Following the success of “I Saw the TV Glow,” expectations for “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” were sky-high. This palpable excitement filled the Debussy theater, packed to the stairs with attendees, including accredited guests, all eager not to miss the film. Expertly placed by Frémaux to open Un Certain Regard, the movie, boasting an alternative and hipster Hollywood cast – Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Zach Cherry, Dylan Baker – and an underlying horror theme, undoubtedly overshadowed the festival’s “official” opening for many younger cinephiles. There’s a clear reason why Schoenbrun is already being hailed as a generational voice: their work possesses the rare quality of forging a truly distinct path, resonating with two adjacent yet often conflicting generations. They achieve this by employing shared cultural touchstones as a secret language and a way of navigating the world.
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