“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”
Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson like to watch in “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” from Mubi

“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”

You won’t be able to stop talking about Jane Schoenbrun’s fantastic third feature with Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson firing both barrels.

By Peter Travers

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★★★★ (4 out of 4)

Let’s look first at the surface of “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” since director Jane Schoenbrun fully intends to shatter our perceptions of surface until we see what’s roiling underneath this psychosexual phantasmagoria. It’s for sure one of the best movies of the summer, the year, and beyond. I could go on. Maybe later.

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