Eating Boys and Growing Tails: “Menstruosity” Body Horror in Film
In coming-of-age, “menstruosity” body horror films, the Final Girl is the sexual transgressor. As her sexual freedom grows, so does her monstrosity.
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Director Bill Blackhurst Explores Adolescent Life in Post-industrial Britain in His Film, ‘Pond Life’
Blackhurst reflects on letting go as director, letting the story just happen, and drawing out the darker side of adolescence in his film, Pond Life.
Fracturing to Survive: Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Split Tooth’
Inuk musician/writer Tanya Tagaq’s first novel, Split Tooth, tells a magical, fucked-up story about teenage girls’ adolescence in the Arctic.
Triptych the Light Fantastic: Nicole Brossard’s ‘Mauve Desert’
A frustrating, demanding and ultimately fascinating exercise in experimental fiction, Mauve Desert is the story of one adolescent’s life colliding with the emotional landscapes of others’.
Don’t You Forget About Us: ‘The Breakfast Club’s Generation X is Eternally Relevant
Teenage angst about being alive but unnoticed, perfectly captured by Simple Minds' song, permeates the pre-social media era of The Breakfast Club.
Sundance 2018: ‘Summer of ‘84’ + ‘Eighth Grade’
Hell is definitely for children and these two films have the proof!
Boxed in by Fate: ‘The Tribes of Palos Verdes’
Rejecting regulations but immersed in movie metaphors, the central characters find their own forms of chaos, reframing it as a kind of freedom.
There Is No Coming of Age in ‘Oxenfree’
Oxenfree argues that age doesn’t necessarily bring wisdom and that growing older doesn’t necessarily make us more mature.
Is ‘Cambridge’ Real or Imagined?
This a hilarious and confusing journey through filial, cultural and international group dynamics.