If you loved The Diary of a Teenage Girl, try Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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
Both films are directed by Marielle Heller, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Diary of a Teenage Girl, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Can You Ever Forgive Me? is
Apparently, talent isn't enough. A struggling biographer turns to forgery. It's a curious achievement, really.

