlin Moran’s novel of the same title, How to Build a Girl follows the coming-of-age of Johanna (Beanie Feldstein), a British teenager who grows up to become a music journalist. ...
- Created on 07 May 2020
