Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate 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… There it is: the starting point for the long-awaited second feature film by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, a film for which Generation Z had very high expectations following the celebration of the previous We're All Going to the World's Fair, one of the most unique recent reflections on life on the Internet. With greater narrative aspirations, and an equally superior stylistic ambition - leaning, of course, on a much more expressive budget -, I Saw the TV Glow not only does not disappoint but improves Schoenbrun's authorial seal as that of someone capable of creating generationally iconic works. The most interesting thing is to confirm that where the previous film had an intensely personal aura, this one seems conjured from a more collective point of view. Fears aplenty, lack of love, the insecurities, anxieties and (des)illusions it talks about, seem like an x-ray of the zeitgeist experienced by young people in 2024, as if they had been conjured by a community, by all of us together. Practically the same happens with the soundtrack, where Alex G's brilliant score appears supported by what seems to be a “who-is-who” of the current indie-darlings galaxy: songs by, among others, Yeule, Caroline Polachek, Florist, L'Rain or Phoebe Bridgers... Sign of the times. C.R.