WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley talks about his list of Greatest Movies

The King of DC Media, host William Powell, welcomes Movie Critic Jason Fraley, D.C.'s WTOP Entertainment Editor, to talk about his list of Greatest Movies. Jason is self-described as: WTOP Entertainment Editor. Movie Critic. Filmmaker. Crab Picker. Day Tripper. Seinfeld Quoter. Coffee Abuser. MD native raised on Ripken, Joe Gibbs, Rock & Roll

From WTOP:

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history” (and the year any movie came out, ever), Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, became the film critic in 2011, and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

Growing up in Frederick, Maryland, Jason watched Arch Campbell’s movie reviews and made home movies with his twin brother Josh. Under the “Friday Night Lights” of Linganore High, Jason led Hall of Fame coach Rick Conner’s inaugural team to the state title game at Ravens Stadium, during which a sideline interview by The Frederick News-Post inspired him to intern at his hometown paper.

He quickly switched from sports journalism to the arts after interning at USA Today’s “Life” section and training under The Baltimore Sun’s Michael Sragow, first regular critic for Rolling Stone. Jason earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, where he became obsessed with film theory under Professor Joseph Miller, followed by an M.F.A. in Film from American University, where he studied writing and directing under Claudia Myers and Gilles Wheeler.