Charlie Polinger On Directing His Psychological Drama ‘The Plague’: “It Was About Trying To Create A Little Bit Of Chaos”

‘The Plague’ Director Charlie Polinger on Making Audiences Squirm by Revisiting Their Childhood and How a Film About Bullying Plays in Trump’s America

'The Plague' director Charlie Polinger discusses how his childhood bullying film hits differently in President Trump's America.

‘The Plague’ Director Charlie Polinger Raided His Childhood Closet to Make His “Visceral” Coming-of-Age Movie

“There's this desire to push boundaries and wreak chaos,” says the director of capturing the liminal tween years in his Cannes Film Festival break-out.

Charlie Polinger On Directing His Psychological Drama ‘The Plague’: “It Was About Trying To Create A Little Bit Of Chaos”

If Charlie Polinger’s mother hadn’t asked him to clear out his childhood bedroom after lockdown, his debut feature, The Plague, might never have existed “I was going through all my old stuff,” he recalls, “and I found these journals from a summer when I was at an all-boys sports camp. I had written down all […]

Writer/Director Charlie Polinger Tackles Teenage Boy Body Horror in his Debut Feature ‘The Plague’

https://youtu.be/jXdHC1Cj7bY At first, adolescence feels like an exciting transition between childhood and adulthood marked by an increase in autonomy, a newfound personal identity, and a future bursting with potential. In reality, it’s a hazy period bogged down by a mercurial disposition, immense physical changes, and an onslaught of peer-related pressures stemming from a deep sense…

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

If you’ve ever encountered tween bullying, you’ll know that, long before it gets personal, the process of picking out a target begins by being as annoying as possible; the first person to get ground down by this is easily the most psychologically susceptible. The Plague, the debut of writer-director Charlie Polinger, operates in the same way, bombarding its audience with a relentless score seemingly comprising a small army making irritating taun…

Interview: Casting Director Rebecca Dealy on "The Plague"

The casting director discusses putting everyone in a position to succeed as a crucial collaborator for a new generation of filmmakers. The post Rebecca Dealy on Making It Safe to Swim to the Deep End in “The Plague” appeared first on The Moveable Fest.