‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Is Director Jane Schoenbrun’s Honest, Surreal Exploration of Trans Identity — And A24’s Boldest Horror Movie Yet
William Earl administrator Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, “I Saw the TV Glow,” is set for a buzzy Sundance premiere, shrouded in secrecy, and could be A24’s biggest horror release of 2024. Yet the heart of the film is delicate and intimate, centered around what the trans community refers to as “the egg crack moment.” Schoenbrun, who is trans and non-binary, defines the term as “when you stop pretending you’re not trans, trying to desperately find every reason why you’re not, and admit for the first time that you are.