Film

On The Lines Between Us, we look into the value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  We talk to Morgan State professor  Ray Winbush, Delegate Aisha Braveboy and formber HBCU student Antonio Johnson.  Then, Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival and our own Tom Hall dicuss the late film critic Roger Ebert.

April 5, 2013

Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post joins Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival to discuss the legacy of film critic Roger Ebert. 

They also talk about the movies coming out this month, including The Sapphires, Ginger & Rosa, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Spring Breakers.

April 3, 2013

Bicyclists, and motorists, have a stake in how Maryland is updating its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.  We’ll talk to the Maryland Department of Transportation’s project manager, and to the Executive Director of Bikemore, a Baltimore advocacy group.

Then, copy editor John McIntyre’s new book is called "The Old Editor Says: Maxims for Writing and Editing." Today, The Baltimore Sun veteran explains some maxims. Like this one: "If you are not possessed of a perpetually filthy mind, you are ill-equipped to edit."

March 20, 2013

March 1, 2013

Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post joins Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival to discuss the Oscar winners--and the job Seth McFarland did as host. 

In preparation for the big event Sunday night, a survey of the top 2012 Oscar contenders with Midday contributors Linda DeLibero, associate director of film studies at the Johns Hopkins University, and filmmaker Christopher Llewellyn Reed, chair and associate professor of the Department of Film and Video at Stevenson University.

This film, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, has been nominated for Academy Awards, praised for its authentic portrayal of people struggling with recovery from mental illness and criticized for its "OK to be weird" conclusion. The Atlantic called it, "Love In The Time of Bipolar Disorder." We've asked psychiatrist Mark Komrad to take a look. Dr. Komrad, on the clinical and teaching staffs at Sheppard Pratt and Johns Hopkins hospitals, is the author of "You Need Help: A Step-by-Step Plan To Convince Your Loved One to Get Counseling."

The way we speak-our accent and the type of language we use-doesn't always leap to the front of some people's minds when thinking of first impressions, but it does shape people's perceptions, for the benefit or to the detriment of the speaker. "One of the prejudices we have especially as Americans, is if we don't hear English-the King's English-we naturally tend to write people off as not being intelligent and that's the biggest mistake we can make," says Charles Ramos.