Our Hero, Balthazar

Directed by Oscar Boyson | 96 minutes | 18+ | Showcase Screening

6:30 PM, Saturday, 26 September 2026 | Buy Tickets | Buy Pass

Take a shot at friendship.

Teen stars Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield play a modern-day odd couple: a performative gun control activist yearning for his crush's attention, and the Texas kid who's trolling him. Where should our sympathies lie, once Martell impulsively travels to meet Butterfield and the pair's alienation gives way to something like friendship? Boyson doesn't offer any easy answers, instead offering a black mirror of algorithmic corruption right back at us. Like a dark Dear Evan Hansen but with less singing and about as much crying, this jet-black satire aims directly at the narcissism of online life.

"A cutting, audacious, and at times astonishing movie." - Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Country: USA
Year: 2025
Language: English