Super Bad
Brightburn by Hope Madden Sort of a mash up of Superman and The Bad Seed, Brightburn wonders what would happen if that special little guy you found in the crashed…read more →
Madd at the Movies
Stranger than Fiction
Non-Fiction by Hope Madden Nothing ever changes. That appears to be the sentiment behind Olivier Assayas’s chamber dramedy Non-Fiction, a tale set in the middle of the dying publishing industry,…read more →
College Prep
Booksmart by Hope Madden Every generation has its pivotal high school graduation film: Superbad, Say Anything, 10 Things I Hate About You, Grease, High School Musical 3. I mean, not…read more →
Fright Club: Sea Beasts
Why fear the sea? The same reason to see menace in the deep, dark unknown of space or the dense and dizzying claustrophobia of the forest: because it’s really hard…read more →
Screening Room: John Wick 3, Dog’s Journey, Sun Is also a Star, Trial by Fire, Sunset
Dogs and more dogs this week! Join us in the Screening Room to talk through all that’s new in theaters and home entertainment. Listen to the full podcast HERE.
Rules & Consequences
John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum by Hope Madden John F. Wick. You have to tip your hat to a filmmaker who understands his strengths and plays to them. For Chad Stahelski,…read more →
Pack Animal
Dogman by Hope Madden Cinema is full of lovable losers, but every so often an actor so fully inhabits a character that you can almost forget the film around him.…read more →
Charlie’s Angels
Charlie Says by Hope Madden It’s been 50 years since Charles Manson and his family effectively terminated the 1960s. Filmmaker Mary Harron (American Psycho) joins Daniel Farrands and Quentin Tarantino…read more →
Wild Thing
Wild Nights with Emily by Hope Madden Here’s a fun trend in recent indie filmmaking: let’s revisit our historic “spinsters”, shall we? Craig William Macneill gave Lizzie Borden the treatment…read more →
God Bless America
Hail Satan? by Hope Madden Who’s up for a Satanic Temple recruitment video? If you’re thinking Christopher Lee and blood-drinking, virgin-sacrificing minions planning to summon demons forth and end humankind,…read more →