Lust in Space: Teenage Queerness and Connection in Samuel Van Grinsven's 'Sequin in a Blue Room'

Samuel Van Grinsven's masterfully visualised, if thematically narrow, debut feature depicts the changing landscape of coming of age for today's young people, who have become enamoured of apps that promise intimacy and belonging. Capturing both the thrills and threats of hooking up and entering adult-only spaces, the film is a riveting provocation for social discussion and cinematic invention alike, writes Laurence Barber.

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New Queer Cinema, dating apps, Grindr, Mogenic, Call Me by Your Name, paedophilia, sexual abuse, race, fetishism