The star and filmmaker on making a film inspired by everything from "Showgirls" to the weirdly sexual world of food influencers.

John Early’s directorial debut “Maddie’s Secret” stars the comedian as the titular character in his own John Waters-esque dramatic comedy. Early plays innocent dreamer and food influencer Maddie, and ...

As a professional critic, one of my deepest, perhaps most deranged delights is to be wrong about a movie. Basically, I've seen so many that I have a pretty good feel for how a film will hit me, based ...

John Early's goofy yet poignant directorial debut Maddie's ... She prefers to cook at home for her husband Jake (Eric Rahill) or with her coworker and best friend Deena (Kate Berlant). But when Jake ...

In his directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret,” John Early wears a lace-front wig and a fresh face of makeup to transform into the title character, a woman who works as a food influencer while concealing ...

John Early wants the audience of his feature directorial debut to feel the way he does when he watches Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 cult classic, Showgirls. “My dream response to it is that people are ...

Both Seth Rogen and Kate Berlant will appear in “Nobody Wants This” Season ... She released the stand up special “Cinnamon in the Wind” in 2022, while she starred with John Early in the sketch comedy ...