If you loved Midnight Cowboy, try Mysterious Skin
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 territory. If that's the register that drew you to Midnight Cowboy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Mysterious Skin is
Kansas summer, cricket sounds, a baseball field. A teenage hustler and an alien-obsessed young man collide, their paths marked by fragmented memories and unspoken traumas. Araki's nuanced touch reveals the scars of repressed childhoods.

