I Saw The TV Glow15

Directed by Jane Schoenbrun | USA | 2024 | 1h 40m | Starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Danielle Deadwyler

Teenager Owen is trying to navigate life in the suburbs when a classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show. The show reveals a supernatural world lurking beneath their reality, causing Owen’s perception of the real world to start unraveling. Jane Schoenbrun’s mesmerising second feature intertwines a eerie narrative of teenage obsession with a deeply felt trans allegory.

Reviews

‘I Saw The TV Glow creeps up on you, holding your focus so intently you hardly notice when it begins to fray at the margins. An instant queer cinema classic.’
★★★★★
Esther Rosenfield, Little White Lies

‘I Saw The TV Glow is a remarkable portrait of pop-culture obsession—how it can unite us, change us, and ripple down through our entire lives in ways both uplifting and unsettling.’
★★★★★
Matthew Jackson, The Av Club

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