When do you give up on what you want to do, and turn to what is profitable and popular? At what point are dreams of art and integrity laid to rest at the altar of commercial whoredom? That is the question posed in the new film Bestsellers, by Tacoma filmmaker Rick Gratzer.

After two years - off and on - of writing, filming and editing, Bestsellers will make its debut at the Grand Cinema on Tuesday, March 16, at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are available at The Grand Cinema Web site.

It's the story of Bernard (Jeremy Adams), a writer desperate to get published and move away from his hometown of Tacoma. When a famous James Patterson-esque author rolls into town on a nationwide book signing tour, Bernard takes it upon himself to get his manuscript into the right hands by any means necessary.

[The Grand Cinema, 6:45 p.m., 606 S. Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, 253.593.4474]