coming-of-age

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Marshall Fine: Movie review: An Education 2009

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Marshall Fine: Movie review: An Education 2009

Beth Emet also runs a religious school for older children and youth, educating them in Hebrew and preparing them for the coming-of-age ceremony called Bar/Bat Mitzvah, as well as a youth group whose main focus is social.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

I'm all for bringing heart and soul to coming-of-age comedy, and that includes the inevitable sad milestone, but the tone of this episode is all over the place.

Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

His 1991 "A Brighter Summer Day," which opens Friday for a landmark American theatrical run, is a richly textured coming-of-age epic set in 1960s Taiwan, based on the real-life conflicts between rival gangs of native Taiwanese youths from families that had resettled from the Chinese mainland in 1949.

Dreams and Screams Steve Dollar 2011

Centered on a flighty young braggart named Percy, who learns honor and steadfastness while rescuing his mom from a villain, battling the monster Medusa and resisting the corruption of a war-ravaged culture, the musical is a coming-of-age tale that speaks of integrity, redemption and social healing.

Theater review: 'Perseus Bayou' at Imagination Stage Celia Wren 2011

It's not because this coming-of-age memoir isn't well-written (it is) or lacks inspiration (Barcott kicks us in the pants) or, as it moves from middle-class Rhode Island to the shantytowns of Kenya and into the trenches of Iraq, that it isn't timely, relevant, and critically important (yes, yes and oh boy, yes).

Greg Barrett: Marine's Memoir Commands Our Attention -- And Personal Investment Greg Barrett 2011

White Is For Witching is a gothic coming-of-age story that deals with life – and death – in a hauntingly beautiful way.

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It's not because this coming-of-age memoir isn't well-written (it is) or lacks inspiration (Barcott kicks us in the pants) or, as it moves from middle-class Rhode Island to the shantytowns of Kenya and into the trenches of Iraq, that it isn't timely, relevant, and critically important (yes, yes and oh boy, yes).

Greg Barrett: Marine's Memoir Commands Our Attention -- And Personal Investment Greg Barrett 2011

In town to promote their new film "Lymelife" -- a coming-of-age story set in 1970's Long Island -- stars Jill Hennessy and Emma Roberts were happy to partake in our burgeoning MTV News Sundance Photo Booth series.

Sundance Photo Booth: Jill Hennessy And Emma Roberts » MTV Movies Blog 2009