> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thesecretscreening.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Juneteenth Jams + One Very Serious Comedy - URL: https://www.thesecretscreening.com/2026-06-19/ - Published: 2026-06-19T16:00:51.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-10T18:22:56.000Z - Author: Aaron Hillis - Tags: Weekly Picks, Theatrical Picks, Streaming Picks, Music Picks, Film Industry Tips & Anecdotes ![Now Playing](https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/6b/866b2bfd-593e-41db-b4ad-b0afa3293fe4/content/images/2026/05/now-playing-NEW.gif) ****MADDIE'S SECRET** (2025, dir. John Early) Somehow evoking mid-century melodramas, Lifetime psychodramas, [*Showgirls*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tivzc%5FnY04o&ref=thesecretscreening.com), as well as Elizabeth Berkeley's diet-pill spiral in [that *"Saved by the Bell"* episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRipJAlW5M&t=225s&ref=thesecretscreening.com)*,* **Maddie's Secret** is a delicious treat that doesn't follow comedy recipes. In his directorial debut, cult funnyman John Early (*"Search Party"*) takes a rewarding creative gamble, starring in drag as the eponymous L.A. food influencer with a hidden eating disorder. Earnestly hitting the beats of a cautionary movie-of-the-week, Early (along with hilarious pros like Kate Berlant, Kristen Johnston and Connor O'Malley) grounds the odd-duck whimsy with a palpable, sincere pathos. 📽️ ***Maddie's Secret** (Magnolia) [opens today at the IFC Center (NYC, Q&As all weekend)](https://www.ifccenter.com/films/maddies-secret/?ref=thesecretscreening.com), expanding to [more cities beginning June 24](https://www.magpictures.com/maddiessecret/?ref=thesecretscreening.com). --- ![Now Streaming (icon of a hand holding a remote control in front of a flat screen TV)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/6b/866b2bfd-593e-41db-b4ad-b0afa3293fe4/content/images/2026/06/now-streaming-NEW-1.gif) ****COLOR BOOK** (2024, dir. David Fortune) Shrewdly timed to both Juneteenth and Father's Day weekend, David Fortune's warm-hearted drama ***Color Book*** could've been a saccharine "overcoming adversity" tale in the wrong hands. A newly widowed Atlanta dad (William Catlett), barely holding it together, goes on a daylong odyssey to take his 11-year-old (Jeremiah Daniels, an impressive young actor with Down syndrome) to the boy's first baseball game. Lustrously photographed in black-and-white, this intimate meditation on grief and patience is genuinely uplifting, a film so authentically soulful that quiet moments (a shared muscle-man flex, a stubborn standoff over a balloon) land like revelations. 🖥️ ***Color Book** (Netflix) [begins streaming today you-know-where](https://www.netflix.com/title/82784681?ref=thesecretscreening.com). --- ![Now Listen (icon of a guitar, cassette, vinyl record, headphones, microphone and an amp)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/6b/866b2bfd-593e-41db-b4ad-b0afa3293fe4/content/images/2026/05/now-listen-NEW-1.gif) ****Tierra Whack:** "Wax Paper" (from ****"Whack's Museum"**) Philadelphia rapper **Tierra Whack** is a playful shapeshifter who won me over with her ADHD-addled 2018 debut "Whack World", an eclectic 15-track visual album of one-minute songs. Still flexing her slippery wit with dense wordplay, **"Whack's Museum"** is another left-field triumph, a loose half-hour mixtape (backed by Conductor Williams' chopped boom-bap loops) less interested now in genre experimentation than in showcasing her raw bars-spitting prowess. Whack addresses her own legacy and disses the haters, her humor underpinned by pain, and the results are anything but whack. 🎵 ****"Whack's Museum"** (Interscope Records) [drops today on Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube and more](https://tierrawhack.lnk.to/whacksmuseum?ref=thesecretscreening.com). --- ![Just One More Thing... (icon, illustrated, of Peter Falk as Columbo)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/86/6b/866b2bfd-593e-41db-b4ad-b0afa3293fe4/content/images/2026/05/just-one-more-thing-NEW.gif) **Always Take the Meeting.** Even if the project stinks on toast, or collaborators feel like the wrong fit, or you're too dang busy. You don't know what's on the other side of a Zoom link until you click. Jenna Ortega nearly passed on *"Wednesday"* for fear of being typecast, until a chat with Tim Burton launched her to stardom. Kieran Culkin wouldn't have an Oscar if a meeting with producer Emma Stone didn't convince him to stay on *A Real Pain*. Taylor Sheridan was so sick of Hollywood that he refused to meet in L.A., but relented and now has a billion-dollar *"Yellowstone"* empire. Sometimes you can't see the potential yet. Show up if they ask. Even when you're sure it's a waste of time... maybe especially then! ****Enjoyed this?** Two ways to support The Secret Screening: ****\* Subscribe for FREE below** – get this in your inbox every Friday. No spam. No paywall. Just two minutes of useful recommendations. ****\* Need eyes on your film or career?** I consult on festival strategy, script notes, distribution and more. [\[Details here.\]](https://www.thesecretscreening.com/consulting/) [Subscribe ](#/portal/signup/free)