The indie film ‘Pretenders’ can be seen now online as part of the Cinequest Film Festival.
Life & Culture
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How to watch the 2021 Oscar nominees
While “Parasite” winning best picture marked one of the final widely celebrated moments before we all went into lockdown, award season chatter has been (rightfully) overshadowed this year. And with inconsistent theatrical releases, the Oscar nominees announced Monday largely consist of titles that managed to emerge as front-runners from the glut of films on streaming […]
Brockmeier depicts 100 possibilities of afterlife
Each of the stories in Kevin Brockmeier’s story collection can be read in less than 2 distressing minutes.
Star of Hope, the Vinalhaven home of late artist Robert Indiana, gets new life
The deteriorating structure has been stabilized, but its future function is still uncertain.
‘The Father’ is a meticulously constructed story in which very little is what it seems
In the intricate, exquisitely crafted movie “The Father,” Anthony Hopkins plays Anthony, an elderly gentleman living in a well-appointed flat in London, which he’s been sharing with his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman) until she informs him that she’s moving to Paris to be with a man she’s recently met. Such is the inciting incident in […]
Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art holds first virtual fundraiser
The Contemporaries Winter Bash featured artist interviews, a film screening, a music performance and more.
Gritty new crime thriller ‘Downeast’ gives Portland an extreme closeup
Shot in the Old Port and on the waterfront, the film let Maine-born actor Greg Finley realize his dream of making a movie in his home state.
Nico Walker’s life story made for a gripping novel. The movie version is less effective.
Tom Holland goes to impressive lengths to become unrecognizable in “Cherry,” an ambitious adaptation of Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel. In that highly regarded book, the author recounted his descent from middle-class security and a promising education to his service as an Army medic in the Iraq War; when he returned home he was wracked with […]
Bedside Table: Why don’t we know their names? We’ll give you one guess
“I have been reading about women achieving success despite the obstacles that were supposed to hold them back – women who were told they wouldn’t succeed because they were women, books such as “Fly Girls,” “Code Girls,” “Rise of the Rocket Girls, “Code Name: Lise,” “D-Day Girls” and “A Woman of No Importance.” My current […]
Portland resident to vie for quiz show glory on ‘Jeopardy!’
Susan McMillan, a former reporter for the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, will appear on the long-running TV show Friday.