European Cinema
The Blonde with Bare Breasts (2010)
Starring Steve Le Roi, The Blonde with Bare Breasts is a French Coming-of-Age drama that explores youth, bitter sibling rivalry, and overwhelming first love.
Reviews
The Weight of Expectations in Time Still Turns the Pages
Read our review of Nick Cheuk’s Time Still Turns the Pages, a cinematic exploration of childhood trauma, parental ambition, and the weight of expectations.
European Cinema
Liar (1996)
Menteur is a raw, gripping coming-of-age drama about a vulnerable thirteen-year-old boy who weaponizes society's presumption of innocence, using lies as his only armor to survive a physically and emotionally imposing adult system.
Australian cinema
The Unsettling Enigma of Partisan: A Slow Loss of Innocence
True fans of thoughtful, slow-burn Coming-of-Age dramas are likely to enjoy Partisan, even if the mysteries to be deciphered are numerous and you are left with more questions than answers as the final credits roll.