Blurring even further the faded, wispy lines separating real life and screen life in today's culture, Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature will practically force you to yearn for an immediate re-watch. Good thing we're screening it twice!
Teenager Owen (Justice Smith) is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show—a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack. [100 min; drama, horror; English]
"As misused as the term 'Lynchian' often is, Schoenbrun deeply understands what makes the director’s work so haunting. It’s not just spooky lighting, peculiar characters, and strange plotting. There’s an all-consuming, soul-churning scream into the void when everything you know about reality is irrevocably shifting beneath your feet." — Jordan Raup, The Film Stage
"Schoenbrun's millennial Videodrome interrogates not just the roles screens play in our lives but the roles we play while projecting ourselves onto them." — Sean Burns, WBUR's Arts & Culture
"At times, the film feels like a musical nightmare full of sadness and raw angst." — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter
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Sept 21
