I Saw the TV Glow
In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack. From TMDB
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60 of 242 · most liked firstI’m so angry that I Saw the TV Glow AND Challengers both didn’t get Oscar nominations. Like, two of the best pieces of queer art in decades, but no - we’re gonna nominate a racist transphobic movie about a Mexican trans woman written by a 72-year old French cis guy.
positive · AI labelView post →we're all rightfully stressed about The News; on a dif note — been thinking a lot about the lack of awards recognition for I Saw The TV Glow despite its long tail of influence. sharing this profile I did of the film's music, talking to Jane Schoenbrun, Frances Quinlan of Hop Along, and Sloppy Jane
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for a free movie streamer, see if your local library does @kanopy.com. They've currently got The Zone of Interest, Minority Report, I Saw the TV Glow, The Conversation, the original Indian Jones movies, etc. Also rare older stuff like Trace of Stones (1966). Kanopy is neat.
neutral · AI labelView post →“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.
neutral · AI labelView post →I Saw the TV Glow is so fucking good at instilling a sense of perpetual dread throughout the movie, like something's really wrong but you just can't place it.
positive · AI labelView post →If I see another film awards list that has Emilia Perez on it but not I Saw the TV Glow, I will be upset.
positive · AI labelView post →I Saw The TV Glow is probably one of the most miserable movie watches of my life, I spent the last 15 minutes or so curled up and sobbing It’s really good you should see it
positive · AI labelView post →I Saw The TV Glow is the best film of 2024, in my opinion. It is also consistently misunderstood, most often by cis people wilfully or unintentionally erasing its transness. The conversation about it often shallow and lacking. I wanted to like with my matrix video, rectify that. 💜
positive · AI labelView post →@glaad.bsky.social not nominating I Saw the TV Glow for anything is downright criminal. Best trans film of all time and it gets completely glossed over. glaad.org/mediaawards/...
positive · AI labelView post →This film is truly the worst. The fact it gets awards attention and actual art by trans people like I Saw The TV Glow go completely ovetlooked is infuriating and also a clesr reflection of the deep levels of transphobia and transmisogyny in the film industry.
positive · AI labelView post →the little movie theater near me still does rentals for private screenings. do I: dare to drag my straight friends to a screening of I Saw The TV Glow? As a late birthday thing for myself? Do you think they will enjoy sitting in befuddled silence while I weep openly at the screen?
neutral · AI labelView post →I think "I Saw the TV Glow" is being snubbed because (a) Jane Schoenbrun is trans, but also (b) because she's a genuinely innovative filmmaker, whose structural choices all convey the feeling of dissociation the movie is about. "World's Fair" was the same way. The Academy doesn't reward progress.
positive · AI labelView post →Beyond how IMMEDIATELY GHASTLY this sounds (the original writer/director hasn't made a film since RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP in 08 that was terrible and featured a DIFFERENT transphobic shock twist) The fact that in a post I Saw The TV Glow world they didn't give this to a trans filmmaker is ABSURD
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching I SAW THE TV GLOW again and is there such a thing as a movie that's *too* good? Jiminy Christmas. filmfreakcentral.net/2024/05/i-sa...
positive · AI labelView post →An outside-the-box pick for best picture, but the film of the year is Jane Schoenbrun’s I SAW THE TV GLOW, a meditation on dysphoria, repression, and representation that creates its own cinematic language, all neon-chalked streets, electrified static, and stifled metamorphic potential. It’s immense.
positive · AI labelView post →2024 awards - New movie: I Saw The TV Glow - Old movie: Interstellar again - New game: CFB 25 - Old game: Cyberpunk 2077 - New book by somebody else: Dayspring by @meakoopa.bsky.social - Old book: I got a HOX/POX tattoo - New song: Reincarnated by Kendrick - Old song: Love by Kendrick by Chvrches
neutral · AI labelView post →AesNo is proud to announce WE MAKE THE TV GLOW, a celebration of I Saw the TV Glow created by trans and nonbinary artists! Premiering on the one-year anniversary of the film debut on May 3rd at twitch.tv/aestheticallynostalgic See a full version of the trailer with credits at youtu.be/6SaDF3A4bkk !
