“What’s wrong with kids these days?” Two rookie directors, 26-year-old Curry Barker of Obsession and 21-year-old Kane Parsons of Backrooms, appear to have cracked the code. And the box office is rewarding them for it.
Beyond their striking youth (Parsons secured a lucrative A24 deal at age 17, and he has only now been able to drink legally since Thursday), there’s another compelling anomaly in the stories of these two Gen Z filmmakers: just how well their films have performed in theaters.
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