Teen Drama

‘I Saw the TV Glow’ a mesmeric metaphysical journey

“I Saw the TV Glow” is one of the weirdest movies I’ve ever liked. This neon-lit, wrongly categorized “horror” movie from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun taps

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‘It’s a Wonderful Knife’ (2023) lacks any spirit at all

Bad Christmas horror movies have become as ubiquitous as bad Christmas rom-coms … OK, maybe not quite that ubiquitous. But the genre is beginning to

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Teen TV looks to the past with ‘Cobra Kai,’ ‘Hysteria!,’ ‘Cruel Intentions’

Some Gen-Z teen TV shows have original premises and say something specific about this point in history … but I’m not reviewing those here. Instead,

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‘My Old Ass’ is low-key one of the year’s best movies

The title doesn’t set the mood for one of the best movies of 2024. “My Old Ass” is the most delicately pleasant coming-of-age movie I’ve

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In ‘Terrifier 3,’ Art is a psycho for all seasons

If it wasn’t official already, in “Terrifier 3” Damien Leone has taken the baton from Eli Roth as the goriest filmmaker working today. He’s also

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‘Terrifier’ films introduce Art the Clown, reintroduce practical gore effects

Damien Leone’s two-decade film career has been defined by a bizarrely specific yet noble goal: to keep practical gore effects alive in an era of

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Green beautifully tackles mental illness in ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ (2017, 2024)

John Green does a magnificent job of getting into the head of a teen girl with mental-health struggles in “Turtles All the Way Down” (2017,

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‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1

Has “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) lost its fighting edge in the five-episode Season 6, Part 1? Episode one is quite flat, episode two is spicier, but

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Clowes’ ‘Ghost World’ (1997) a Nineties ‘Catcher in the Rye’

The “Ghost World” graphic novel (1997) is not as good as the later film adaptation, but that’s a high bar to clear: The 2001 movie

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Idiosyncratic ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ (2004) is still flippin’ sweet

“Napoleon Dynamite” (2004) has a simple but ingenious concept: Tell a typical coming-of-age story, but have almost everyone be super awkward in their performances. Like

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