neutral · AI labelView post →Emilia perez is horrible, if they wanted a movie to nominate and it had to have something to do with the trans community... They easily could've nominated I Saw The TV Glow which is not only a movie that many in the community wanted to see nominated for awards... It's actually good
positive · AI labelView post →Got to see Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma! Was definitely a movie from the director of I Saw The TV Glow, and that's all I'll say. ;)
neutral · AI labelView post →there is a horror movie involving this premise called “I Saw the TV Glow”
neutral · AI labelView post →A24 is commemorating the one-year anniversary of I Saw the TV Glow with new merchandise — including the the film on VHS!
neutral · AI labelView post →Jack Haven gave one of the best performances of the decade in I SAW THE TV GLOW, they were hilarious in BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC and terrifying in CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY ii, and TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH is one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Now they're begging for ANY work. At all.
positive · AI labelView post →I Saw the TV Glow is free on Youtube right now (happy Pride) so I finally watched it. First off, the use of color in the film was amazing. I love color imagery in movies/media and they used it so well. Secondly, I am sobbing.
positive · AI labelView post →hello to everyone but extra-specially to The People's Joker stans on this account: you will enjoy this extremely good essay about that movie and also two other movies (I Saw the TV Glow + T-Blockers) www.polygon.com/24132301/tra...
neutral · AI labelView post →My video essay on I Saw the TV Glow was mentioned on this year’s Sight and Sound video essay list! I’m a huge fan of Sight and Sound and its impact on film criticism and discussion, so this is an incredible honor to me!
positive · AI labelView post →for @hollywoodreporter.com.web.brid.gy, I wrote about one of the best films of the year: I SAW THE TV GLOW. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watchid *I Saw The TV Glow* agayne, and was reminded just how powirful and ymportant that movye ys. Ther ys no filme quite lyke it yn the worlde. Heart-wrenchinge despayre and desperate hope all at once. There ys still tyme.
positive · AI labelView post →X-Files icon Gillian Anderson and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder are set to star in TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, a new “sleepover classic” from I Saw the TV Glow filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun:
neutral · AI labelView post →First time, that I can recall at least, that I’ve seen my writing on a film included on its FYC screener — in the case of Jane Schoenbrun’s I SAW THE TV GLOW, I stand by every word
positive · AI labelView post →Here's my review of it. I Saw the TV Glow (2024) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL share.google/q0BHx3BviUze...
neutral · AI labelView post →instead of wasting your time watching the oscars this year, I implore people to go watch some movies made by trans directors in 2024! -I Saw the TV Glow by Jane Schoenbrun -The People's Joker by Vera Drew on top of that go watch more independent films in general!
unlabelledView post →🏳️🌈 Important Queer Movies 🏳️⚧️ • Paris is Burning • The Watermelon Woman • But I’m a Cheerleader • Tangerine • The People’s Joker • Rafiki • Booksmart • I Saw The TV Glow • Moonlight • Bottoms 🔁 RT & Share! 🔁 Support queer films. Learn queer film history. Reply with your own recommendations!🌈
unlabelledView post →Please watch "I Saw the TV Glow",film about trans identity,body & gender dysphoria - it doesnt beat u over the head with it, film for anyone that feels they are suffocating in a life that doesn't feel yours - thats the horror of this film. Its beautiful, horrific &...hopeful? "There is always time."
unlabelledView post →I'm confused by the Oscar nominations because they don't have the muscle mommy movie or I Saw the TV Glow but they do have some movies that are not those?
unlabelledView post →Of all the films I saw last year, I Saw the TV Glow haunts me the most
unlabelledView post →Apropos of nothing, here's what I wrote about I SAW THE TV GLOW: filmfreakcentral.net/2024/05/i-sa...
unlabelledView post →Annoyed that I loved Wicked so much because I Saw the TV Glow is a cooler “favorite movie of the year” choice, but I have to live my truth!!!!!!!!!
unlabelledView post →I Saw The TV Glow ?? more like I Saw The Movie That Made Me Cry Eight Thousand And One Tears
unlabelledView post →Watching I Saw the TV Glow and damn, what a movie.
