Programmed June 2025

Queersighted: Coming of Age

Coming-of-age films reflect the emotional experience of queerness better than any other kind. Buffeted by waves of adolescent desire and the contortions of self-identification, they often defy convention and category. Selected by series curator Michael Koresky and special guest Jane Schoenbrun (director of I Saw the TV Glow ), the films in this installment of Queersighted run the gamut of expression and genre, from classic American melodrama ( Tea and Sympathy ) to Japanese anime ( Liz and the Blue Bird ) to campy comedy ( Addams Family Values ), from schlocky violence to tranquil interiority. But they have something crucial in common: the ability to speak to viewers, whether explicitly or under the surface, about the beauty of cultivating individuality amid a sea of stultifying normality.