

For a lost soul, this unlikely crowd, and counterculture world, immediately feels like home. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Jonah Hill is leaving his Frat Boy image behind him, with the release of his debut film as a director.

The Motor Avenue Skateshop crew - Fuckshit (Olan Prenatt), Fourth Grade (Ryder McLaughlin), Ruben (Gio Galicia), and Ray (Na-kel Smith) - isn't a bad influence, per say, but they definitely aren't kid friendly. He finds refuge in a crowd of misfit skaters after he stumbles upon their how-does-this-make- any-money skate shop down the road from him. John Hill is whingeing about thrasher not letting him advertise his competing media platform on their site and his teeth are mesmerising. Released by A24, mid90s is told through the lens of Stevie (Sunny Suljic), a 13-year-old Los Angeles native growing up in a simple home with an absent and ill-equipped mom (Katherine Waterston), and an abusive and resentful older brother (Lucas Hedges). JOHN HILL INCITING SKATEBOARDING CULTURE WAR. The movie he created at first appears to be a combination of skate porn and teenage rebellion, but it's really a movie about self-discovery and adolescent escapism. Hill is the unexpected product of his own personal 10-year self-directed film school, where he studied under some of the greatest modern directors like the Coen brothers, Martin Scorsese, and Cary Fukunaga. Mid90s is a different kind of coming-of-age story, just like Hill is a different kind of actor-director.
