Leslie Bridgers

Columnist

Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review

There are few bones to pick in this touching story about healing

by Kristen Page-Kirby Special To The Washington Post

Trailers for the movie “Dog” – co-directed by and starring Channing Tatum as a retired Army Ranger named Riggs who takes a former K-9 comrade to her handler’s funeral – make it look like a fun road trip. Lulu, a Belgian Malinois, is a difficult dog: She chews the car seats, grabs snacks at every […]

Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Book review: ‘Mercy Street’ may be the last novel about abortion before Roe v. Wade is dismantled

by Ron Charles The Washington Post

Almost one in four American women will have an abortion during their lifetimes. Unless she’s a woman in a literary novel, in which case she’s highly unlikely to. Almost 50 years after Roe v. Wade affirmed a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, fiction writers seem reluctant to mention the procedure. Even now, as theocrats […]

Posted inArts & Entertainment

Is it safe? In the movie theater business, the question is how much to promise older audiences

by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post

In January, Paula Bailey faced a decision. She was eager to see “Flee,” an animated documentary about an Afghan refugee that had been receiving rave reviews and would be nominated for three Oscars. But with the omicron variant of the coronavirus still surging, she had second thoughts. Realizing that the film was available both in […]

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