Sundance Film Festival

Ten objects that sum up Gary Vikan's life

2013-05-20 07:34:00

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of occasional features on prominent local residents and the possessions they treasure. You can get a pretty good idea of someone's journey through life by looking at the objects with which he surrounds...

Maryland's Nana Meriwether dishes on being too tall, oldest Miss USA

2013-03-21 04:58:00

� "Things happen for a reason." Potomac's Nana Meriwether, the reigning Miss USA, says that a lot. Especially when she talks about the road she followed to her title: two runner-up finishes at the Miss California pageant before being crowned Miss...

Back Story: The brains behind one of the greatest heists in history

2013-03-14 17:09:37

Bruce Reynolds nearly got away with it — and for a time he did. As the brains behind England's 1963 "Great Train Robbery," Reynolds netted some $7 million in small bills for himself and his confederates. Robbing stagecoaches and, later, trains...

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...

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...

Ravens running game powers offense to win

2013-01-06 17:15:00

The way Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce are rolling up yards, the Ravens' running back duo may need a nickname of their own. Reviving memories of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (the Miami Dolphins' Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick) and "Thunder & Lightning"...

Paul Kruger gives the Ravens a needed pass rush

2012-11-29 17:02:00

All Ravens outside linebacker Paul Kruger thinks about nowadays is relentlessly chasing the quarterback. It is an aggressive pursuit fueled by power, speed and well-practiced pass-rushing moves. The path to the quarterback is rarely twisted nowadays for...

Matt Porterfield's new movie accepted into Sundance Film Festival

2012-11-29 14:42:26

"I Used to be Darker," the latest movie from Baltimore's Matt Porterfield, will be shown at January's Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday. "I was in a bit of a state of shock," said Porterfield, who was on a return bus trip from New...

As we head for the cliff, Congress throws Corzine a lifeline

2012-11-28 12:16:00

In case anyone missed the news — and judging by the fact that there aren't angry mobs storming Washington, everyone missed the news — Congress recently absolved Jon Corzine of being criminally responsible for actions that "wiped out...

For these Baltimore folks, thankfulness is personal

2012-11-22 00:00:00

This time of year, "thankfulness" and "gratitude" are terms folks throw around so much that they almost become greeting card platitudes. Maybe people mean it, maybe they don't. Doctors have linked the concept of gratitude to inner peace, even physical...

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...

Oct. 10: Drunk History

2012-10-10 00:00:00

With 'Drunk History,' Lutherville's Derek Waters has a tipsy hit Five years ago, Lutherville native Derek Waters was a struggling comedian in Los Angeles. Like thousands before him, he had dreams of being cast on "Saturday Night Live" or making it in...

8 p.m. Monday, May 20, PBS At 86, Mel Brooks busts any desirable demo, but this new "American Masters" special shows the comedy master behind "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "Spaceballs," "Get Smart" and my personal favorite, "History of the World: Part I," still knows

2013-05-20 06:49:00

Premieres: Monday, July 29 on Sundance Channel Why we're watching: It's like, a TV show about making a TV show. Seriously though, Sundance and Entertainment Weekly partner up to offer a rare glimpse inside the writers' room on some of our favorite scripted television series.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Motherhood is explored in "Mammas" on Sundance. With Isabella Rossellini.

2013-05-10 12:39:00