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If a random internet troll messaged you out of the blue claiming they’re going to shoot up a school, would you shrug it off and say “yeah right,” or would you do something about it? This is the question writer/director Oscar Boyson (Good Time, Uncut Gems, Frances Ha) asked when conceptualizing Our Hero, Balthazar. Inspired by the events of the Uvalde shooting in Texas, where the shooter admitted h

An art student struggles to create an authentic self-portrait. Every attempt feels depersonalized and detached. To make something honest, she'll need to knock down a few walls, open a few doors, and fight off a few monsters. Does that resonate with you? Struggling through the creative process because it requires facing parts of yourself you'd rather avoid? If not—first of all, congratulations—then

Stella is a beast. A monster in size. That's what the sports commentator says. The university magazine calls Stella "Goliath stampeding down the field." "Look at her go!" Yells the commentator into the mic. Stella runs at a thunderous full speed, tackling the poor line of defence. It would have been a comical sight had I not been next. Coach sizes me with two wide, urgent eyes. Don't pick me. Don'

There are two ways of interpreting Sidney Lumet's Serpico. The first one, invariably the more mainstream one, would tell you that Frank Serpico is an honest policeman attempting to expose corruption within the New York Police Department. He is isolated, persecuted, and nearly executed for refusing to participate in a rotten system. Snoozefest! Don't bore with your morality play. Corruption is one

I think I might have found my character. I love the Challenges posted here. Peliplat has become a unique opportunity for me to share my love of cinema - and occasionally television - along with the chance to see what other media lovers have to say about new releases, classic television, and where this particular world is heading. I thought that this would be a first piece when I saw the round of o