BFI London Review: Eat the Night Mixes Compelling Teenage Malaise With Conventional Crime Drama

BFI London Review: Eat the Night Mixes Compelling Teenage Malaise With Conventional Crime Drama

Jane Schoenbrun didn’t invent movies exploring teenage malaise and identity through the lens of pop culture, but in the opening moments of Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night, echoes of their two acclaimed features immediately rise to the surface. Much like the protagonist of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, 17-year-old Apolline…