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From left: Chloe Soares, Kyra Lesser, Bobby Peretti, and Irving Nestor

Studio North

Homewood to Hollywood

Published July 2, 2018

Studio North production company gives aspiring filmmakers essential hands-on experience creating films

Q+A

An intimate portrait of a working-class life

Published May 10, 2018

In advance of the premiere of his fourth film, 'Sollers Point,' Johns Hopkins lecturer Matthew Porterfield sits down to talk filmmaking, creating complex characters, and the colors of summer in Baltimore

Film

Have a ball at the JHU Film Fest

Published April 18, 2018

Student-curated festival, which runs through Saturday, presents feature films exploring balls, proms, and formals

Black and white photo of artists in costume

Q+A

Body talk

Published April 4, 2018

Artists-in-residence Mary Reid Kelley, Patrick Kelley on their visual language, wordplay, and the politics of language

A little boy peeks out from his hockey mask

Film

Being 7 in Baltimore

Published March 26, 2018

'7 in the City' project, which received Idea Lab funding in 2017, will premiere 12 short documentaries and a related web project in May

Commentary

'Black Panther' taps centuries of dreams

Published Feb 16, 2018

Historian N.D.B. Connolly explores the historical inspirations, both real and imagined, for the film's fictional world of Wakanda / The Hollywood Reporter

'Walter just knows stuff'

Published Winter 2017

Oscar-winning film editor and sound designer Walter Murch likes to dive into obscure subjects—including some discounted 18th-century astrophysics that, he thinks, deserves another look / Johns Hopkins Magazine