Midday at the Movies: This Holiday, Some New Spins on Male Identity

It's the December edition of Midday at the Movies, our monthly feature about films and filmmaking, and joining Tom to consider the cascade of pre-Oscars holiday movies are two of our favorite film fans: here in the studio, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday, who is also the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies; and on the line from Manhattan, Maryland Film Festival founder Jed Dietz.Today, Tom and the movie mavens talk about some interesting new angles on male identity being explored in new films such as Martin Scorsese's The Irishman; James Mangold's Ford v. Ferrari; Marielle Heller's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood; ​and Melina Matsoukas' Queen and Slim.And Tom asks listeners to share their favorite holiday movie; he votes, as always, for Love, Actually, the 2003 romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon (and many more...)Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.