Directed by Stephen Cone • 2015 • United States
Starring Cole Doman, Joe Keery, Elizabeth Laidlaw
One of contemporary cinema’s most sensitive coming-out films, Stephen Cone’s follow-up to his acclaimed breakout feature THE WISE KIDS unfolds over the course of one very eventful day in the life of seventeen-year-old preacher’s kid Henry (Cole Doman). At Henry’s afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of adults from the family church as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends, among them the closeted Logan (Daniel Kyri) who clearly has eyes for Henry. As Henry moves among various romantic possibilities, so too do the party’s adults and teenagers, all of them struggling to navigate the public and private and to reconcile their faith with their physical desires.
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The Long Day Closes
Directed by Terence Davies • 1992 • United Kingdom
Starring Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony WatsonTHE LONG DAY CLOSES is the most gloriously cinematic expression of the unique sensibility of Terence Davies, widely celebrated as Britain’s greatest living filmmaker. Suffused with both en...
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Nowhere
Directed by Gregg Araki • 1997 • United States
Starring James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan BextonYou can practically smell the pheromones wafting off this kaleidoscopic odyssey, which finds director Gregg Araki crossing soap-operatic elements with blasts of science fiction, indie-kid cool, and sh...
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Hide and Seek
Directed by Su Friedrich • 1996 • United States
Starring Chelsea Holland, Ariel Mara, Linzy TaylorThis poignant blend of documentary and narrative tells the story of Lou, a twelve-year-old girl coming to terms with her budding sexuality in the mid-1960s. Her bittersweet tale is skillfully inter...
