by Maryland Film Festival | May 9, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway
Sollers Point is a story that is uniquely Baltimore, although many of its themes are universal. The film is importantly set around Sollers Point Road, which runs from Holabird Avenue almost to Broening Highway. It is in this stretch of Dundalk that Keith (McCaul...
by Maryland Film Festival | Apr 25, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway
While not as publicized as cases of police brutality and police shootings in cities like New York, Oakland, Ferguson, and right here in Baltimore, the 2014 killing of Dontre Hamilton in Milwaukee is as shocking and tragic as any. The absolutely riveting and often...
by Maryland Film Festival | Mar 6, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway
Ashley McKenzie’s Werewolf is a startling feature debut centered upon a young homeless couple living on the margins of society in a small Canadian town. Sleeping where they can, trying in vain to coax extra methadone from clinic employees, all the while dragging...
by Christine Wertz | Jan 16, 2018 | MdFF, Parkway, Special Event
Through director Kelly Reichardt’s measured frame, the world reveals itself to be as quietly beautiful as it is sharply unforgiving, in Wendy and Lucy, her milestone of contemporary independent film. In most popular movies, the aid of melodic interjections and...
by Maryland Film Festival | Jan 11, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway, Special Event
The incredibly moving documentary Quest, which premiered to great acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, follows nearly a decade in the life of a North Philadelphia family. Christopher “Quest” Rainey and his wife, Christine’a “Ma...
by MdFF | Jun 30, 2017 | Gunky's Basement, Parkway, Special Event
Gunky’s Basement returns! July 12, 9pm. The film series curated+hosted by Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche moves into its new home with a 35mm presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING on the historic big screen of The Parkway. Thanks to Kevin Sherry for...
