The show is at Mayo Street Arts’ pop-up gallery on Washington Avenue in Portland.
Review
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is a clash of the titans – and mismatched storytelling styles
If “Godzilla vs. Kong” sounds like the billing in a prize fight, the movie – a creature-feature sequel to 2017’s witty, stylish “Kong: Skull Island” and 2019’s more flat-footed “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” – lives up to that rock-’em, sock-’em dynamic, in more ways than one. In a literal sense, it’s a multi-round matchup […]
Idris Elba makes for a charismatic urban cowboy in this familiar but engaging family film
Anyone lucky enough to have seen the horseback riders of North Philadelphia in person knows firsthand the frisson that first glimpse produces: Is that really a horse? In the heart of Rust Belt Philly? At its best, the uneven but good-hearted family film “Concrete Cowboy” is animated by that same shock of disbelief and delight […]
A boy struggles with the death of a beloved father and the acquisition of a violent stepfather
In Jim Nichols’ terrific coming-of-age tale, we meet the boy, the man, and his music.
Art review: Portland Museum of Art examines Homer’s portrayal of African Americans in Harper’s illustrations
‘Freedom, A Fable,’ on view through May 2, juxtaposes the magazine drawings with work by contemporary artists.
Two hundred years on, a medical book finally sees the light of day
Rockport resident Richard Kahn beautifully illuminates ‘Diseases in the District of Maine, 1772 to 1820,’ an unpublished manuscript by the remarkable Jeremiah Barker.
Art review: Eyeglasses provide the medium for Tad Beck’s visionary portraits
The Vinalhaven photographer, driven to abstraction, challenges the preconceptions of his art form in his series ‘Eyes of,’ showing in Portland.
‘The Courier’ is a throwback to the kind of solid yet fun spy thriller they don’t make anymore
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers an appealing, technically tricky performance in “The Courier,” in which he plays Greville Wynne, a British salesman who in the 1960s became an improbable player in Cold War tradecraft at its most high-stakes. Wynne really did exist, a fact that bears noting because his story is often too wildly dramatic to believe. […]
A sumptuous guide to the studios of 26 Maine artists, living and dead
‘At First Light,’ a collaboration of heavy hitters in Maine’s arts community, offers glimpses of these ‘sanctuaries of the everyday.’
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.