Movies

The pleasures and perils of watching your first R-rated movie in a theater.

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.

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.

A film critic and the co-owner of a video library share must-see flicks, from a sci-fi western set in Hollywood to a dark comedy filmed in Maryland starring a “dream auditor.”

Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday joins us to help us make sense of director Jordan Peele's new sci-fi horror film, and spotlight some other great new summer movies.

We’ll go On the Record with Baltimore Magazine editor-in-chief and film critic Max Weiss. What are her favorite movies of 2021? From fantasy to a locally directed drama, we hear what’s worth watching.

As COVID restrictions lift, US movie theaters are reopening, but box office this season is still less than half what it was in 2019.

MD Film Festival founder Jed Dietz has highlights of the 2021Fest, and spotlights some new online and theatrical releases in theaters and online.

Post film critic Ann Hornaday and Md Film Festival founder Jed Dietz spotlight the best new cinema.

Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival, join us to discuss the must-see movies for April. On the…