Unseen footage: A new David Bowie documentary-concert film from director Brett Morgen.
[Update, September 2, 2022] Last November, I wrote: Questions around the hype abound. “What is it going to be?” “What’s …
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David Oyelowo is powerful as Martin Luther King Jr—you can watch the movie, SELMA at no charge.
Selma, director Ava DuVernay’s biopic about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is free to watch and rent on streaming services …
Musical joy from the Broadway & movie casts of Hairspray. Streaming video supports Actors Fund.
Just try watching and not tapping your feet or singing along. Just try. Visit the Actors Fund to learn more. …
From the team that brought us the RGB documentary comes a new film. Working title: Julia.
A party without a cake is just a meeting. — Julia Child The 1961 publication of her best-seller, Mastering the Art …
It’s graduation season. Here’s sage advice—midcentury style—for the ambitious young man in the family.
So, Mr. Wiley, the hiring manager says: “How can a man expect to improve on a job if he won’t …
After the hateful shootings at the Pulse nightclub, Cassils created a *must-see* short film. 103 Shots.
One of the most important, impactful, and heart wrenching shorts that I’ve seen in decades: 103 Shots. Please watch. The film, …
FOUND: The only known film of Louis Armstrong in a recording studio. (video)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician …
How the FX team created Mars for Matt Damon
Visual effects companies Framestore and MPC were tasked with creating the red planet in “The Martian.” From realistic landscape shots …
Mark the 40th Anniversary of Taxi at Baltimore’s Senator Theatre
It’s hard for me to make Wednesday night movie nights. I may have to try harder next week.This just in …
The top 8 July 4th movies (and some fountain trivia)
The 4th of July usually gets short shrift in the holiday movie category. But, it shouldn’t. Here’s the list that Jacob …
Beulah, peel me a grape.
I’m No Angel A movie with Mae West and Cary Grant—does it get any better? From the Did You Know …
I missed John Lloyd Young on Broadway…
But there’s not a chance that I’ll miss him in the film version of the Broadway hit. Jersey Boys …the 2014 …
Raymond Burr (as Steve Martin): I’m afraid my Japanese is a little rusty
Baltimore’s Charles Theatre is screening a 60th anniversary 35mm restoration print of 1954’s Godzilla tomorrow morning at 11:30. We’re thinking that we should …
Nothin’, Miss Daisy. We jus’ carryin’ on.
Daisy Werthan: You should have let me keep my old LaSalle. It never would’ve behaved this way and you know …
A free Friday night flick
One of my favorite film noirs is the grandfather of police procedurals: He Walked by Night is a 1948 gem. When the …
I did it with Jessica Lange. In Baltimore.
I did it with Lange in Baltimore in 1989 and I remember the experience fondly. Doing it with two-time Academy Award winning …