comingofage

Issued on: 20/05/2023 - 14:58 From our special correspondent in Cannes – A young girl’s experience of puberty gets the body-horror treatment in Amanda Nell Eu’s playfully…

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani says she loves nothing more than a blueberry doughnut from Tim Hortons every time she comes back home to Markham, Ont.The Canadian restaurant chain comes as a welcome sign for Vellani after two years of "sensory…

In Cibi Chakravarthy’s debut film Don, which stars Sivakarthikeyan in the lead, drama works more effectively than the comedy. However, it's the comedy that makes up for about 80% of the movie. It’s the emotional core, anchored by a very…

Nova Scotia director Stephanie Joline called a draft of her debut feature film "the risky draft" and never intended to show it to anyone. But it's the version of the film audiences will see on the big screen today when Night Blooms opens…

Express News Service Another coming-of-age drama is on the way. Shanil Muhammed, who co-directed Philips and the Monkey Pen (based on his story), marks his independent directorial debut with Aviyal. Newcomer Siraj…

The coming-of-age drama Beans has won the $100,000 best Canadian feature prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association. Director Tracey Deer was named the winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at a glitzy dinner gala Monday…

A few years ago, I tweeted about wanting coming-of-age movies where Black girls got to be “horrible and funny or be cute and fall in love,” like in movies centering white characters. Nijla Mu'min, a writer and filmmaker, responded, saying,…

The 14-minute film tells the story of a woman who is coming to grips with her stagnant reality back in New York after a vague but enthralling trip to London. The story centers on three characters: Camilla, a restrained woman with a smoking…

Featuring actors who are indeed on the spectrum, the show focuses on three young adults sharing an apartment, overseen by an aide, Mandy (Sosie Bacon), who deeply cares about them, while wrestling with a decision about whether to move on in…

Co-created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, the HBO Max show actually has a lot to say, in part by uniting women whose differences in terms of race, class and geography are somewhat eclipsed by sharing the process of discovering themselves…