Earlier this month, a major blow was dealt to documentary filmmakers’ and journalists’ First Amendment rights. On May 6, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled in favor of a motion by the Chevron oil company subpoenaing 600 hours of footage of Joe Berlinger’s documentary Crude, which exposes the corporate malfeasance and massive...
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Emmy award-winning, Oscar-nominated documentarian Ken Burns was in Baltimore Dec. 8, at the B&O Railroad Museum. He’s been in town often this year, he says, giving speeches, doing promo appearances, visiting The Sun. This time it was to win yet another award: the 2009 Patriotism Award bestowed by the American Flag Foundation. The foundation,...
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A mysterious press release came out of the state Department of Business and Economic Development Dec. 11 that’s left some members of Baltimore’s film community scratching their heads in wonder. The release, sent out by the department which houses the Maryland Film Office–the agency charged with attracting filmmakers to the state–proclaims “Governor O’Malley Announces...
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On Saturday, May 17, over 112,000 people attended Preakness and another 150,000 people went to the Joint Service Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George’s County. Among the Air Show attendees were 40-odd peace activists. Well . . . sort of. The activists, who were brought together to...
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OC Alternatives Sizzlin’ Summer Calendar: Assateague Island National Seashore, North Point State Park, Rehoboth Beach, and more 5/15/2013
Charm Offensive Feature: Meet the unpaid, underappreciated, and underprotected stars of underwear football By Violet Levoit 5/22/2013
Real-Life Embarassing Sex Stories Feature: Submitted by City Paper readers 2/13/2013
Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Sage Advice Eats and Drinks: Mount Washington spot survives a year, but must refine for the long haul By John Houser III 5/22/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012