Snail Mail on I Saw the TV Glow and Auditioning for the Doomed Madonna Biopic

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Photo: A24 Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow is a coming-of-age horror flick that follows Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) as they escape into the world of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer-esque series called The Pink Opaque. The show is centered on a pair of teen girls, Isabel (Helena Howard) and Tara (Lindsey Jordan), who use their psychic connection to battle supernatural monsters and a Big Bad named Mr. Melancholy, who regularly tries to trap the pair in the ominous-sounding Midnight Realm. As the movie unfurls, Owen and Maddy communicate through shared VHS tapes of The . . .

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