We’re All Going to See Jane Schoenbrun’s Movies Glow - Pride Month 2026

Episode recorded: June 13th, 2026 (06/13/2026) 00:00:00 - Important Message. 00:00:54 - Intro and icebreaker. 00:04:29 - Begin talking about We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, and its connection with the 2010s creepypasta subculture. 00:16:48 - The bridge between the 2010s internet and the 2020s filmmaking. 00:18:39 - The queer following of the analog horror subgenre and horror in general. 00:27:18 - Begin talking about I Saw the TV Glow. 00:37:11 - Jay initially viewed I Saw the TV Glow as a Classic Greek tragedy about a unique transgender experience. 00:41:50 - Discussing their childhood media made them realize their core identity or “crack the egg” 00:50:22 - Ad break! 00:59:02 - About Jane Schoenbrun. 01:08:37 - Shout outs to transgender and non-binary animators and puppeteers. 01:12:27 - Surrealism and its root in folklores and mythologies around the world. 01:29:22 - What would be the animation equivalent to the Jane Schoenbrun movie? 01:35:56 - Some discussions on Jane Schoenbrun’s latest movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima and their Black Hole streaming show. On this Pride Month, Jay and Madzy saw Jane Schoenbrun’s movies glow like that pink ghost tattoo on the back of Helena Howard and Lindsey Jordan’s necks. And things get very personal. Jay and Madzy will talk about Jane Schoenbrun, THE non-binary film director of the 2020s, and the first two films of their filmography - We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow. The hosts also discussed the 2010s creepypasta subculture, the relation between the LGBTQ+ community and the horror genre and surrealism, their own “Pink Opaque” - youth media that realized their core identity, why the world should fund trans and non-binary storytellers to avoid another Emilia Perez situation, Schoenbrun’s upcoming movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima, and their planned streaming adaptation of Charles Burns’s coming-of-age body-horror graphic novel Black Hole. Jay also made a case for “nostalgia-pessimist” or “nostalgia-cynic” media, using Schoenbrun's filmography and Black Hole as examples, as a counter-response to the current nostalgia-baits. For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com  Some shout out to transgender and non-binary animators and puppeteers that we follow! Please support their work! https://linktr.ee/Beeragon https://www.instagram.com/tucker13x/ https://www.youtube.com/@angelafellowsfilms https://www.instagram.com/mu_cube/   Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License) Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)   Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead):  We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), directed by Jane Schoenbrun I Saw the TV Glow (2024), directed by Jane Schoenbrun Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima (2026), directed by Jane Schoenbrun The Matrix (1999), directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski Speed Buggy (1973), created by Hanna-Barbera Greek and Roman Mythology (만화로 보는 그리스 로마 신화) (2000 – 2006), created by Hong Eun-young Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), directed by John Cameron Mitchell Tux and Fanny (2019), directed by Albert Birney The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) (2023), directed by Hayao Miyazaki Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch Angel Hare (2022 – 2025), created by The Mangan Sisters Black Hole (1995 – 2005), created by Charles Burns