Welcome to Midday at the Movies, our monthly look at films and filmmaking.We're pleased to have two movie mavens join us again. Ann Hornaday is film critic for the Washington Post, Jed Dietz, the founder and former director of the Maryland Film Festival and Parkway Theater.

We discuss the latest movies out in theatres, including You Hurt My Feelings, Master Gardener, Beau Is Afraid and Reality. We also reflect on the 15th anniversary of Iron Man. As Ann Hornaday writes in the Washington Post, the film had an artistic, authentic vision which would eventually lead superhero movies into a new era of corporate, milquetoast blockbusters.

Plus, the latest on the writers' strike in Hollywood. Could directors be the next to join the picket line?

(Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Welcome to <a href="https://www.wypr.org/tags/midday-at-the-movies">Midday at the Movies</a>, our monthly look at films and filmmaking.We're pleased to have two movie mavens join us again. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/ann-hornaday/">Ann Hornaday</a> is film critic for the Washington <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/">Post</a>, <a href="https://mdfilmfest.com/jed-dietz-to-retire/">Jed Dietz</a>, the founder and former director of the <a href="https://mdfilmfest.com/">Maryland Film Festival and Parkway Theater</a>.
We discuss the latest movies out in theatres, including You Hurt My Feelings, Master Gardener, Beau Is Afraid and Reality. We also reflect on the 15th anniversary of Iron Man. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2023/05/11/iron-man-anniversary-mcu/">As Ann Hornaday writes in the Washington Post</a>, the film had an artistic, authentic vision which would eventually lead superhero movies into a new era of corporate, milquetoast blockbusters.
Plus, the latest on the writers' strike in Hollywood. Could directors be the next to join the picket line?
(Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

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.

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