Month / June 2024

I Saw the TV Glow | Still features Brigette Lundy-Paine as Maddy standing against a dark neon background.
by Jaime Rebanal

‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Review: An Existential Horror for Gen Z

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Few filmmakers have really captured the fascinations of Gen Z quite like Jane Schoenbrun has – with their first film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair being a horror film centered on scary stories that circulate the internet and how quickly young people can get sucked into them. To follow that up, Schoenbrun brings forth I Saw the TV Glow, another sort of horror film that perhaps embraces a sort of existential crisis that may very well be best tracked down to how people cling onto media that they feel a particularly nostalgic connection towards. But it also delves into the realities that such people find themselves identifying with in a search for acceptance – to that end, it’s not only enough to make I Saw the TV Glow one of the year’s best horror movies, but a wholly devastating one at that.

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Inside Out | Still features Riley's emotions looking nervously at Anxiety's presence.
by Jaime Rebanal

‘Inside Out 2’ Review: Riley Has Grown Up, but the Formula Hasn’t Yet

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Pixar’s output as of late has perhaps been more uneven than their peak period – for the same streak of brilliance that carried them from Monsters, Inc. to Toy Story 3 (minus the first Cars film) would come to a sudden halt with Cars 2. But said film also marked a distinct change in the direction that Pixar was headed, in favour of franchises and sequels, straying away from the heart and soul that made them so beloved over the years. With 2015’s Inside Out, it seemed things would look up for them once more, with the film showing that they still maintained their highs despite circumstances and also experimenting with their usual formula to try out something new. It wasn’t just their best since the streak of success had ended, it’s one of their best, period.

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