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Daily Archives: September 12, 2024
Didi (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): His suburban summer in 2008
“Didi” is a coming-of-age tale which feels both specific and universal. While its adolescent hero and his family background are quite specific, but his emotional struggles with not only his family but also himself are universal to say the least, … Continue reading
We Grown Now (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their childhood in Cabrini-Green, 1992
“We Grown Now” is a little but intimate coming-of-age drama about growing up in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago in 1992. Mostly sticking to the viewpoint of two young African American boys living there during that time, the movie often … Continue reading
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