Check out all of the posts tagged with "adolescence".
Logan Lerman stars in the poignant and appealing 2012 cult film The Perks of Being a Wallflower as troubled, introverted 16-year-old freshman Charlie, observing life from the sidelines, until he connects with two misfit seniors […]
Writer-director Fred Schepisi’s impressive 1976 feature début The Devil’s Playground is an autobiographical account of his repressed schooldays in a 50s Catholic seminary preparing boys for the priesthood. The film examines the clash between the […]
Aaron Johnson (from 2008’s Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging) captures the young John Lennon perfectly in director Sam Taylor-Wood’s inspired 2009 early-years biopic that reveals him as a troubled bunny. Lennon is shown as desperately […]
Co-writer/director Catherine Hardwicke’s 2003 drama is a real eye-opener. Holly Hunter stars as Melanie Freeland, whose aimless 13-year-old daughter Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is tempted by her popular if troubled new friend Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed) into a […]
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