atomicpoet, Today’s movie is Desert Blue (1999) starring Casey Affleck, Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, John Heard, Sara Gilbert, and Christina Ricci.
This is considered an “arthouse” film.
It is about a cable TV starlet stuck in a small town who gets to know the local eccentric teens. Due to a chemical spill, the town is in quarantine and so everyone must stay put. Soon she finds herself falling in love with a loner.
This is rated 6.1 on iMDB so it’s considered better than average – but we’ll see.