Tag Archives: Adolescence

House of Hummingbird (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): This girl’s life in Seoul, 1994

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

South Korean film “House of Hummingbird”, which received the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury when it was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival early in this year, observes a young ordinary girl’s life in specific place … Continue reading →

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Being 17 (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A tricky matter of their young hearts

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

French film “Being 17” is an intimate adolescent drama revolving around a difficult situation between its two young heroes struggling with a tricky matter of their young hearts. Calmly presenting the dynamic interactions between them, the movie gradually engages us … Continue reading →

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Booksmart (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their wild night before graduation

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

My high school life was pretty uneventful on the whole. While bullied and ridiculed for my odd personality from time to time, all I cared about was books, movies, and, above all, grades, and having a fun was the last … Continue reading →

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Winter Flies (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two boys driving a car

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

“Winter Flies”, which was selected Czech’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91th Academy Awards in last year and recently happened to be shown at the Jeonju International Film Festival in this month, is a modest … Continue reading →

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Eighth Grade (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Before high school

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

I like movies making me emphasize with people different from me, and “Eighth Grade” is one of such good films. Although its teenage heroine’s tumultuous emotional journey feels rather alien to me because my adolescent years were less eventful in … Continue reading →

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Love, Simon (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Conventional but Notable

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

“Love, Simon” reminds me again of how things have been changed a lot for queer films these days. After the considerable success of “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), LGBTQ characters have become more common in American films during recent years, and now … Continue reading →

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Seoul Searching (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their summer camp in South Korea, 1986

Posted on July 2, 2018 by

I hate summer camp. That is what initially came to my mind during my viewing of “Seoul Searching”, which is about one eventful summer camp in South Korea, 1986. The movie initially made me wince as evoking my dreadful personal … Continue reading →

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