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

“Sometimes I’m so fucking glad that I never have to be young again.” Film critic David Ehrlich’s brief review of Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague” on Letterboxd succinctly sums up scores of sentiments shared on social media. The film, which opens in theaters on Dec. 24 via Independent Film Company, is an unconventional horror tale about […]