Considered part of a generation of young ‘New Hollywood’ directors, Bogdanovich was heralded as an auteur from the start, with the chilling lone shooter film ‘Targets’ and soon after ‘The Last Picture Show.’
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Press Play: Listen to ‘Make A Fuss’ by Jacob McCurdy
The lyric video features gorgeous Maine coast scenery.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal makes an astonishing directorial debut in ‘The Lost Daughter’
Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a quietly astonishing directorial debut with “The Lost Daughter,” a crafty treatise on maternal ambivalence that delivers an unsettling emotional wallop. Olivia Colman plays Leda, a professor on sabbatical who has decided to spend time in Greece while working on her next book. As a woman of a certain age, abroad and […]
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Got Tix: Where to find concert tickets to upcoming shows
Local singer-songwriter Jud Caswell performs in Brunswick on Saturday and proceeds benefit Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program and the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project.
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Omicron forces Sundance Film Festival to go virtual
Last year’s film festival, a mostly online event, reached the largest audience in the festival’s history.
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Grammy Awards postponed due to omicron variant
The postponement marks the second year in a row that the Grammys have been delayed because of COVID-19.
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David Bowie’s music catalog sold to Warner
He released more than 400 songs before he died in 2016.
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TV host Seth Meyers contracts COVID-19, show dark this week
He said in a tweet that he feels fine thanks to the vaccine and booster.
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Maine Council of Churches urges virtual-only worship services to slow surge of COVID-19
While some churches will consider the council’s plea to reduce virus transmission, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will continue to offer in-person services, saying its protocols have proven effective.
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Betty White’s 7-decade acting career included performances in Madison
White, who died Friday at 99, performed at Lakewood Theater in 1962, 1963 and 1968.