You might know Rachel Sennott from her distinctive social media presence: the 25-year-old American actor and comedian has more than 237,000 followers across Instagram and Twitter, where she leans gleefully into a bratty Gen Z persona. Now, she’s starring in Shiva Baby, the debut feature film by director Emma Seligman, in cinemas this week and now available to stream online. It’s set at a claustrophobic Jewish funeral service, where Danielle (Sennott) has to endure embarrassing relatives, simmering sexual tension with an ex, and family friends badgering her about her weight and love life. But that pales in comparison to the central tension point: Max, the man who has been paying Danielle for sex, is also at the shiva.

“Shiva Baby epitomises a new genre I am calling ‘awks-core,’” says Stylist’s acting deputy digital editor Katy Harrington. “The tension builds to a nightmarish fever pitch: will Danielle expose Max in front of everyone, including his wife (Dianna Agron)? Will he tell her parents her sex work secret? It’s almost excruciating to watch at times: full of uncomfortable truths about sex, money, snobbery, death and tradition. But still, I couldn’t bring myself to look away – and like its star, no one could accuse it of being boring.” Watch in select cinemas and on Mubi now