Each of the last ten years, the Toronto International Film Festival winner has gone on to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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El Faro memorial to be dedicated in Rockland, nearly seven years after cargo ship tragedy
The memorial sculpture was made by Warren artist Jay Sawyer, who had a career in the maritime industry before becoming an artist.
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Bedside table: A book you won’t want to put down
Book recommendations from readers.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Midcoast,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Review: In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Lucy Barton confronts the pandemic
Despite its grim backdrop, ‘Lucy by the Sea’ offers considerable pleasures, among them a chance to spend more time with Barton, a recurring Strout character.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Society Notebook: Scarborough Land Trust names Eddie Woodin Conservationist of the Year
The land trust has conserved more than 1,600 acres.
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How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this
Proposals to force northern nations to accept migrants, and to geoengineer a cooler planet, could make our problems worse.
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Art review: One show celebrates Surrealism, another mud. Both are terrific
At the Portland Museum of Art and Ogunquit Museum of American Art, respectively, see ‘obstreperous’ Surrealists, who proposed upending all art, and John Walker, who finds beauty, and meaning, in mud.
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‘SNL’ makes history with 1st out nonbinary cast member
They is best known for their role in the Amazon Prime series ‘A League of Their Own.’