Tag Archives: coming of age

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Posted on July 3, 2015 at 7:57 am by Jeff Kuykendall

“Is there some secret in these earrings?” asks Valerie, dangling them in front of her over breakfast. She has long brown hair, so long that it becomes almost a secondary character in the film, splaying about her while she lies … Continue reading →

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Paperhouse (1988)

Posted on October 1, 2013 at 6:45 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Every once in a long while someone mentions Paperhouse (1988), the big-screen debut of British director Bernard Rose (Candyman). There’s a kind of hushed reverence when the film is mentioned; it’s usually a bit like: “No one’s ever seen it, … Continue reading →

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You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)

Posted on April 13, 2011 at 12:12 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Francis Ford Coppola’s film school thesis, You’re a Big Boy Now, is also his first major picture (he’d directed Dementia 13 a few years before), and it’s appropriate that a coming-of-age comedy should also be a work of giddy experimentation … Continue reading →

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