OGT Spotlight
The Strange Journey of Rocky Horror: From box office flop to cult classic.
By OGT Blog Squad Member Stacia Woycheck “I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.” – The Criminologist On June 1 at 8pm, for one night only, the Old Greenbelt Theatre is going to take you on a strange journey with the screening of the cult classic The Rocky Horror […]
Read More
Four Years On: Four Things I’ve Learned
By OGT Executive Director Caitlin McGrath Even four years later, the memory is crystal clear: A cold night in January, 2015. Sitting in Greenbelt City Council Chambers, the room was packed as we quietly waited for the vote. For nearly two years I had been working a plan to transform the theater into a vibrant […]
Read More
The Alfred Hitchcock Remix, by…Alfred Hitchcock?
By Stacia Woycheck, OGT Blog Squad Member On Monday, May 6, the Monthly Monday Matinee features Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery drama, The Man Who Knew Too Much. The film was released in 1956 and stars James Stewart and Doris Day. I settled in to watch The Man Who Knew Too Much on a recent Friday night. […]
Read More
When one screen isn’t enough…
By Kelly McLaughlin, OGT Director of Marketing & Development “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The famous Dickensian opening lines are tantamount to cliché, but at the same time vastly appropriate to the life of independent, arthouse movie theaters these days, as two dueling articles recently published in Variety […]
Read More
Tammy Hurley: Why I’m a Part of OGT
By Tammy Hurley, OGT Volunteer Concessions Team Leader I knew about the theater before I moved to Greenbelt in 2016. I had no idea of its background or it being non-profit. I did know it showed the kind of movies I was interested in seeing, which was really good enough for me. When I moved […]
Read More
“Watching a Movie” and “Going to the Movies” Are Different Animals
Watching a movie… on your phone, iPad, or other personal screen means privacy, control, independence. You can press stop, pause, or play, rewind or fast forward. You can adjust the volume and brightness, or add captions. You can watch anytime of day or night, anywhere you like. You can be alone, or sitting next to […]
Read More
Independent Movie Theaters are the Stuff Community is Made Of
By Kelly McLaughlin, OGT Director of Marketing & Development I’ve always loved movies. I come by it almost genetically. My father taught film production at various universities during my childhood, and I grew up on a steady diet of indie, niche, and foreign films: The Last Unicorn and The Point being probably the two most […]
Read More
Shining a Spotlight on “Flickering Treasures”
Movie fans and movie theatre fans who haven’t already seen it will not want to miss the beautifully structured exhibit, Flickering Treasures, on view at the National Building Museum through October of this year. The exhibit, created by photo-journalist Amy Davis, traces the social and architectural history of Baltimore’s lost and restored old movie theatres, […]
Read More
Volunteer of the First Quarter: Stacia Woycheck
OGT is happy to announce our VIP Volunteer for the First Quarter of the year is Stacia Woycheck. Stacia joined our OGT volunteer team this January, and she’s jumped in with both feet. You’ll see her sunny smile at concessions, and we hope you’ve had the pleasure of reading some of her contributions to our […]
Read More
THE WOMEN: It’s All About Men…Or is it?
By OGT Blog Squad Member Stacia Woycheck The OGT Monday Matinee on April 1 is The Women (1939), starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell and is directed by George Cukor. The flick features the work of screenwriter, Anita Loos, of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes fame and is based on the play by Clare Booth Luce. […]
Read More
Foreign Films: Good for the Brain & the Heart
By OGT Blog Squad Member Elizabeth Knutson If you enjoy foreign films and languages, subtitles are familiar territory. If you don’t understand the foreign language of the film, you can simply absorb it as atmosphere while reading the English language subtitles. If you do understand the foreign language, you might go back and forth, listening […]
Read More
More than just Bette Davis eyes
By OGT Blog Squad Member Stacia Woycheck The Old Greenbelt Theater features Monday Matinees, a free classic movie the first Monday of each month. This Monday, March 4 at 1pm, Of Human Bondage will be shown, starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard. Since we are just one week past the 2019 Academy Awards, it seems appropriate […]
Read More
Why I wanted BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY to win Best Picture.
By OGT Blog Squad Member Stacia Woycheck What makes a film Oscar worthy? I see films to be entertained, to learn and (being honest) to escape from my reality. For me an Oscar worthy film hits me in my core, perhaps it creates sadness or elation and hopefully it plays deeply on a range of emotions, […]
Read More
OGT Picks the Oscars: Amy’s Picks
We asked our moviegoers, patrons, members, and donors who they would vote for if they were picking the Oscars. And while we are compiling the results, we wanted to share with you some of our staff member’s picks. The last staff member in our installment is Amy Knesel. Amy is OGT”s Office Manger. She keeps […]
Read More
OGT Picks the Oscars: Brenna’s Picks!
We asked our moviegoers, patrons, members, and donors who they would vote for if they were picking the Oscars. And while we are compiling the results, we wanted to share with you some of our staff member’s picks. Brenna Lauer is our House Manager. She’s the friendly face you see running our front-of-house operations. From […]
Read More