In Schoenbrun’s films, it’s probably more than any one character can manage to get through the reality-quake of daily experience, let alone forge meaningful reciprocal bonds with anyone else flailing through the world.

I Saw the TV Glow is a confident, original film, birthed and crafted in a way that feels wholly different to anything you’ve seen before – certainly not in mainstream Hollywood cinema.

The ending is the rawest and best part of this ­unconventional movie.

It’ll draw you in, body and soul, letting you drift along its stream before it absolutely tears you apart.