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- 'I Saw the TV Glow' shows the sinister side of obsessive fandom
- When: I Saw the TV Glow is in theaters May 17.
- What to know: Set in the ‘90s, the psychological-horror flick stars Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine as two alienated teenagers who bond over their shared obsession of a TV show, The Pink Opaque.
- When the show mysteriously goes off the air, the teens’ lives take a turn for the dark and twisty, and their realities begin to spiral out of control.
- Director Jane Schoenbrun, who uses they/them pronouns, told Polygon that the film was inspired by their Buffy the Vampire Slayer obsession growing up.
- Why I'll be watching: The movie explores what happens when fandom goes too far.
- — Neia Balao, entertainment reporter
- May 15, 2024
May 4, 2024 · Jane Schoenbrun explains I Saw the TV Glow' s mind-bending ending — and why the key is in the title. Owen ends the film with a better idea of who he is, but all alone. Writer-director...
May 3, 2024 · The Buzzy A24 Film Making Trans and Queer Viewers Feel Seen. Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow traces two teens’ obsession with a ’90s TV series, but it’s about a lot more than that. By...
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024. It was given a limited release by A24 in the United States on May 3, 2024, with a nationwide release on May 17, and received positive reviews from critics.
May 1, 2024 · “I Saw the TV Glow,” which A24 opens in theaters Friday, has since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival been hailed as an acutely intense psychodrama of self discovery. In 1990s...
Jan 20, 2024 · Sundance film festival: Jane Schoenbrun’s stunning second feature is both a horror-inflected story of teens fixated on a Buffy-esque TV show and a haunting trans allegory. Benjamin Lee in Park...
May 2, 2024 · Updated 4:27 PM PDT, May 2, 2024. The school gym. The football field bleachers. The multiplex, the fast food drive-thru, the quiet leaf-covered street where your friend lives. Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia in “I Saw the TV Glow” makes you remember growing up there — even if you didn’t.
May 1, 2024 · “I Saw the TV Glow” mostly takes place during Owen’s older teenage years, when arresting questions of identity, sexuality, and personhood often occur with urgency. A transformative Justice Smith takes the reins of Owen, playing this outcast with the wounded rawness of a permanent scar.
