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The Maryland Film Festival has been celebrating filmmaking since 1999. Every spring, venues in downtown Baltimore -- including the Charles Theatre and nearby universities -- screen up to 100 full-length features, shorts and documentaries over four days. It is more intimate and relaxed than other major film festivals, as it lacks a formalized competition. Local filmmakers participate in the festivities, and several local films that have screened at the festival have gotten wider exposure. The festival committee invites guests such as John Waters and Henry Rollins to host screenings of films that are important to them. Another program is Advocating for Movies, which allows critics to advocate...
The Maryland Film Festival has been celebrating filmmaking since 1999. Every spring, venues in downtown Baltimore -- including the Charles Theatre and nearby universities -- screen up to 100 full-length features, shorts and documentaries over four days. It is more intimate and relaxed than other major film festivals, as it lacks a formalized competition. Local filmmakers participate in the festivities, and several local films that have screened at the festival have gotten wider exposure. The festival committee invites guests such as John Waters and Henry Rollins to host screenings of films that are important to them. Another program is Advocating for Movies, which allows critics to advocate for movies they believed were missed in the marketplace. A recent addition to the festival is the Tent Village, which is home to free workshops, panel discussions and Q&A sessions. In addition to the annual event, the Maryland Film Festival holds screenings and other activities throughout the year.
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10 Spot: Saturday: Mardi Gras Festival
View the photo gallery for all of this week's picksTags: 1st Mariner Arena, Charles Village, Kevin Clash, M&T Bank Stadium, Sundance Film Festival
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'Diner' cast members join Barry Levinson at anniversary celebration
Sherry Korsover waited 51 years for her Forest Park High classmate, Barry Levinson, to sign her yearbook.
"I was so in love with you," she told a smiling Levinson Saturday night, as about 800 "Diner" fans came to Johns Hopkins University to celebrate the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Daniel Stern, Barry Levinson, Seinfeld (tv program), Film Festivals
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Looking back at 'Diner,' 30 years later
Few films in movie history — and maybe no other film by a first-time writer-director — proved to be the breakthrough moment for as many talents as a made-in-Baltimore comedy-drama called "Diner."
Viewers still respond to all the people in it,...Tags: Mel Brooks, Tyne Daly, Comedy (genre), Peter Yates, Barbara A. Mikulski
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'Diner' cast and crew re-uniting in Baltimore
Director Barry Levinson and cast members from his breakthrough 1982 hit "Diner" will re-unite in Baltimore next month for conversations and screenings in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary.
The centerpiece of the celebration will be a Dec. 10...Tags: Entertainment Events, Daniel Stern, Barry Levinson, Charles Theatre, Film Festivals
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HBO's Harry Belafonte biography is one sweet song of a film
The Baltimore SunOne measure of a great biography is that you start into it thinking you know the subject. and by the end of it, you admit to yourself that you knew only the tip of the iceberg. "Sing Your Song," n HBO documentary film on the life and word of Harry...Tags: Biography (genre), Entertainment Events, HBO (tv network), Radio, Festive Events
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100 things we love about Baltimore -- Printable list
Baltimore Sun reporterA moody tavern. An extraordinary cocktail. The easy lapping of bay water against the banks of the Inner Harbor. Duckpin lanes. Old Bay. Art in an otherwise empty storefront. For all of these things, and for so many more, people love Baltimore. People feel...Tags: Baltimore School for the Arts, Radio, Canton Square, Walters Art Museum, Maryland Science Center
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Shining a light on Baltimore's arts scene
On Tuesday, three Baltimore-area artists will each win $25,000 for the Baker Artist Awards and a select few will discover they are finalists for the $25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. We should all be celebrating. These major awards shine a...Tags: Peabody Conservatory, Arts, Station North, Colleges and Universities, Music
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Thriller filming in Harford County
The cornfields of Harford County are more than just crops, they're soon-to-be home to an independent "supernatural thriller," according to the film's director. Writer and director David Warfield grew up in Forest Hill then moved to Los Angeles for...Tags: Movies, Harford County, Thriller (genre), Colleges and Universities, Film Festivals
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AFI Silver showcases terrific made-in-Maryland documentaries
If you missed Ramona Diaz's "The Learning" and Richard Chisolm's "Cafeteria Man" at the Maryland Film Festival, seize the chance to see them at the AFI Silverdocs festival. If you've seen them already, take my word for it: They're even better the second...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Public Schools, Festive Events, Schools, Colesville
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Short, but sweet success
Filmmaker Gregory Bryan says he was "sick and tired of seeing the same Hollywood films." What he came up with instead was "The Dark," an ethereal, 21/2-minute nightmare complete with crawling blackness, creaking skeletons and enough creepiness of all...Tags: Film Festivals, Road Transportation, Judges, Tourism and Leisure, John Waters
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Mother's Day, 12 days to go
Dining@LargeHere's a first round of Mother's Day gift ideas. Things to do with MomBoordy Vineyards On Saturday and Sunday, from 1-5 p.m., Boordy invites families to picnic in Greenspring Valley. The cost is $12 for adults, $10 for teens, and......Tags: Gramercy, Hamburgers, Maryland, Federal Hill, Fells Point
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