‘Human/Nature’ at Alice Gauvin Gallery in Portland features four artists with very different aesthetics.
Review
In joyless ‘The Batman,’ Robert Pattinson channels the vampire Edward Cullen
Robert Pattinson gets back to his vampire roots in “The Batman,” in which he plays the title character with the same moody, broody intensity he brought to his breakout role in “Twilight.” “I’m a nocturnal animal,” Pattinson’s joyless superhero announces in one of several voice-overs, delivered in a hoarse whisper worthy of Clint Eastwood’s Harry […]
Book review: Distorted identity deepens the mystery of ‘Mirror Lake’
An English translation of Quebec author Andrée A. Michaud’s 2006 thriller was published last year.
There are few bones to pick in this touching story about healing
Trailers for the movie “Dog” – co-directed by and starring Channing Tatum as a retired Army Ranger named Riggs who takes a former K-9 comrade to her handler’s funeral – make it look like a fun road trip. Lulu, a Belgian Malinois, is a difficult dog: She chews the car seats, grabs snacks at every […]
Book review: ‘Mercy Street’ may be the last novel about abortion before Roe v. Wade is dismantled
Almost one in four American women will have an abortion during their lifetimes. Unless she’s a woman in a literary novel, in which case she’s highly unlikely to. Almost 50 years after Roe v. Wade affirmed a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy, fiction writers seem reluctant to mention the procedure. Even now, as theocrats […]
Art review: North Atlantic Triennial unites a vast region through common culture and climate
‘Down North’ is the Portland Museum of Art’s inaugural collaboration with Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland and the Bildmuseet in Sweden.
Talented duo of pianists charms Portland Symphony Orchestra audience
Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg were backed by a small coterie of PSO players under the baton of Eckart Preu.
In Tessa Hadley’s ‘Free Love,’ a mother’s happy life is upended by a kiss
The novel follows a happy 1960s mother and wife who shocks her family — and herself.
Book review: At the turn of the century, an Irish immigrant family scratches out a living on Munjoy Hill
History and political science professor Michael Connolly has written his first novel, and it’s a gem.
Art review: The age of irony lives on at Cove Street Arts
Two shows at the Portland gallery, ‘Repartee’ and ‘Dance Me To the End,’ both juxtapose works to convey broader messages.