Movies under the stars for every day of the workweek

Even 'The Godfather' goes al fresco as part of Baltimore's outdoor film series

At Wyman Park Dell, rock and rock movies get equal weight. The live concert/film double-bills include tonight's match of Muscle Twin & Track & Stream with "The Fearless Freaks: The Wondrously Improbably Story of the Flaming Lips;" Jaabs + Squaaks with "A Hard Day's Night" (June 26); and Deep Cuts & Puddle with "Urgh! A Music War" (July 3).

Mondays and Fridays: The Lakefront Film Festival

Mondays are for G or PG movies. Fridays are for PG-13s, and even then, Tom Brzezinski, who has hosted Columbia's Lakefront Film Festival for over four decades, shies away from "the harder PG-13 titles."

"I feel good about showing Alan Shankman's 'Hairspray,'" he wrote in an e-mail, "but would have a harder time justifying his newer film, 'Rock of Ages.' "

He still has managed to showcase some of the most honored mainstream films of recent years, including "The Artist," "'The Help," "Hugo," "True Grit" and "The Adventures of Tintin." And the schedule also boasts a Baltimore-area premiere: Rob Reiner's youthful relationship movie, "Flipped," which suffered a rainout last season.

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