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 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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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
‘Antlers’ is a creature feature, grounded in real-world horrors
Scott Cooper, the actor-turned-filmmaker (“Crazy Heart”) from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, isn’t known for horror movies – at least not the conventional kind – but for having an eye and an ear for an America that’s often forgotten by those in its bigger cities. In such films as “Out of the Furnace,” he displayed an […]
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Downeast’
The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Society Notebook: Maine family-owned businesses recognized for their impact, near and far
The Institute for Family-Owned Business held its annual awards ceremony for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Theater review: Suspicions swirl among large, talented cast of ‘Lady Susan’
Good Theater gives an entertaining world premiere of the adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Deep Water: ‘The Close,’ by Katie Prior
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2021
Art review: Delve into the mysteries of the universe at Maine Jewish Museum
A painting and a sculpture exhibit seem to have little in common, but both are reminders of those things we struggle to grasp.
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