Robert Redford

Books on the big screen -- 'Great Gatsby' to launch Cannes film festival

2013-03-12 15:04:00

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will kick off the 66th Festival de Cannes, organizers announced today. "It is a great honor for all those who have worked on 'The Great Gatsby' to open the Cannes Film Festival," Luhrmann said in a...

Compass Rose treads 'Barefoot' through one of Simon's best works

2013-02-14 14:17:00

Now offering its fifth production since opening in the 2011-2012 season, Compass Rose Theater seems comfortably rooted in its strip-mall Eastport Shopping Center location. The cozy storefront lends an offbeat charm to the company's current offering,...

Ray Lewis and 'the life we live with after that'

2013-01-14 17:31:00

"Some mistakes we never stop paying for." — Roy Hobbs, played by Robert Redford, in "The Natural," the 1984 Barry Levinson film based on the Bernard Malamud novel. The announcement of Ray Lewis' retirement and his team's breathtaking run to...

History Matters: Animal ads from 100 years ago

2012-07-06 00:00:00

100 years ago Horse sense From a Times article on horse training, sans the whips — "Handling the colt, kindness and firmness make it easy. I have seen colts broken at two years old with whip and main force, but I think my way is best, the way we...

Great Gatsby trailer promises greatness

2012-05-23 11:27:00

The trailer for "The Great Gatsby," Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, shows promise. (It certainly couldn't be as bad as the 1974 adaptation, which was flat and passion-less, despite a cast that include Robert Redford,...

Exhibit of Todd Holden photographs showing in Bel Air

2012-05-08 14:09:00

An exhibit of black and white photographs by Todd Holden of Bel Air is showing at the gallery in the Harford County Council building at 212 S. Bond St. in Bel Air. The free exhibit is set to run through the end of May and is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on...

West Friendship: Glenelg Country School senior earns praise from Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

2012-04-08 00:00:00

Congratulations to Glenelg Country School senior Hailey Kim, who recently earned national recognition in the 2012 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Hailey's winning painting titled, "Beyondness,"...

Gold medal in hand, Friends School senior heads to top art college

2012-04-12 09:34:00

Emilio Martinez's first exposure to art came early in life, when his parents took him to the Visionary Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. "I think I was, like, an infant," said the Roland Park native. But his first exposure may have been even...

Laurel Mill Playhouse's 'Barefoot' is lighthearted romp in the park

2012-03-19 09:46:00

Every now and then in community theater, you happen across a moment when the stars seem to align. The Laurel Mill Playhouse's stellar opening night performance of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," directed by Ed Higgins, was one such instance. A...

The faces behind Baltimore commercials

2011-05-02 05:25:00

Maybe you've heard these phrases before: "If you have a phone, you have an attorney." "You're making a big mistake." "Nobody bothers me." "Jack says 'Yes.'" For better or worse, these are the catchphrases of Baltimore advertising, lines delivered...

25 movies added to National Film Registry

2010-12-29 07:30:25

From the MIchael Sragow Gets Reel blog: Today the Library of Congress announced 25 more selections for the National Film Registry. The Registry is designed to highlight the American cinema's broad social-cultural significance as well as mark its key...

Don't expect much from next Great Man

2008-11-05 00:00:00

Finally, blessedly, it's over. After the longest, most expensive campaign in American history, the voters have decided who will be the next Great Man to take the helm of our ship of state. Sen. Barack Obama has been swept into the presidency on a wave...

as the love of his life -- also his inspiration to hit well. How it changed the game: Before there could be a "Field of Dreams," there had to be a "Natural," which played with human emotions as if that was a sport unto itself.

2013-04-03 11:19:00

Matt Stone and Trey Parker ("South Park") Also: Christopher Meloni Jonah Hill (attended) Robert Redford (attended)

2013-03-19 13:54:00

Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Film Festival, attend Artist at the Table, a benefit for the Sundance Institute.

2013-01-21 11:07:00