Maryland Film Festival

Katherine L. Vaughns

2013-05-15 13:17:00

Katherine L. Vaughns, a University of Maryland School of Law professor and secretary of the Center Stage board who immersed herself in the arts community, died of pancreatic cancer May 4 at a Sinai Hospital hospice unit. The Bolton Hill resident was 68....

Maryland Film Festival 2013 continues event's expansion

2013-05-13 06:21:00

It used to be that the Maryland Film Festival was just a cool neighborhood event for Courtney Knipp — a bunch of obscure movies being shown just up the street from her home in Mount Vernon. Not anymore, not with thousands of film fans massing in...

'12 O'clock Boys' director is riding high

2013-05-08 09:21:00

Lotfy Nathan spent some five years putting together his film about West Baltimore's dirt-bike culture. Now, with national acclaim for "12 O'clock Boys" promising to turn it into one of the year's breakout documentaries after a February premiere at the...

'Hit & Stay' looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond

2013-05-08 10:24:00

Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...

Catonsville resident co-produces Beatles film at Maryland Film Festival

2013-05-08 06:04:00

Beatles fans in the Baltimore area will have an opportunity to see the history of the Fab Four through an insider's eyes this week. "Good Ol' Freda" chronicles the life and experiences of the Beatles' secretary and fan club manager, Freda Kelly. The...

Guy Werner, Videopolis curator

2013-05-07 10:09:00

Every spring, the Maryland Film Festival takes over Station North, drawing thousands to the Charles Theatre and nearby blocks. Since 2008, a smaller, more experimental video exhibit has run the same weekend inside the Metro Gallery — across the...

Also from Baltimore …

2013-05-04 00:00:00

A dozen films to be shown at this year's Maryland Film Festival have ties to Baltimore or Maryland — a record number, organizers say. Here are some of the highlights: "12 O'Clock Boys" Maryland Institute College of Art grad Lotfy Nathan's...

MICA president Fred Lazarus to retire at end of 2014 academic year

2013-04-29 17:10:00

As President Fred Lazarus IV expanded the Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 35 years and helped turn it into one of the nation's leading arts colleges, supporters say, he has also focused on Baltimore — to the betterment of his college...

Md. high court denies new Parkway Theatre trial

2013-04-23 14:53:00

A request by the former owner of the Parkway Theatre for a new condemnation trial was denied Tuesday by Maryland's high court. A&E North LLC argued that the city should have paid to remove “automobile parts and other assorted junk” stored in...

Double Dagger to host '333' release party on Record Store Day

2013-04-11 12:12:00

Eighteen months ago, Baltimore post-punk heroes Double Dagger played its final show at the Ottobar. But the trio of Nolen Strals, Denny Bowen and Bruce Willen aren't finished celebrating the band's career. On April 20 — internationally known as...

Baltimore's own Divine to be featured at SXSW Festival

2013-03-08 14:20:00

"I Am Divine," a documentary on the life and career of Baltimore's favorite home-grown drag queen, was to make its debut Saturday night at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas. Director Jeffrey Schwarz, interviewed for SXSW's online...

Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods

2013-01-12 13:07:00

Change has swept through the University of Baltimore — and the surrounding neighborhood — over the past decade. Striking new academic buildings, an apartment building and the university's first dormitory have appeared among the brownstones...

Farihah Zaman, Jeff Reichert, Steve Dollar and Nick Pinkerton attended the Maryland Film Festival Opening Night Party at Maryland Institute College of Art Brown Center.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Audience members take in a picture at the Maryland Film Festival.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Audience members take in a short picture at the 2013 Maryland Film Festival.

2013-05-08 00:00:00