Coming-of-age TV shows have helped define entire generations of adolescents ever since the 1970s. The enduring appeal of this small-screen genre stems from its ability to reflect the often painful and ...

Fans have been swept up by Netflix’s recent hit, Adolescence. Its gritty portrayal of the struggles of growing up and toxic influences has hooked audiences worldwide. For fans craving more stories of ...

The new young adult book “Devils Like Us” is an LGBTQ coming-of-age story. Three characters named Cas, Remy and Finn go on an adventure that takes them to sea. It mixes fantasy and adventure, all set ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook 2012’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a powerful adolescent drama about trauma and repression, ...

Helmed by director Philip Barantini, who uses his signature one-shot style throughout all four episodes, “Adolescence” opens in an unnamed Northern English town in the early morning. Detective ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

Late in Italian writer-director Giovanni Tortorici’s pop-up book of a coming-of-age movie “Diciannove” (Nineteen), there’s a great scene in which his arrogant, neurotic protagonist, Leonardo (Manfredi ...

Netflix’s newest limited series, “Adolescence,” dares to dissect the gray area of parenting and social media, focusing on incel culture among young men. With a 99 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, the ...

Mick Jackson’s BAFTA-winning 1984 apocalyptic thriller Threads is being given a new small screen treatment. Adolescence producer Warp Films is making a TV drama adaptation of the nuclear movie, which ...

Very few pieces of art and media have been as harrowing and thought-provoking to me as Netflix’s series “Adolescence.” The four-part limited series is on its face a crime drama but it’s a lot more ...

An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premieres section, Fatih Akin‘s poignant coming-of-age tale of a 12-year-old boy on a remote German island in the waning days of World ...