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Maxwell Courtright

Candid photo taken of writer Maxwell Courtright, who's sitting at a desk by a window. Maxwell angles his head to the side slightly and smiles playfully at the photographer.

Maxwell Courtright is a social worker and film writer living in Chicago.

Maxwell's Latest Articles

“Ghost Tropic” reevaluates our relationship to city and space

Bas Devos' latest feature, available virtually through MMoCA’s Spotlight Cinema on Oct 14, bridges the gap between "kitchen sink" social drama and the avant-garde.

“Terrorizers” is a humanely nuanced take on urban malaise and toxic masculinity

Edward Yang's Taiwanese New Wave classic is streaming on MUBI through Oct 5.

Facing our dreaded fate in “She Dies Tomorrow”

Amy Seimetz’s first feature in eight years, now available on VOD services, is a thrillingly deadpan piece of postmodernism.

“La Flor” is a majestic devotional and protean act of creation

Mariano Llinás’ intensely personal, yet endlessly digressive masterwork is available to stream in three parts on MUBI.

Within a fairly conventional rom-com, “Palm Springs” offers unnerving of-the-moment insights

Max Barbakow's take on the time-loop premise hits Hulu on July 10.

“Shirley” is a psychologically abstract biopic of lost souls

Josephine Decker’s interpretive film on the late author Shirley Jackson is now available on Hulu and VOD services like Vudu and Amazon.

“American Factory” chronicles modern labor and callous capitalism

Wednesday, February 19, Union South Marquee, 6:30 p.m., free.

Madison calendar, February 13 through 19

Fire-Toolz at the Rathskeller, “The Hours And Times” at UW Cinematheque, and more events of notes in Madison this week.

“The Hours And Times” is a speculative queer Beatles drama

Saturday, February 15, 4070 Vilas Hall, 7 p.m., free.

Madison calendar, December 5 through 11

“Seven Samurai” in 35mm, the return of Slow Pulp, icy ambiance from Syneva, and more events of note in Madison this week.