‘Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma’ movie review: Jane Schoenbrun’s erotic phantasmagoria finds the hole where the movies come from
Director Jane Schoenbrun's latest film, 'Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma,' explores themes of cinephilia and the psychological impact of media consumption. The movie follows a filmmaker tasked with rebooting a slasher franchise, serving as a commentary on modern media culture and queer identity.
Why it matters
Schoenbrun is a notable voice in contemporary independent cinema, and their work offers a critical look at how digital media shapes personal identity.
Jane Schoenbrun has now made three films about people getting thoroughly and spectacularly mugged by the media they consume. Across their debut feature We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, which left its protagonist stranded inside the dissociative sludge of internet horror, and the sophomore gut-punch I Saw the TV Glow, which turned estrangement from the body into one of the most agonising metaphors for gender dysphoria, Schoenbrun has established an unmistakably personal lineage. Now, their latest Cannes-winning Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma completes that unofficial media-nostalgia triptych.
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