If you loved The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, try Spotlight
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 devastating mood tag, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Spotlight is
Boston newsroom, early morning, fluorescent lights humming. Reporters dig through documents, a pattern of abuse emerges, a church's secrets begin to unravel. McCarthy grounds a scandal in the minutiae of journalistic legwork.