unlabelledView post →I Saw The TV Glow is a beautiful movie about how TV shows used to get more than 2 or 3 seasons
unlabelledView post →Anyway, I SAW THE TV GLOW was the film of the year, the Oscars know nothing.
unlabelledView post →Real talk though I was pissed I SAW THE TV GLOW didn’t get nominated for every Oscar. Best film, best screenplay, best other stuff. How Sloppy Jane’s “Claw Machine” isn’t nominated for best song, I don’t know. That song is pure Oscar bait, come on!
unlabelledView post →Terrified of coming out and life in general.. Hey y'all, so I'm having a hard time even typing that I've had the crazy epiphany that I'm transfemme? I'm shaking with the anxiety it's inducing just to write that out. I barely even know where to begin or where I want to go with this. I'm 30, and recently I had some thoughts I'd just labeled as "weird" and tried to shelve away. Funny enough my mental health had hit a new low at such a particularly close timing, wild coincidence I'm sure 🙃 Well…
unlabelledView post →just found out that I Saw The TV Glow is available for free on Youtube now, which is amazing bc i've been wanting to see this movie ever since it came out but haven't gotten a good chance to yet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYxQ...
unlabelledView post →Check out the movie I SAW THE TV GLOW. Major Animorphs vibes and a Michael Jordan's bus colour palette.
unlabelledView post →Film Twitter turning on I Saw the TV Glow right after I pour my heart out about it in an hour long video essay, where I describe my intense horror of growing up trans. Can’t have shit in Detroit.
unlabelledView post →I was gonna watch a classic horror film tonight but I've heard such good things about I Saw The TV Glow maybe I will go with that
unlabelledView post →Film Comment published their top 20 of the year and I am quoted for I SAW THE TV GLOW. www.filmcomment.com/best-films-o...
unlabelledView post →Day 8/100 of Horror Movie Watches *Jennifer's Body (2009) *Slotherhouse (2023) *Clown (2014) *I Saw The TV Glow (2024)
unlabelledView post →Not sure a movie has ever delivered for me as much on what its trailer promised as "I Saw The TV Glow."
unlabelledView post →All over the map with this week's #LastFourWatched. And, of course, my ratings mean that I Saw the TV Glow (2024) and Zootopia 2 (2025) are essentially the same movie. Jane Schoenbrun should sue. #LetterBoxdFriday #MovieSky #FilmSky #YouAreFree
unlabelledView post →just rewatched I Saw The TV Glow. i feel like nothing is real anymore
unlabelledView post →just watched I Saw the TV Glow and yeah gonna be thinking about that movie for A While
unlabelledView post →I Saw the TV Glow (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun 🎬 In our latest #podcast excerpt vid we deep dive into this incredible film and talk about how it dazzled, educated and impressed us. Vid link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XU... Have you seen this one from A24? #filmsky #moviesky #transrights
unlabelledView post →Apropos of Schönbrun’s new film, I’m still kind of processing I Saw the TV Glow, which speaks to the density of its language. It’s ofc thematically oriented around trans self-discovery but it speaks to that through a number of emotional channels. Loneliness, emptiness, fantasy, homosexuality.
unlabelledView post →tonight I watched The Matrix (1999) for the first time, and earlier this week I watched I Saw the TV Glow (2024). I liked them both a lot, and what's really fun is that they're the same movie
unlabelledView post →Finally got around to watching I Saw the TV Glow and erm… yeah
unlabelledView post →I Saw The TV Glow is only a horror movie for trans people
unlabelledView post →PATREON PEEPS - Our next film will be the first of two Pride Month screenings - I SAW THE TV GLOW - on Sunday 8th June at 7.30 PM BST and you can read more about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/our-ne...
unlabelledView post →My nominations for Seattle Film Critics Society awards season 🧵 Best Picture 1. I Saw the TV Glow 2. Anora 3. Conclave 4. Sing Sing 5. Evil Does Not Exist 6. The People’s Joker 7. Alien Romulus 8. The Beast 9. The Substance 10. Juror #2
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