Let Me In (2010)
June 6, 2026
Matt Reeves remakes Let the Right One In with care and conviction. Let Me In earns its 8 by being the rarest of things, an American remake of a beloved foreign film that justifies its own existence.
Tag: Coming of Age
Coming-of-age stories capture the one transformation every reader has survived. This tag collects reviews and essays on growing-up stories: first losses, first choices, and the moment childhood’s story stops being told to you.
1980sNear Dark (1987)
June 6, 2026
Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark strips every vampire cliche and builds a Western instead. That tension carries the picture.
2010sThe Transfiguration (2016)
June 6, 2026
Michael O'Shea's grounded debut uses vampirism as a lens for trauma and isolation. The film never says, and the ambiguity is the point.
1970sCarrie (1976)
May 19, 2026
Brian De Palma's 1976 King adaptation. Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta supporting.
2010sIt Follows (2014)
May 19, 2026
David Robert Mitchell's allegorical horror where a sexually transmitted curse manifests as a slow-moving figure visible only to the victim. It Follows is David Robert Mitchell's 2014 American supernatural horror film depicting a young woman who, after a sexual encounter,…
1980sThe Lost Boys (1987)
May 19, 2026
Joel Schumacher directs the story of teenage brothers moving to a California coastal town where the local cool kids are vampires. The Lost Boys is Joel Schumacher's 1987 American horror-comedy film depicting teenage brothers who move with their divorced mother…
2000sBrick (2005)
May 19, 2026
Rian Johnson's 2005 high school neo-noir debut. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dashiell Hammett character among teenagers.
1990sHoop Dreams (1994)
May 19, 2026
Snubbed by Oscars in major scandal. Hoop Dreams is Steve James's 1994 American documentary tracking two African-American teenagers from Chicago, William Gates and Arthur Agee, across five years as they pursue careers in professional basketball through high school recruitment, family…
1990sA Bronx Tale (1993)
May 19, 2026
Robert De Niro's 1993 directorial debut. Father versus neighborhood gangster for boy's loyalty.
1980sStand by Me (1986)
May 19, 2026
Rob Reiner's 1986 Stephen King novella adaptation. Phoenix, Wheaton, Feldman, O'Connell.
2000s
2010sLady Bird (2017)
May 19, 2026
Greta Gerwig's 2017 directorial debut. Saoirse Ronan as Sacramento teenager.