Last night at The Senator Theatre
Let me start by saying I went to The Senator last night simply to see, for free, a classic film I’d never watched all the way through and to check […]
Southwest Video update
Last time I wrote about Southwest Video, the Halethorpe business was closed even after the county Board of Appeals ruled it was improperly shut down by county officials. Southwest did […]
Ehrlich pledges $7M for state film incentive fund
This gubernatorial campaign season’s going to be a doozie — and it looks like one of the battle grounds will be Maryland’s ability to attract film and television productions. On […]
No lacrosse movie for Maryland
A few months ago I told you that Hollywood’s first lacrosse movie might be filmed in Maryland. In my story I also said Maryland’s depleted film incentives fund could keep […]
Ripped from the headlines
On this Take Your Child to Work Day, I remember the time in August 2008 when my daughter — a fan of the televison show Law & Order — tagged along […]
Historic women’s-only race to be run Preakness weekend
According to filmmaker Jason Neff, “everybody said a race like this could never happen.” On Preakness weekend, eight retired women jockeys are running in the first “Lady Legends Race for […]
Local teen entrepreneurs star in film
Last year I wrote about Baltimore students who were involved in a national competition for young entrepreneurs as part of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship program. NFTE was founded in […]
Md. jockey to be in ‘Secretariat’
Maryland jockey Grant Whitacre will be portraying Paul Feliciano in the movie “Secretariat,” which is slated to be released in the fall. Feliciano rode the 1973 Triple Crown winner in […]
‘Response’ to movie could be Oscar
The University of Maryland School of Law soon might be able to add “location for an Academy Award-winning film” to its promotional materials. “The Response,” written by alum Sig Libowitz […]
“My One and Only” Baltimore hotel package
Capitalizing on its appearance in the new Renee Zellweger movie, “My One and Only,” Baltimore‘s Peabody Court Hotel has come out with a romance travel package as a salute to […]
“My One and Only” Baltimore hotel package
Capitalizing on its appearance in the new Renee Zellweger movie, “My One and Only,” Baltimore‘s Peabody Court Hotel has come out with a romance travel package as a salute to […]
Ferris Bueller, Esq.
Washington lawyer Edward McNally grew up with the late movie director John Hughes in the Chicago suburbs — and had 27 days off his final semester of high school — but says he […]






