Maryland Film Festival

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.

Baltimore Magazine's Max Weiss and Maryland Film festival founder Jed Dietz join us to spotlight which of 2022's best films and film artists will — or should — win Oscars on March 12th. And we share your predicitions as well!

Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday and Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz join us for our monthly roundup of the best (and worst) in cinema.

Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday joins us with her picks for best flicks of '22, ahead of next Tuesday's Golden Globes awards, plus a look at why the venerable Parkway Theatre is struggling.

Midday's movie maven — Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz — joins us for our monthly chat about movies and film biz trends, including sad news about the 2023 MD Film Festival.

Our monthly look at films and filmmaking, with Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday and MD Film Festival founder Jed Dietz.