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The School of ‘Rocky Horror’
By Alexander Gonzalez | “The Halloween episode in season two of the Netflix teen drama ‘Elite’ depicts adolescent angst in the spirit of Rocky Horror.”
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Plug It Up: Menstruation As A Teen Horror Movie Monster
By Eliza Janssen | “Menstrual Horror in film seems to take adolescence and coming of age more seriously than the genre’s tendency to portray teens as disposable.”
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Revisiting Tim Burton’s ‘Big Fish’ as an Adult
By Olly Smith | “I was eight years old when I saw Tim Burton’s Big Fish (2003) for the first time. Going into it, I yearned for the same exciting fairy tale adventures that I already knew his work to be.”
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“Where You Lead, I Will Follow”: Gilmore Girls and the Cyclical Project of Growing Up
By Bailey Herdé | “It is Gilmore Girls’ fanciful, gilded vision of the reality that makes it so mesmerizing, rather than any contrived attempt at realism.”
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We Are Who We Are and Unconditional Acceptance
By McKinzie Smith | “Do we always have to create lives for ourselves based on what others expect? Wouldn’t it be more freeing to figure it out on our own terms, with the people who grant us the grace to do so?”
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Sing Street: Much More than a Nostalgia Trip
By Jasmine Li | “This film is like a Cure song: a melancholic tune you can’t help but dance to. Growing up is a happy-sad experience, and ‘Sing Street’ gets it.”
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One Day At A Time and Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love Get Quinces Right
By Odalis Garcia Gorra | “As seen through these two shows, for both Elena and Ashley, a quinces means welcoming an era they were preparing all their life for.”
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Coming of Age Quietly: Eliza Hittman’s Introverted Teens
By Hannah Benson | “[Eliza Hittman’s films are] hyperrealistic portraits of working class adolescence where coming of age is less like a discovery of the self and more an entryway into the systemic and cultural violence that plagues American life.”
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Disney’s Descendants and the Power of Unlearning
By Alex Dewing | “As I’ve returned for rewatches over the years, the fundamental theme of unlearning explored in the film became more prominent and resonated with me.”
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Sorry Folks, but Twilight is Actually Good
By Bailey Herdé | “Twilight’s blue-filtered emotional intensity does not indicate a failure of artistry or filmmaking; instead, it shows an acute understanding of what made the series such a resounding success in the first place.”
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