Meet the Filmmakers: John Early on Maddie's Secret | New Directors/New Films @filmlinc

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Maddie's Secret director John Early discuss his new film, a 2026 selection of New Directors/New Films. Learn more: filmlinc.org/new-directors-new-films-2026/films/maddies-secret

John Early’s first feature, starring the director, in drag, as a bulimic food influencer, is bracingly comic and wrenchingly tender—a Sirkian melodrama from the age of short-form video.

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