A summer of growing up is at the heart of "Didi." There was a unique terror to realizing you'd been bumped out of a friend's top-eight on Myspace. Long before Twitter ...

Alexandra Miller is an LA-born and based writer. She primarily writes about period TV shows and upcoming film releases, but loves to cover anything with a unique concept. Every time the coming-of-age ...

Director Sean Wang on how he used his Google Creative Labs experience to turn 2008-era AIM and Myspace into cinematic storytelling tools. In “Dìdi,” writer/director Sean Wang returns to his suburban ...

All coming-of-age movies essentially hit the same beats: the getting of wisdom, the loss of innocence, the passage from childhood to some hard-won form of adulthood. Only the names, regions, eras and ...

A vibrant coming-of-age story about an awkward teenager in California in 2008 is also a love letter to the director’s mother. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Dìdi, a term of endearment in Mandarin, is not just a film but a tender and authentic portrayal of adolescence. It beautifully captures the essence of growing up, following the journey of 13-year-old ...

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