“What’s wrong with kids these days?” Two freshman directors, 26-year-old Curry Barker of Obsession and 21-year-old Kane Parsons of Backrooms, seem to have figured it out. And the box office is rewarding them for it.
Beyond their notable youth (Parsons received a lucrative A24 deal at 17 years old, and he has only been able to legally drink since Thursday), another fascinating aberration in these two Gen Z directors’ stories is just how well their films have performed in theaters.