A work of storytelling magic by Daniel Mason is about an ancient farmhouse in western Massachusetts.
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Retired academics – devoted spouses and lovers of poetry – reveal a sinister side in Stephen King’s latest
The shy but tough Holly Gibney finally takes the lead, and the title, in ‘Holly.’
Thin story, thinner characters in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’
You can say this much about “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”: It’s better than the second one. Twenty-one years after the breakout success of the 2002 original, and seven years after its widely panned sequel, franchise star and screenwriter Nia Vardalos goes behind the camera for this third installment in the comedy franchise, which […]
Theater review: The wacky world of ‘Spamalot’ takes the stage in South Portland
Portland Players starts its season off with the Monty Python comedy.
A family Christmas gathering in Bar Harbor comes with more than its share of mysteries
In Kat Rosenfeld’s latest, ‘You Must Remember This,’ old family secrets abound, and the sense of place is palpable.
Art review: In two fall exhibits, a painter devastates, a printmaker expands the form
At Aperto Fine Art, Anne Neely’s work delivers beauty and foreboding alike, while David Wolfe’s prints at Moss Galleries offer inspired innovations.
How Thomas Smallwood helped hundreds of enslaved people find freedom
Scott Shane’s ‘Flee North’ tells the gripping story of Thomas Smallwood, who was born into slavery and who Shane credits with coining the term ‘underground railroad.’
Branagh’s Poirot returns in moody mystery ‘A Haunting in Venice’
Grief casts a heavy pall in “A Haunting in Venice,” Kenneth Branagh’s third installment of his Hercule Poirot series. As both a director and an actor, Branagh has sought to imbue the meticulously groomed Belgian detective – one of Agatha Christie’s most beloved creations – with psychological depth, even darkness. Since 2017’s “Murder on the […]
Art review: See the color-saturated work of two photographers who push boundaries
‘Chelsea Ellis and Todd Watts’ is showing at Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland.
Bedside table: ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus
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