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Whodunit? In Anthony Horowitz’s new novel, the villain may be the author

by Carol Memmott The Washington Post December 11, 2022December 5, 2022

The ‘Twist of a Knife’ toys with readers’ expectations, mixing fact and fiction to create a witty, entertaining murder mystery.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Lynn Steger Strong turns her lens to sibling tensions amid grief in new novel

by Tobias Carroll December 11, 2022December 10, 2022

‘Flight’ is set at a family’s first Christmas gathering since their mother died. Resentment and love are intertwined.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine, Review

Theater review: Two actors bring to life a Texas town at Christmastime

by Steve Feeney December 5, 2022December 10, 2022

Tom Ford and Nathaniel P. Claridad play all 22 roles in ‘A Tuna Christmas’ at Portland Stage.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine, Review

Concert review: ChoralArt covers spectrum of holiday music, from sweet to stirring

by Steve Feeney December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

The singers, accompanied by best instrumentalists, performed before a sold-out crowd on Sunday afternoon.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Art review: History of persecution connects two artists featured at Farnsworth

by Jorge S. Arango December 4, 2022December 3, 2022

See ‘Leonard Baskin: I Hold the Cracked Mirror Up to Man’ and ‘Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk’ in Rockland.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

‘The Magic Kingdom’ reveals a paradise lost

by Ron Charles The Washington Post December 4, 2022December 1, 2022

The story is framed as the recorded confession of a man who spent his childhood living in a Shaker community in Florida.

Arts & Entertainment, Food, Review

A real-life food critic reviews on-screen food critics

by Tom Sietsema The Washington Post December 4, 2022November 30, 2022

‘The Menu,’ ‘The Bear’ and other movies and TV shows about restaurants inevitably include portrays of food critics. Some hit closer to home than others.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

‘Strange World’ is beautiful to look at, but not much below the surface

by Kristen Page-Kirby Special To The Washington Post November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

Animation is a genre that often carries with it an assumption of excellence. Part of it is audiences get fewer animated films per year compared with live-action counterparts, but part of it is because of artistic, emotional and commercial successes like “Up,” the Toy Story series, this year’s “Turning Red” and the rest of the […]