Joan Didion, ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ and the Power of Self-Respect

Unlike most Hollywood coming-of-age stories, ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ is rooted in complex human behavior

Bel Powley plays Minnie in ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’, Sony Pictures Classics

Are the kids alright? If you asked the creators of most coming-of-age stories, the answer would be a resounding no. Whether raunchy comedies or bleak…