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I Saw The TV Glow

Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
2023
USA
100 minutes
Unclassified 18+
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Two misfit teens bond over their obsession with a mysterious TV show but have an identity crisis when it’s suddenly cancelled, in this Sundance and Berlinale sensation.

With their second feature, Jane Schoenbrun (We’re All Going to the World’s Fair) creates a cryptic, horror-tinged mood piece that’s bound to inspire myriad interpretations and a devoted cult following. A singular portrait of adolescent loneliness, gender dysphoria, parasocial relationships and social media fixation, I Saw the TV Glow confirms that Schoenbrun is a serious talent. Fans of David Lynch, Gregg Araki and Richard Kelly will revel in this cinematic exploration of the teenage psyche. Striking imagery drifts atop an appropriately dreamy soundtrack featuring Caroline Polachek and Phoebe Bridgers and an original score by Alex G (as well as a supporting role for Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst).

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An intimate landscape shot with the ultra-vivid resolution of a recurring dream; it marries the queer radicality of a Gregg Araki film with the lush intoxication of a Gregory Crewdson photo
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
I Saw the TV Glow is about the places we escape to when we don’t feel at home in the real world and the brutal truth that even fantasy has its limits
Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter

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Wed 5 Jun
6pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Sat 8 Jun
6:15pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Sat 8 Jun
8:15pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 4
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Thu 13 Jun
6:15pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Wed 19 Jun
6:15pm
Ritz Randwick - Cinema 5
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Features, Back By Popular Demand
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
USA
Language
In English
Director
Jane Schoenbrun
Producer
Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Sarah Winshall, Dave McCary, Sam Intili
Cast
Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard
Screenwriter
Jane Schoenbrun
Cinematographer
Eric Yue
Editor
Sofi Marshall
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Horror, Off-Beat, Gender & Sexuality, LGBTQIA+ Films
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
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