Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Dir. Eliza Hittman
This difficult movie is about a seventeen-year-old from the U.S. underclass who has to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Autumn…
Hearts Beat Loud
Dir. Brett Haley
A sweet feel-good movie starring Nick Offerman as a dad who has to deal with his only daughter leaving for…
Tu Dors Nicole
Dir. Stéphane Lafleur
Nicole is 22, just out of college, and adrift during her first summer as an “adult.” Tu Dors Nicole (“You’re…
Beautiful Thing
Dir. Hettie Macdonald
A sweet and wholesome tale of two boys falling in love against the backdrop of 90s homophobia and social issues.…
Mid90s
Dir. Jonah Hill
It wouldn’t be too far of a reach to evoke Kids (1995) while diving into Mid90s. But instead of taking…
Junebug
Dir. Phil Morrison
Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) runs a high-brow art gallery in Chicago and has to take a trip to North Carolina to…
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Dir. Miranda July
Picked by Roger Ebert as the fifth best film of the decade. An observant, tender film about the little details in loneliness…
Blinded by the Light
Dir. Gurinder Chadha
The 1980s were not a great time to be of Pakistani descent in the UK. Hate crimes are at an…
Eighth Grade
Dir. Bo Burnham
You live in a strange world. Or at least, that’s what the generation before you thinks. Eight Grade is a…
Sunshine Cleaning
Dir. Christine Jeffs
Sunshine Cleaning is a great addition to that unidentified genre of grown-up comedies populated by other great entries like Your Sister’s Sister and Enough…
Lars and the Real Girl
Dir. Craig Gillespie
Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson. Lars and the Real Girl is a funny…
Dope
Dir. Rick Famuyiwa
At the same time a fun, crazy, and meaningful movie about Malcom and his friends, high school teenagers and proud geeks who suddenly…
Adventureland
Dir. Greg Mottola
Adventureland is a retro-tinged movie about teens in Pittsburgh working at a run down amusement park during the summer of…
Handsome Devil
Dir. John Butler
I can’t get a song out of my head from this movie: the 1985 UK hit Desire As from Prefab…
An Education
Dir. Lone Scherfig
A movie about a 16 year old girl who gets involved with an older more sophisticated man and how the…
The Edge of Seventeen
Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig
A wonderful, witty teen comedy—possibly the best the genre has known in a long time! In a powerhouse performance, Hailee Steinfeld…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Dir. Stephen Chbosky
This coming-of-age story based on the bestseller by the same name starts fun but veers towards darker territory. It’s about…
Always Be My Maybe
Dir. Nahnatchka Khan
An innocent-fun movie, Always Be My Maybe is a lovely thing to turn your brain off to. Sasha and Marcus…
Little Miss Sunshine
Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Starring a sad-sack Steve Carrell and an ensemble cast with brilliant timing and real heart, Little Miss Sunshine is a…