Children turn a shabby motel strip into a kingdom while the adults around them try to hold life together. The Florida Project was released in 2017.
Bright, funny and bruising in equal measure, it sees childhood as both freedom and improvisation.
The Florida Project is the sort of recommendation that becomes more useful once you know the mood it serves. It is a deliberate alternative to the obvious choice, with enough character to justify making time for it.
Save it for a night when discovery is the point. The best hidden gems do not need to be obscure for obscurity’s sake; they offer a particular texture that the usual front-page options rarely do.
