Midday host Tom Hall is joined by Jed Dietz , the Maryland Film Festival's founder and director; Ann Hornaday , Washington Post film critic and author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies ; plus a panel of distinguished guests, for a special broadcast of Midday , live from the main theater of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway, the new home of the Maryland Film Festival . The 19th Annual Maryland Film Festival will take place May 3rd-7th 2017. You can find the full schedule here .