Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
‘Eternals’ has too much Marvel, not enough Chloe Zhao
Chloe Zhao, fresh off winning two historic Oscars for “Nomadland,” gracefully handles a thankless job with “Eternals,” a Marvel Cinematic Universe origin story that suffers from all the baggy, convoluted drawbacks of the form. Based on characters created by Jack Kirby that first appeared in a 1976 comic, the latest installment of never-ending MCU hegemony […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
Deep Water: ‘how the body heals,’ by Jeri Theriault
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
Art review: At Cove Street Arts, exhibits on oil and water make an absorbing mix
A show of watercolors by various artists and another of photographs of oil tanks by Tim Greenway are both on display at the Portland gallery.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
This acorn squash soup is creamy and flavorful with only 6 ingredients
The leaves crunch under my feet on my morning walks these days. The sun, still bright, is starting to hold back its warmth. What color are the trees where you are? Is it sweater weather there, too? On these cool, mid-autumn nights I find myself making a lot of soup. With acorn squashes piled high […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
In ‘Spencer,’ a messy but moving portrait of Princess Diana, Kristen Stewart inhabits the title role
Princess Diana may be gone, but she’s never really left the left the public eye. One of the more recent examples came by way of Season 4 of “The Crown,” the popular Netflix series that, since 2016, has succeeded in portraying the humanity of Britain’s royals – in all their shades of gray – while […]
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PublishedNovember 7, 2021
Bryant Terry on ‘Black Food,’ plant-based eating and where he finds inspiration
An award-winning author who has been writing plant-based cookbooks for the better part of two decades, Bryant Terry calls his latest project, “Black Food,” “a communal shrine to the shared culinary histories of the African diaspora.” He writes in the introduction: “These pages offer up gratitude to the great chain of Black lives, and to […]
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PublishedNovember 2, 2021
Horror film/love story ‘Last Night in Soho’ is equal parts delicious and disappointing
A medley of compelling psychological thriller, pitch-perfect homage to 1960s London, sweet if superficial love story, tingling murder mystery, intriguing time-travel crime drama and only serviceable slasher flick, “Last Night in Soho” bears the hallmarks of director Edgar Wright’s particular passions, including a fascination with genre cinema and impeccably curated, period-appropriate needle-drops. (Among the soundtrack […]
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Tap Lines: Can’t get enough milk stouts? This year, there’s even s’more
New releases from Maine breweries join the perennial favorites.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Eat & Run: Hurry up and get your hands on this roast beef sandwich
You’ll need plenty of napkins to make it through a meal from George’s North Shore.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2021
Indie Film: Travel the world from your living room during the Maine Jewish Film Festival
The nine-day, 17-film event – exploring universal themes in an immersive experience – continues in its virtual format, starting Saturday.
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