![]() ![]() They're as real and as nuanced as the performances of the non-actors hired for the film, like Sunny Suljic, Olan Prenatt and Gio Galicia. Clothing is subtle, less costume-like, and the relationships while gritty, imperfect and laced with toxic masculinity, aren't romanticised. Where other skate films are concerned with cheesy, exaggerated tricks and jargon, this is refreshingly underdone. But if there's anything that could have heightened our love for the actor-cum-director, it would be his earnest skateboarding project titled Mid90s. As he stated in countless interviews leading up to the films release, "skate movies are always done incorrectly I was well aware of that going into it". Jonah Hill, we're yours, signed, sealed, delivered. However, more recently the ethics of director and screenwriter Larry Clark and Harmony Korine have been called into question, something that is being explored in the forthcoming documentary titled The Kids. Also, it was the film that catapulted both Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny to fame. Just as Euphoria is praised for being true to life, Kids offered an unsettling glimpse at life as a teenager living in NYC in the 90s. It's grimy, it's confronting, and at the time of it's 1995 release, it was positively explosive. ![]() But no amount of scrubbing will dislodge this film from your memory. When the end credits roll, Kids will leave you feeling as if you need to take a shower. When Joanne gets a new boyfriend Conor, played by Michael Fassbender, the three women can lose themselves in a white picket fantasy, that is until Conor goes off script. She drinks a lot, but not as much as her mother Joanne, who is as messy as the parties she throws. Arnold trails Mia, a rough-around-the-edges teen kicking about town after being booted out of school. ![]() Hers is precise, skin-scent intimate, tender, and concerned with life taking place in the gutters, backstreets, and confines of government housing. Styled in Sandy Liang, Collina Strada, Simon Miller and a hell of a lot of Vans, the characters ride around the streets of NYC getting in trouble, getting out of trouble, to bring us the perfect clash of culture, fashion, drama and inspiration.Īndrea Arnold has an eye for teenage coming-of-age dramas. Especially the groovers over at Skate Kitchen. What's more, we love skate films that include wom*n. It also unearthed talent like Dev Patel, Hannah Murray, Kayla Scodelario, and Jack O'Connell while bringing us an arrogant and extremely loveable version of Nicholas Hoult. Here, the characters speak like teenagers did, at a time when 'Indie sleaze' was not some exercise in nostalgia. Its unfiltered, irreverent portrait of being a teenager sliced through the oversaturated and polished American accounts of jocks and nerds, clasping at something far more authentic. ![]() There's drugs, piercings, distressing scenes between mother and daughter, and provocative commentary on the sexuality of young girls, the way it's at once punished, yet fetishised and capitalised on. When Tracy crosses paths with Evie, brought to life by Nikki Reed, the film takes a dark turn and their friendship quickly becomes toxic. The film closes in on a baby-faced Evan Rachel Wood who plays Tracy, a naive 13-year-old trying to figure it all out. Enjoy, I guess?Ĭoming of age can be confusing and painful, but in Thirteen it's downright frightening. These are the shows and films that walked so Euphoria could run, slap us in the face, and leave us shaking in the foetal position for hours after each episode is over. Just as Euphoria spares us none of the messy, gut-wrenching realities of being a teenager, nor do these onscreen gems. But if the weekly dose of teen spirit has you feeling a little reckless, then we're bringing you 18 movies and TV shows like Euphoria to submerge yourself in while you wait for the next episode of Euphoria to drop. Granted there are some boundaries in place to prevent us from the emotional hangover that comes with gulping down the series in one fell swoop, namely the fact that HBO are drip feeding us a single episode a week. ![]()
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