Today is Midday at the Movies, our monthly focus on new films and film-industry trends with movie aficionados Jed Dietz, founding director of the Maryland Film Festival, and Max Weiss, film critic and Editor-in-Chief of Baltimore Magazine.

This week we talk summer films, including Twisters and Longlegs. What are your favorite movies of the summer?

Today is Midday at the Movies, our monthly focus on new films and film-industry trends with movie aficionados Jed Dietz, founding director of the <a href="https://mdfilmfest.com/about-the-festival/">Maryland Film Festival</a><a href="https://mdfilmfest.com/about-the-festival/">,</a> and Max Weiss, film critic and Editor-in-Chief of Baltimore Magazine.
This week we talk summer films, including Twisters and Longlegs. What are your favorite movies of the summer?

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

Midday

Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine.  We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at midday@wypr.org.

Midday at the Movies: Summertime is for blockbusters!

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Richard Worley joins Midday to discuss historic lows in homicide, violence reduction and the ongoing federal consent decree.

Over the weekend, the Baltimore Peace Movement held its quarterly Peace Promise weekend. While Baltimore is seeing an uptick in murders, a tragic annual occurrence during the warmer summer months, homicides are at decade lows.

The first half of 2024 saw 89 killings, the second-fewest since 1970, and a more than 50% decline from two years ago. According to reporting from the Baltimore Sun, each six-month period since the first half of 2020 has seen a decline.

Meanwhile, the Baltimore City entered into its seventh year under federal consent decree. The judge overseeing the consent decree has found the department fully compliant with two requirements of the agreement, including a health and wellness program that has become a paradigm for law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad.

(Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Police Department)

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Richard Worley joins Midday to discuss historic lows in homicide, violence reduction and the ongoing federal consent decree.
Over the weekend, the Baltimore Peace Movement held its quarterly Peace Promise weekend. While Baltimore is seeing an uptick in murders, a tragic annual occurrence during the warmer summer months, homicides are at decade lows.
The first half of 2024 saw 89 killings, the second-fewest since 1970, and a more than 50% decline from two years ago. <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/01/baltimore-decline-gun-violence/ ">According to reporting from the Baltimore Sun</a>, each six-month period since the first half of 2020 has seen a decline.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore City entered into its seventh year under federal consent decree. <a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/bpd-consent-decree-compliance-WG2D6UYEBNG43EYMF62ATZIEG4/">The judge overseeing the consent decree has found the department fully compliant with two requirements of the agreement</a>, including a health and wellness program that has become a paradigm for law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad.
(Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Police Department)

We ask Baltimore's top cop about homicide drop and the consent decree

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production.

Rousuck takes a look at Grand Horizons, presented by Cockpit in Court at Community College of Baltimore County Essex through August 4. The dynamics of one family are central to the play, and the story is part domestic comedy, part domestic drama.

(Photo by Trent Haines-Hopper)

Theater critic <a href="https://twitter.com/jrousuck?lang=en">J. Wynn Rousuck</a> joins Midday to share another weekly review of a local theatrical production.
Rousuck takes a look at Grand Horizons, <a href="https://www.ccbcmd.edu/Student-Life/Arts-Culture/Theatre/pages/Cockpit-in-Court.html">presented by Cockpit in Court at Community College of Baltimore County Essex</a> through August 4. The dynamics of one family are central to the play, and the story is part domestic comedy, part domestic drama.
(Photo by Trent Haines-Hopper)

Rousuck's Review: 'Grand Horizons' at CCBC Essex

Judith Krummeck's The Deceived Onesreinterprets the classic Twelfth Night in a contemporary Baltimore setting. Her new novel chronicles the journey of twins, Vira and Sevastyan, a brother and sister from Ukraine who escape their war-torn homeland and come to Charm City.

Vira is a talented musician, who becomes begins working on a new opera at the Peabody Institute in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Inspired by Shakespeare, Krummeck weaves a fun and poignant tale, replete with mistaken identities, heartfelt ardor, and a bit of mischief.

This episode originally aired May 7, 2024.

Judith Krummeck's <a href="https://www.judithkrummeck.com/the-deceived-ones">The Deceived Ones</a> reinterprets the classic Twelfth Night in a contemporary Baltimore setting. Her new novel chronicles the journey of twins, Vira and Sevastyan, a brother and sister from Ukraine who escape their war-torn homeland and come to Charm City.
Vira is a talented musician, who becomes begins working on a new opera at the Peabody Institute in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Inspired by Shakespeare, Krummeck weaves a fun and poignant tale, replete with mistaken identities, heartfelt ardor, and a bit of mischief.
This episode originally aired May 7, 2024.

Midday at the Movies: Summertime is for blockbusters!

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