Maryland Film Festival

Baltimore Magazine's editor-in-chief and film critic Max Weiss and Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz join Tom Hall for our annual Oscars prognostications, ahead of the Academy Awards March 15th.

Movie maven Jed Dietz offers highlights from the Sundance Festival, and New/Next Film Fest's Eric Hatch talks up October plans and a really cool film database.

Movie mavens Jed Dietz and Max Weiss join Tom to compare notes on their favorite movies of 2025, and talk about the latest trends in the film industry.

We talk with the directors of the 2025 Maryland Film Festival about the latest edition of Baltimore's esteemed showcase for new films & filmmakers, and we check out what's new on local screens & TVs.

From Venice to Toronto, from Telluride to New York, and Baltimore's New/Next, the annual round of film fests promises a rich crop of movies for local screens.

Midday at the movies is joined by the founder of the Maryland Film Festival, which is this weekend.

The Maryland Film Festival’s Board of Directors decided to pause screenings following poor turnout from the COVID-19 pandemic. But the void is filled this weekend, as WYPR will present the New/Next Film Festival, which will feature more than 50 shorts and features.

On our monthly look at films and filmmaking, Tom and Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz talk with a producer and a curator of the WYPR-sponsored New/Next Film Festival, running August 18-20 at The Charles theater in Baltimore.

Midday movie mavens Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival join us to discuss the writers' strike and what's new at the movies.

Midday movie mavens Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival join us for our monthly look at what's new in films and filmmaking.