Listen to interviews with Jed Dietz, Director of the Maryland Film Festival, on episodes of Mayland Morning (88.1FM WYPR). Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast is a lively mix of interviews about news, the arts, politics, science, history – all the topics and people that make Maryland such an interesting place to live and work.
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.
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.
Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post joins Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival to discuss the best–and worst–of winter cinema. It includes Quentin Tarantino’s Django, Unchained, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.
From a small hobbit to an unfaithful Russian lady–there’s a lot of movies to see this holiday season. Tom Hall talks to Jed Deitz and Mike Sragow about December’s best flicks.
Take this week’s weather as a sign to invest in some quality indoor activities. Here to help you is Tom Hall, Jed Deitz and Mike Sragow, with the November films that will keep you glued in front of the big screen.
If you’re looking for a flick to see this month, October’s got everything from sci-fi to stopmotion. Here to help us sort through it all are our resident movie experts Jed Dietz and Mike Sragow.
With the trail of summer blockbusters coming to its close, Maryland Morning‘s movie experts Jed Dietz and Mike Sragow sit down to sort through the upcoming rush of fall flicks. And they’ve already found several standouts.
Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Fesival and Mike Sragow of the Baltimore Sun team up with Tom Hall to bring you the latest on what’s best on the silver screen.
Tom Hall talks with our masters of movies, our foremost flop forecasters, our predominant motion picture ponderers–that is to say Mike Sragow, former film critic for the Baltimore Sun, and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival.
A few months ago, the Baltimore Sun moved film critic Michael Sragow to the copy desk, sparking an outcry in Baltimore’s film and arts community.
But what does it actually mean to lose a local film critic? We ask filmmaker John Waters, Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz, and National Society of Film Critics chairman David Sterritt.
The podcast may be found here, or tune into WYPR’s 88.1FM on Monday, July 2nd at 9am to catch the broadcast.
Tom Hall talks with our masters of movies, our foremost flop forecasters, our predominant motion picture ponderers–that is to say Mike Sragow, former film critic for the Baltimore Sun, and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival.
Jed talks about Benh Zeitlin’s BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, which won the grand jury prize at 2012 Sundance Film Festival to be screened June 5th at MICA with screenwriter Lucy Alibar. Jed and Mike and also discuss Joss Whedon’s box office hit THE AVENGERS, based on the Marvel comic series, and BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, and Maggie Smith.
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Tom Hall talks with Jed Dietz, the director of the Maryland Film Festival, about the lineup for this year’s festival, taking place this weekend.
Jed talks about opening night of the film festival, which featured several short films, as well as films being played during film festival weekend. He also talks about the Maryland Film Festival itself as it compares to Sundance and other film festivals.
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Tom Hall talks with our masters of movies, our foremost flop forecasters, our predominant motion picture ponderers, that is to say Mike Sragow from the Baltimore Sun and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival are here.
Jed, Mike, and Tom discuss the 3D re-release of James Cameron’s 1997 box office smash TITANIC, as well as the book-to-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestseller THE HUNGER GAMES starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz and former Baltimore Sun film critic Mike Sragow join us to talk about what sparkles on the silver screen.
Tom, Jed, and Mike discuss the 2012 Academy Awards winners and surprises. They discuss Oscar award winners A SEPARATION, THE ARTIST, HUGO, and THE DESCENDENTS
They also talk about PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, which is being screened at the Meyerhoff March 3rd with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the upcoming screening of RETURN with writer/director Liza Johnson at the MICA Brown Center.
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It’s time for our monthly round of movie mayhem with an awards season flavor! We talk with Jed Dietz the Director of the Maryland Film Festival, and Mike Sragow of the Baltimore Sun.
Tom, Jed, and Mike discuss the upcoming Academy Awards nominations. Mike discusses Demián Bichir, nominated for best actor in A BETTER LIFE as well as Asghar Farhadi’s A SEPARATION, which has been nominated for best screenplay as well as best foreign film. Jed discusses much-hyped nominated film THE ARTIST. They also talk about nominations for best documentary as well as best actress.
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Tom Hall talks with our masters of movies, our foremost flop forecasters, our predominant motion picture ponderers, that is to say Mike Sragow former film critic for the Baltimore Sun and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival are here.
The guys discuss the upcoming remake of the British TV series for play exclusively on Netflix, HOUSE OF CARDS from director David Fincher starring Kevin Spacey, which is being shot in Baltimore. They discuss how tax money and state funding is affecting film production in Baltimore and Maryland. They talk about the remake of GIRL WITH A DRAGON TATTOO with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, as well as the upcoming silent film THE ARTIST, and MY WEEK WITH MARILYN.
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Jed Dietz, Director of the Maryland Film Festival, Mike Sragow, former film critic for the Baltimore Sun and Tom Hall do the diner, Barry Levinson’s DINER that is! We talk about the iconic Baltimore movie thirty years on.
The guys discuss the Baltimore films of Barry Levinson series put on by the Maryland Film Festival, celebrating the 30th anniversary of DINER. December 10th’s screening will include a discussion with Barry Levinson and the entire cast of DINER. Tom, Jed, and Mike discuss few other iconic Barry Levinson films like AVALON and THE BAND THAT WOULDN’T DIE. They talk about how buzz for DINER took off when it was released, and how Levinson’s films sparked the careers of many current top actors in their early days including Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke, Steve Guttenberg and Daniel Stern.
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A few months ago, the Baltimore Sun moved film critic Michael Sragow to the copy desk, sparking an outcry in Baltimore’s film and arts community.
But what does it actually mean to lose a local film critic? We ask filmmaker John Waters, Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz, and National Society of Film Critics chairman David Sterritt.
They discuss how blogging has taken up a great part of the “democratization” and current dialog on film, as well how the documentary FOR THE LOVE OF MOVIES looks at the industry of film criticism and its downfall.
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Maryland Film Festival director Jed Dietz and former Baltimore Sun film critic Mike Sragow join us to talk about what sparkles on the silver screen.
Tom, Mike, and Jed discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s THE SKIN I LIVE IN (LA PIEL QUE HABITO) starring Antonio Banderas, as well TAKE SHELTER with Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE starring Elizabeth Olsen, and MARGIN CALL with Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany.
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Tom Hall talks with our masters of movies, our foremost flop forecasters, our predominant motion picture ponderers, that is to say Mike Sragow former film critic for the Baltimore Sun and Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival are here.
Tom, Mike, and Jed discuss MONEYBALL starring Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt as well as 50/50 starring Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. They also talk about hype for an upcoming musical production of DINER with music and lyrics by Sheryl Crowe, which will debut with a four week tryout at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre Oct. 23-Nov. 18.
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