Young Adult

In the Young Adult tag, you’ll find coming-of-age stories and productions featuring those in their late teens through twenties getting their lives together.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

In Cold Light (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary

In Cold Light, while it sets up an intriguing film focused on an ex-con tempted with returning to their old ways, ends up leaving audiences cold.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Twinless (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary

James Sweeney with Twinless presents himself as one of the best writer-directors who also star in their own films in this generation.

Movies | Mixed (Divisive)

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (Tribeca 2025) Review & Summary

The Wolf, The Fox and The Leopard, in focusing how not only animals but how people become domesticated, can be both heartbreaking and invigorating.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Esta Isla (Tribeca 2025) Review & Summary

Esta Isla, a love letter to Puerto Rico, uses its character to showcase the island and treats them almost like subjects of a documentary.

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing) | Recommended (Movies)

A Second Life (Tribeca 2025) Film Review & Summary

A Second Life, through the gentle performances of Agathe Rousselle and Alex Lawther, may cause the type of tears that don’t come like a gut punch but from feeling allowed and safe to do so.

Mixed (Divisive) | Movies

Cuerpo Celeste (Tribeca 2025) Review & Summary

Cuerpo Celeste challenges viewers immensely as it hooks you in with the sense of community it presents, and then forces you to yearn and mourn what it initially sold you on.

John (Jake Ryan) and Pete aka John’s Dad (Todd Gearhart) as John reveals he has a girlfriend

Movies | Positive (Worth Seeing)

Lemonade Blessing (Tribeca 2025) Review & Summary

Lemonade Blessing provides a different kind of coming-of-age film, especially with the inclusion of faith, as it shows the conflict in ways that don’t feel sensationalized.