Coming Of Age

culture-tv

Within the long-form coming-of-age structure of Boy Meets World , the motif of learning to fly functions as a compact metaphor for adolescence: gaining lift, managing risk, and...

Film & Cinema

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 coming-of-age film written and directed by Richard Linklater, set on the last day of high school in 1976 in suburban Texas. Framed around a loosely...

film

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American comedy that centers on a charismatic high school senior who skips school for a single, meticulously planned day in Chicago. Its mix o...

film-analysis

The prom queen is a durable archetype in cinema, embodying visibility, social power, and the pressure of being seen. In prom queen movies, the coronation often functions as both...