Highlights
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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Benefit unites city native sons
John Waters, Barry Levinson and David Simon aren't just appearing on stage for the first time together for the Maryland Film Festival benefit on Nov. 14. They're also throwing their support behind the event in advance.
"I think we'll be good!" says...Tags: Jackie Gleason, John Waters, Cinema Industry, Barry Levinson, Paul Newman
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Noir offerings color AFI screen
"The Big Combo by Philip Yordan" – that's the title credit to this amusingly pulpy 1955 crime movie, playing at the AFI Silver on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The reputation of the director, Joseph H. Lewis, has ballooned because...Tags: John Waters, Billy Wilder, Cinema Industry, Barry Levinson, Journalism
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Barry Levinson film on Colts/Ravens marching band to premiere at M&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore Sun reporter"The Band That Wouldn't Die," Barry Levinson's documentary on his native city's astonishingly resilient Colts-cum-Ravens marching band, will get its United States premiere Oct. 6 at M&T Bank Stadium. The film, part of ESPN's "30 for 30" series,...Tags: M&T Bank Stadium, Film Festivals, ESPN, Barry Levinson, NFL
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Colts' Band goes marching on
"The Band That Wouldn't Die," Barry Levinson's documentary on his native city's astonishingly resilient Colts-cum- Ravens marching band, will get its U.S. premiere Oct. 6 at M&T Bank Stadium. "We were very touched and honored that world-famous producer...Tags: Music Theater, Aerosmith (music group), Metal and Mineral, Barry Levinson, Ozzy Osbourne
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'Chops' superb at showing what America does best
Anyone who wonders why jazz and the movies are often called the quintessential American arts should check out Bruce Broder's exhilarating documentary about high school jazz bands, "Chops," at the Charles Theatre this weekend. It's a swinging, exuberant...Tags: Academic Progress, Wynton Marsalis, Super Bowl, Music Industry, Peabody Conservatory
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Artscape 2009: What's new?
Special to The Baltimore SunBaltimore's annual showcase of the visual and performing arts keeps piling on new features. If it expands much more, it'll be poised to swallow the entire city and we'll have to move it to somewhere more spacious, like Montana. Here are some of the...Tags: Music Theater, Folk (genre), Artscape, John Dowland, Film Festivals
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Senator Theatre holds unique appeal in Baltimore
What makes the Senator Theatre so special? Why all the fuss when it sounded like it might be shuttered? Why is cash-strapped Baltimore proposing to buy it? Why are people flipping through the memorabilia for sale in the building's lobby and walking away...Tags: John Waters, Barry Levinson, Road Transportation, David Simon, The Godfather (movie)
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Ethnic festivals celebrate cultures of Baltimore communities
Special to baltimoresun.comIn addition to HonFest, Artscape and the Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore's summer festival season includes some smaller ethnic festivals. Celebrate the city's diversity, as you taste the food, hear the music and play the games of the many cultures...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, M&T Bank Stadium, Artscape, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Minority Groups
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Summer festival guide
Special to baltimoresun.comHairdos that mirror beehives, cars that drip with unfamiliar ornaments and books that came off the shelves years ago. It's time for Baltimoreans to tuck away their winter clothes and welcome the warm weather, and there's no better way to celebrate the...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Metal and Mineral, Artscape, Slick Rick, Triple Crown
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An eclectic mix of Maryland events
Though the full lineup has yet to be announced, this year's Maryland Film Festival will include plenty of favorite features from years past, according to director Jed Dietz.
Keeping with tradition, it will kick off with an evening of short films. That'...Tags: Music Theater, John Waters, 1st Mariner Arena, Jeff Foxworthy, Classical Music (genre)
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New on DVD: 'Benjamin Button'
Baltimore SunThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Directed by David Fincher. Released by Criterion. $34.95 (Blu-ray $39.95) *** 1/2 Cutting-edge film technology has rarely been put to better use than in The Curious Case of...Tags: Anne Hutchinson, Symptoms, Michelle Williams, Celebrity Mothers, David Fincher
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