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I Saw the TV Glow

(M)

“Do you remember a TV show we used to watch together?”

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Overview

Quiet adolescent Owen (Justice Smith) is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when he befriends Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), an older girl from school who introduces him to a mysterious Buffy-esque late-night TV show — The Pink Opaque. As friendship strengthens between these two outcasts over the years, so too does their connection to the show which they begin to realise might truly be more real than real life.

Claustrophobic, unwholesome and brilliant

The Guardian

Visceral and intensely moving, this film feels like something you’d stumble across on TV in the small hours and never forget

Empire

A gnawing search for belonging in the static spaces between analog pixels

RogerEbert.com

Why You Should See This Film

Moody, mysterious and one of our favourites of the year, I Saw the TV Glow is a very special kind of coming-of-age film, one that examines memory, nostalgia, fandom, repression and growing up queer with raw honesty and heavy-hearted longing. We’ve been admiring writer-director Jane Schoenbrun ever since A Self-Induced Hallucination and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, so we’re absolutely delighted to see them making the most of a bigger budget with potent imagery and an absolutely stacked soundtrack featuring new music by Caroline Polachek, Sloppy Jane, Phoebe Bridgers, Kristina Esfandiari, Florist, and yeule plus a haunting original score by Alex G.

Year:
2024
Rating:
M
Director:
Jane Schoenbrun
Cast:
Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Fred Durst, Helena Howard, Danielle Deadwyler
Duration:
100 minutes
Language:
English

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