It feels important that “Catherine Called Birdy” and “On the Come Up”, both films about girls coming of age in ambivalent circumstances, are directed by actresses turned directors.

I do want to release it at some stage, though.” Birdy had tackled a difficult period of writer’s block – and a bout of heartbreak following the end of a relationship – before Young Heart ...

As Birdy, she’s an irrepressible ball of rebel energy who’s instantly endearing and brimming with wit. And Scott, a brilliant stage actor best known as the Hot Priest on “Fleabag,” is at ...