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Hey everybody -- long time no post. This is one of the projects that's kept me off the forums the last few years... not record-related, but most def physical-media-related. Here in Baltimore, the land of John Waters and The Wire, myself and some friends (including another strutter, erehwon)...

Didn't see a thread for this yet... just arrived in Toronto in time to grab tickets for the Orioles vs. Blue Jays tonight, and then tomorrow I'll jump in with a projected 43 movies from 25 countries over 11 days. I have tickets for Malick's booed-at-Venice TO THE WONDER, Baumbach's FRANCES...

David Cronenberg's 1983 mind-melter VIDEODROME will screen from a 35mm print 9pm Tuesday, October 25th on the largest screen of the historic Charles Theater (1711 N. Charles Street, 1 block from Penn Station). Just five bucks! This screening is part of Gunky's Basement, the Maryland Film...

Here's the annual thread about one of the world's best film festivals, taking place September 8-18. The bulk of this year's line-up has been announced. Off the top, already on board for this year's edition are new films from Werner Herzog, Lynne Ramsay, David Cronenberg, Frederick Wiseman...

So as some of you know I'm a programmer at Maryland Film Festival. We've got an amazing line-up this year, 40+ features (most of them with the directors and/or stars presenting) and 60 or so shorts from all over the world. Highlights include UNCLE BOONMEE, MEEK'S CUTOFF, John Waters...

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So my sister and her husband are ultra-religious and live In a secluded rural area. They are not quite Tea Partiers, but that reference point gets you in the right ballpark. They have two kids -- my niece, age 5, and my nephew, aged 10. My nephew has exhibited every sign that he'd be a real...

Get ready for the second film in GUNKY'S BASEMENT, the MD Film Fest series curated and hosted by musician Dan Deacon and artist Jimmy Joe Roche: Alex Cox's REPO MAN! This cult classic dark comedy is set in the punk wasteland of mid-80s LA, stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, and...

After a post-Halloween revisiting of DEEP RED, I'd have to go with this scene:

Maryland Film Festival is showing a 35mm print of John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi/horror classic THE THING on one of the largest screens in Maryland -- Baltimore's historic Charles Theatre. It's Thursday 10/21, 9pm, $5. The screening will be hosted by Baltimore musician DAN DEACON and his...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/books/19saramago.html?src=mv R.I.P. to an author with a strong vision and gripping, distinct writing style. Mediocre film adaptation aside, Blindness = one of my favorite novels of the last 20 years. The way he made a success of himself as a senior...

Maryland Film Festival 2010 (May 6-9 in downtown Baltimore) has:--the documentaries WHEEDLE'S GROOVE (Seattle soul/funk) and UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US (Norwegian black metal) with the directors presenting--the Japanese noise/improv performance film WE DON'T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY...also of...

So my friend's parents gave him a week at their vacation spot in, of all places, Williamsburg, VA. I haven't been there since I was a kid, is there much of anything there besides ye olde towne?anyway, a few of us are going to head down there just to get out of town, and the plan is to check out...

Knowing that The Wire stays soulstrut catnip, thought some of you might enjoy this article that came out in Baltimore City Paper today about some of the disgruntled OGs who feel the show was based on their lives:http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=17966

Maryland Film Festival 2009 (our 11th annual) will take place May 7-10 in downtown Baltimore. We've begun announcing our line-up here:http://www.md-filmfest.com/films.cfm... with many more announcements coming soon, including our Opening and Closing Night programs. Each festival includes 40+ new...

An 11-film Robert Altman series begins this Saturday at the Charles Theatre (1711 N. Charles Street).www.thecharles.comThis series offers the best of the miraculous streak of films that made his reputation in the 1970s, along with a selection of his later work, beginning with The Player, that...

One of my favorite films of 2008, one that I helped bring to bmore in Maryland Film Festival 2008 and has gone on to get amazing reviews, opens theatrically in SF and Bmore (@ Charles Theatre) today...At the time, it was the little indie film that could, promoted by photocopies fliers and word...

So I asked my lady what she'd like to do for Valentine's and her surprising reply was to go to NYC and see this:Help me find the perfect place to eat before or after the show in this area:Cort Theatre138 West 48th Street(Between 6th and 7th Avenue)NOT trying to find a fancy, expensive place --...

At the Charles Theatre (1711 N. Charles)SATURDAY, 1/24 NOON;MONDAY, 1/26 7 PM;THURSDAY, 1/29 9 PM.Jean-Luc GodardBrigitte BardotGiorgia MollMichel PiccoliJack PalanceRaoul CoutardGeorges DelerueFritz Lang"One of Godard's most beautiful, fluid and romantic films, enriched by cinematographer Raoul...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081225/ap_on_re_us/eu_britain_obit_pinterRIP to one of the greats.