The only thing America might love more than portraits of conventional, immaculately dreamed life—suburbia, nuclear family, adolescence—are portraits that supposedly dismantle that squeaky-clean image. As to actual transgressiveness, it varies…
The new movie Hearts Beat Loud is a refreshingly realistic take on father-daughter dynamics, centering on a widow named Frank (Nick Offerman) who tries to bond with his teenage daughter…
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with…
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend….
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank’s attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes…
