Documentary (genre)

Why Al Jazeera buying Current is a good thing for media, country

2013-01-04 03:00:00

I don’t care if Al Gore got more money than he ever deserved for his pathetic channel, or Glenn Beck got the short end of the stick in trying to buy it as an escape from his prison of media marginalization. All of that is ideological and...

From halls of 'Downton Abbey,' to 'House of Cards,' a great midseason

2013-01-06 11:52:00

Midseason used to be a time for networks to put on series that weren’t good enough to make the fall lineup. The thinking was: The money has been spent to make these episodes, so let’s try to get something out of them by plugging them for shows...

What Al Jazeera thinks of Baltimore

2012-08-19 09:12:00

Baltimore-area viewers won't see it in their TV listings, but this week a program will premiere on the Al Jazeera English channel that could do more to shape the world's image of their city than any other media coverage or civic promotion done all year....

It's outrageous that Al Jazeera English is not on cable in most U.S. cities

2012-08-21 05:38:00

Al Jazeera English will premiere a thought-provoking and hard-hitting documentary about Baltimore tonight, but viewers here won't be able to see it on cable TV. That's outrageous, ignorant and maddening. That's the conclusion I came to last week while...

Donnie Andrews, inspiration for Omar character on 'The Wire,' dies

2012-12-14 15:57:00

Like the television character he helped inspire, Donnie Andrews lived by a code. In his earlier years when he was robbing rival dealers as a young hustler in West Baltimore — experiences that would later form the basis for the popular Omar...

Filmmaker behind Hubble Space Telescope documentary to speak in Baltimore

2012-11-12 06:00:00

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured distant reaches of the universe over the past 22 years, but with the end of the space shuttle program, has not been repaired since 2009. A filmmaker is challenging that decision with the documentary "Saving Hubble"...

Datebook

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Sunday, Nov. 11 Theater The Pasadena Theatre Company presents the musical "1776" at 3 p.m. at the Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds Lane in Brooklyn Park. Play is based on events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets...

Oliver Stone stopping in Baltimore to screen new documentary

2012-11-06 10:06:00

Filmmaker Oliver Stone will be in Baltimore Thursday, screening his new documentary and fielding questions about it. "Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States," a series that re-examines American foreign policy, is now airing on Showtime....

'Seal Team Six' celebrates Obama, suffers sins of docudrama

2012-11-05 10:20:00

There is no TV genre more problematic than docudrama. And Sunday's premiere of "SEAL Team Six," which claims to be the true, inside story of the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, is as problematic as they come. The core issues all grow from the...

Anne Arundel County Digest

2012-11-02 00:00:00

'Saving Hubble' David Gaynes' documentary will be screened at 4 p.m. Nov. 14 in Anne Arundel Community College's Humanities Building Room 112, 101 College Parkway on the Arnold campus. Free event is sponsored by the college's Astronomy Club. Information:...

Levinson's latest is no Valentine to his hometown

2012-10-29 10:51:00

Three decades and more than 25 films into his directing career, and Barry Levinson is still mining his hometown for movie ideas. But his latest film, a horror-mystery about a murderous parasite let loose in the Chesapeake Bay, is about as far removed...

4th annual Town of Bel Air Film Festival Kicks off at Bel Air Armory Oct. 19

2012-10-16 09:30:00

The Bel Air Cultural Arts Commission has announced that the fourth annual Town of Bel Air Film Festival will be held this weekend - Oct. 19-21 - at the Bel Air Reckord Armory at 37-41 North Main St. This year's festival features four documentaries, all...

Jermaine Jackson greets fans from the red carpet before the premiere.

2013-04-29 06:53:00

Thomas Mesereau, who successfully defended Michael Jackson in the star's 2005 child molestation trial, arrives with Star Campbell.

2013-04-29 06:53:00

Jackson's brother Jackie arrives.

2013-04-29 06:53:00