maddie

maddie

actress & filmmaker with an affinity for all things 
dark/surrealist/arthouse/dreamy/existential

Favorite films

  • Heathers
  • Coraline
  • Pearl
  • Eraserhead

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  • Eer

    ★★★½

  • The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    ★★★★★

  • The Very Eye of Night

    ★★★★½

  • Bones and All

    ★★

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  • Eer

    Eer

    ★★★½

    weird! fun! pretty committed to the bit!

  • The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    ★★★★★

    really fantastic work, especially for the time it was made, my god! love the wompy score, harsh lighting, exaggerated movements, the powerpuff girls-esque buildings. feels strangely orwellian

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  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

    ★★★★★

    maybe it's partly the nostalgia but i love this movie so goddamn much, the dark whimsical fantasy aesthetic and mix of live action and stop-motion animation work so well for this story. i adore henry selick and his penchant for making nightmarish childhood toy box type movies that don't lose their spark as an adult

  • Morse Code

    Morse Code

    ★★★½

    CFF '23 - 'salutes your shorts'

    well-made, heartfelt, and continuously subverted my expectations which i thought was neat !