#formative-experiences

#formative-experiences

Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is following up their twisted tale with another story about how media can affect us, but this time the focus is on the silver screen. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, described as a "new kind of horror remake," follows a director (Hannah Einbinder) obsessed with the actress (Gillian Anderson) who played the "final girl" in a classic slasher movie.

I distinctly remember being a kid, rolling around town in the back seat of my mom's car not long after I discovered skateboarding, and feeling like the world had fundamentally changed. The familiar landscape had become a newly discovered sea of spots: I'd count the stairs of every set we passed and take note of every handrail. Benches became ledges, grass patches became gaps, and the world unfolded before me in an entirely new way-one spot at a time.