If you loved Jem and the Holograms, try 10,000 Saints
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Music territory. If that's the register that drew you to Jem and the Holograms, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What 10,000 Saints is
Here's a film that thinks the Lower East Side was always like this. After his best friend dies of an overdose, a Vermont teen moves to New York to live with his estranged father. It's a snapshot of a very particular time that perhaps only existed onscreen.

