Todd Solondz's "Welcome to the Dollhouse"

This week, Gavia and Morgan discuss Todd Solondz's tween indie Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). They compare it to other films about middle schoolers, praise its depiction of the messy realities of adolescent life, and contextualize it within nineties culture.

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“How we made Welcome to the Dollhouse,” Phil Hoad, The Guardian

This American Life: “Middle School”

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