Hope and George

Have You Seen This Mollusk? - Maddwolf

Memoir of a Snail by Hope Madden Adam Elliot is an artist of singular vision. His stop-motion plasticine adventures discard whimsy in favor of almost Dickensian storylines told with eccentricity,...

Play It With Feeling - Maddwolf

The Piano Lesson by George Wolf You can often find ghosts lurking in the plays of August Wilson. His characters work to forge a better future for their families, haunted by the trauma and systemic...

For the Women's House - Maddwolf

Paint Me a Road Out of Here by Hope Madden In the spring of this year, the world lost a fearless, vivid and deeply American voice when Faith Ringgold died at 93. The artist, author and activist who...

Anywhere But - Maddwolf

Here by Hope Madden At what point did Robert Zemeckis stop making movies and start executing gimmicks? I suppose all of his films have begun with a gimmick—as so many movies must. What if a kid goes...

Forget & Forgive - Maddwolf

Absolution by Daniel Baldwin Sixteen years ago, a then-52-year-old Liam Neeson starred in the action-thriller Taken and his career completely changed. While he’s still made a few notable dramas...

Brighton Beach Memoir - Maddwolf

Anora by Matt Weiner Sean Baker doesn’t shy away from seamy subcultures, and the worthiness of people trying to get by outside of conformity. Yet it hasn’t been until his Palme d’Or winner Anora that...

Soul Salvage - Maddwolf

Emilia Pérez by George Wolf I’ll tell ya what, this year in movies is heading toward the finish line with some mighty ambitious swings. In just the last few weeks, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis...

Something Personal to Say - Maddwolf

Chasing Chasing Amy by Hope Madden Nearly 30 years ago, Kevin Smith did what he does best. He made a film so simple, so personal, so deeply human, so profoundly myopic, so densely problematic, so...

Screening Room: Venom: The Last Dance, Conclave, Your Monster & More - Maddwolf