Eighth Grade – movie review
“Like” and “you know” – two of the most overused phrases in the English language.
coming of age
Breath – movie review
Breath is a haunting and elegiac coming-of-age tale. Set on the wind-swept coast of Western
Walking Out – movie review
Testosterone flows in Walking Out. This coming-of-age tale involves a father and his son in
Lady Bird – movie review
I’m a big fan of Greta Gerwig. Along with the likes of Brit Marling and
The Edge of Seventeen – HE review
The comedies of the late John Hughes were the gilt edge standard for coming of
20th Century Women – movie review
A melancholic coming-of-age drama, there is much to enjoy from 20th Century Women. The film is
Spring Awakening (Chapel off Chapel) – theatre review
Energetic, powerful and haunting – such is Spring Awakening. This is a musical journey from
Dear White People – television review
Safely ensconced here in the Southern Hemisphere, few Australians have first-hand experience of America’s sometimes-toxic
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – DVD review
There are movies I really could dwell on in a lyrical way. Because it’s put
The Diary of a Teenage Girl – movie review
It’s 1976 and 15-year-old Minnie Goetze has just had sex for the first time: with