Liberty Heights

"...returns for a fourth time to his beloved 1950s Baltimore, the setting of Diner, Avalon, and Tin Men, this..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sum of All Fears

Tom Clancy's CIA agent Jack Ryan makes his fourth film appearance in this thriller.

"...revealed when I say the bomb makes it to Baltimore, where, in a clever homage to John Frankenheimer's Black..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pecker

"...art world and off-key love song to his native Baltimore, is as savagely deadpan as his previous work, yet..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

He's Just Not That Into You

A Baltimore-set romantic comedy roundelay based on a bestselling self-help book.

"...Not That Into You charts a loose constellation of Baltimore residents as they date, marry, break up, and make..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Step

Inspiring doc on Baltimore teenagers

"...Let’s hear it for the Lethal Ladies of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. They are members of..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Rat Film

Doc transforms unwelcome critters into metaphor of human inequality

"...Rat Film sprouted from a rat trapped in a Baltimore trash can, swirling, scraping, aching to be set free...."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

Black Nativity

Kasi Lemmons’ adaptation of this Langston Hughes work is a muddled church-time reverie.

"...City after she receives an eviction notice for their Baltimore home. The largest chunk of Hughes’ play transplanted here..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

We're tickled silly by this documentary.

"...Clash at 10, living with his family in a Baltimore neighborhood that, with its somewhat grimy, urban appearance, oddly..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead, the actor better known as the 300-pound sex symbol named Divine who appeared in those early John Waters' movies, is remembered in this doc.

"...Growing up in a conservative, upper-middle-class family in the Baltimore ’burbs, Harris Glenn Milstead never fit in. Upon graduating..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...Baltimore's favorite son – sorry, John Waters – gets a..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender, unsentimental curio has been stretched by David Fincher into a nearly three-hour-long motion picture about a man (played by Brad Pitt) who ages in reverse.

"...opportunities. Screenwriter Eric Roth transposes the action from antebellum Baltimore to Armistice Day in New Orleans (which accommodates an..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL'

Mark Bowden's book 'The Best Game Ever' delves into the game that put the NFL on the map

"...eighty-six pounds. That was the perfect playing weight for Baltimore Colts wide receiver Raymond Berry. In the two weeks..."

Dec. 17, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Step Up 2 the Streets

Romantic sparks fly (again) among students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.

"...of the tracks: She is from the streets of Baltimore; he is the scion of upper-class, performing-arts-school royalty. Together,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Serial Mom

"...to tabloid techniques. Turner is Beverly Sutphin, a suburban Baltimore all-American mom with an endless smile and a penchant..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tackling Food Waste as a Social Justice Issue at SXSW

Various communities look to “feed the soil and starve the incinerator”

"...a video about activists’ resistance to industrial incinerators in Baltimore, made its point of view clear: Food waste is..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Sixties Baltimore is unveiled in this new crime novel

"...dead woman least likely to attract notice in mid-Sixties Baltimore – a young, Black, unwed mother of two who..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

SXSW’s Sixth Artist List

Bully, White Reaper, Wye Oak, and 99 more luftballons

"...adds another 102 artists, including grunge-pop favorites Bully and Baltimore indie duo Wye Oak...."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Carsick

Filmmaker John Waters hitchhikes from Baltimore to San Francisco

"...Waters, will hitchhike alone from the front of my Baltimore house to my co-op apartment in San Francisco and..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Turfcats Player Profile of Robert Quiroga

An interview with a former Baylor Bear and current Turfcat

"...with the Baylor Bears from 2000-2003, signed with the Baltimore Ravens and participated in their 2004 training camp, played..."

April 17, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Fest Breasts

The return of Rachael Shannon, and her art

"...of. It’s been a process, in Austin, now in Baltimore, to balance my queer identities, and the other hands-on..."

March 16, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Series

Before HBO's The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds, the television-consuming public was pretty much dependent on one show to foster its intimacy with Body-More Murdaland

"...Before HBO's Baltimore-based The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds (John..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"

The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship

"...Creek Allen Gallery, it helps to go back to Baltimore and the Washington, D.C., area in the early Seventies,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Community and Committee Back Johns Hopkins as Eastside Partner

AISD Trustees to vote tonight, but deal still needs TEA approval

"...the board she and her staff harp on one: Baltimore Talent Development High School. Her staff write, "The Administration..."

May 6, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Making 'Pregnancy Centers' Tell the Truth

City of Austin considering ordinance that forces CPCs to post consumer notice

"...The city of Baltimore passed a similar ordinance late last year; on March..."

April 2, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Diamonds Are Forever

Does Baseball Still Matter?

"...Richmond (Fireside, $13 paper) tells the fascinating story of Baltimore's much-touted new stadium. Hailed when it opened in April..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

Chefs, Researchers, and Activists Write the Climate Change Cookbook

Redefining what sustainable really means at SXSW

"...Climate Solution, Hayes is the founder and director of Baltimore Compost Collective, a community-based composting program that trains youth..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...Great American Canyon Band (Baltimore, MD.)..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...such as the Black Lips and Talib Kweli joining Baltimore indie duo Wye Oak and a regrouped G-Side. From..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Making 'Pregnancy Centers' Tell the Truth

Proposed ordinance would require CPCs to provide full disclosure

"...The city of Baltimore passed a similar ordinance late last year; on March..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Out Into the DAMP

The Downtown Mobility Plan has critics from both the right and left, and that could be its undoing.

"...To begin somewhat far afield: Last week Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley announced that he would not, despite..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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