The Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume You
They’ve already proved to be an urgent voice on the matter: Their first feature, the low-budget We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, focused on the allure of online “creepypastas” and weird YouTube rabbit holes that despondent teenagers might go down. The second, I Saw the TV Glow, examined the psychological fallout of two isolated adolescents obsessed with a cult television series. Schoenbrun’s newest movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is similarly interested in nostalgia: It follows Kris (played by Hannah Einbinder), a queer filmmaker tasked with rebooting a gruesome slasher franchise from yesteryear called Camp Miasma.
- ▪They’ve already proved to be an urgent voice on the matter: Their first feature, the low-budget We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, focused on the allure of online “creepypastas” and weird YouTube rabbit holes that despondent teenagers mig
- ▪The second, I Saw the TV Glow, examined the psychological fallout of two isolated adolescents obsessed with a cult television series.
- ▪Schoenbrun’s newest movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is similarly interested in nostalgia: It follows Kris (played by Hannah Einbinder), a queer filmmaker tasked with rebooting a gruesome slasher franchise from yesteryear called
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CultureThe Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume YouJane Schoenbrun’s new film wants viewers to be taken in by feelings, not overanalysis.By David SimsMUBIAugust 7, 2026, 2:57 PM ET ShareSave In their fledgling but fascinating career thus far, the director Jane Schoenbrun has been consumed by the pop culture that consumes us. They’ve already proved to be an urgent voice on the matter: Their first feature, the low-budget We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, focused on the allure of online “creepypastas” and weird YouTube rabbit holes that despondent teenagers might go down. The second, I Saw the TV Glow, examined the psychological fallout of two isolated adolescents obsessed with a cult television series.
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