Steeped in insider insight from their own industry struggles, newcomers Li Kuo and Shan Dandan deliver an ingenious self-aware gem of a debut, skewering the screenwriting profession. Galaxy Writer trails two wannabe screenwriters dead set on forging an epoch-making script that will etch their names in history—a hilarious postmodern comedy of errors brimming with incisive satire. The writers' Quixotic quest to birth their magnum opus is a meta-textual mind-bender, their art's absurdities mirroring life's own incongruities as they flail against systemic constraints. Their challenges mirror a generation's defiant ethos with heroically hapless protagonists as kindred spirits to any dreamer who's dared defy prescribed norms. A clever calling card savoring the lunacy in chasing starry-eyed long shots, Galaxy Writer is best enjoyed with a crowd. For here is a film that gleefully dismantles screenwriting's machinery while reminding us of cinema's sheer creative thrill. Where else would you want to hop aboard?