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 …
Movie
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 …
