Tugging Hearts, Slashing Throats
The Old Guard by Hope Madden Let’s start with this piece of obviousness: Charlize Theron can do anything. From indie dramas to bawdy comedies to badass action, Theron commits and…read more →
Madd at the Movies
Generational Terror
Relic by Hope Madden Many a film has used a building—a haunted house, for instance—to represent the mental state of a character. From Shirley Jackson to Stephen King to Daniel…read more →
Unforgiving
The Outpost by Hope Madden Films concerning the US’s two decade war in Afghanistan have not managed to find much of an audience. I’m not sure Summer 2020—the year we…read more →
Survival Island
Madagasikara by Hope Madden As little Anna tells viewers and her elementary school classmates, Madagascar is the 4th largest island on earth, and likely the single poorest country. Ninety three…read more →
Nutritious, Too!
Yummy by Hope Madden Hey, are you squeamish? Does Shudder have the movie for you! It’s hard to do zombies well anymore. Mainly, you have to either come up with…read more →
Fright Club: Best Cinematography
A poetry of dread – that’s what the best in this business can conjure with the right framing, movement, stillness. Whether it’s Dick Pope creating that just-off feel of bucolic…read more →
You’ll Wish You Had
You Should Have Left by Hope Madden Most weeks there’s at least one streaming movie option that will cost you. These are ostensibly the films that were meant to be…read more →
Quietly Irredeemable
7500 by Hope Madden 7500, the emergency code for an airplane hijacking, is the title of the feature debut for writer/director Patrick Vollrath. An Oscar-nominated and much lauded filmmaker of…read more →
Fright Club: Dark Ages Horror
Witches, starvation, ghouls, oppression, Church and governmental oppression—there’s a reason they call them the Dark Ages! Filmmaker George Popov (Hex, The Droving) joins us to discuss the best horror movies…read more →