Westfield HS Alumni Release New Thriller Film 'Perfectly Good Moment'

WESTFIELD, NJ — Two Westfield High School alumni and filmmakers have teamed up to create a new thriller "Perfectly Good Moment," which is now streaming on Tubi and Amazon.

Julian Seltzer (‘10) produced and co-wrote the story for the film, and Emily Bailey (‘12) was the film’s colorist. They met at Westfield High School while working on Blue Devil News.

This film isn't Seltzer's first as he has produced documentary films for HBO (DMX: Don't Try to Understand) NBC Sports (Uphill Climb), and Discovery (Rebuilding Hope); and series for Discovery+ (House of Hammer), and Oxygen (New York Homicide).

Bailey worked at NBCUniversal's Cable Entertainment Division, where she discovered her passion for color grading. She currently works as an Assistant Colorist at Company 3 and has worked on projects such as Dexter: New Blood, Netflix’s tick, tick...BOOM!, and Dear Evan Hansen.

"Emily was one of the first people I shared the screenplay with and she was the first crew member to officially come onto the project," said Seltzer.

"From the first time I read the script, I immediately knew I wanted to be a part of it. I’m a huge thriller fan and the fact that this one is packed with twists and turns got me thinking about all the ways we can use color to drive the story moments," said Bailey.

Perfectly Good Moment stars Broadway’s Stephen Carlile in his leading feature film debut. Carlile is best known for his critically acclaimed performance as Scar in The Lion King on Broadway since 2017.

The movie's plot follows the charming David, played by Carlile, who is thrilled when his much younger ex-fiancée Ruby decides to give him another chance. But his hope to resume planning their wedding is thwarted by Ruby’s state-of-the-art revenge plot. Amanda Jane Stern plays Ruby. She is best known for her work on 1 Angry Black Man, and Lifetime’s Amish Witches.

Perfectly Good Moment is produced by Phaedra To Black, LLC. Stern, Director Lauren Greenhall, and Carlile are also Producers on the film.