Littlefield Gallery in Winter Harbor shows works by the two distinct Maine artists.
Review
Inspired by a true(-ish) story, the newest ‘Conjuring’ film takes viewers into the bowels of heck
The newest installment in the “Conjuring” horror franchise – an expanding cinematic universe centering on fictionalized versions of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), and embracing the “Annabelle” spinoff series about a demonic doll – seems bent on converting skeptics, to an almost missionary degree. “The Court accepts the […]
The story of Europe’s infamous witch trials gets the Monty Python treatment
The comedy that runs through Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch” is a magical brew of absurdity and brutality.
Maine writers, poets and artists respond to ‘A Dangerous New World’
In the pages of this collection on climate change, loss, grief, hope – and calls to action – mingle.
Bawdy teen comedy on Hulu deftly tackles a mature theme
At first blush, the teen ride-along comedy “Plan B” feels like it’s following in the libidinous, boozy footsteps of “Superbad” and “Booksmart.” But there’s more going on in here than just hooking up. Indeed, a hookup is the inciting incident in this raunchy, observantly funny satire, wherein a straight-A student named Sunny (Kuhoo Verma) has […]
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ might just restore your faith in sequels – and humanity
One thing’s for certain: “A Quiet Place Part II” is less, well, quiet than the first film. That should have been expected from the wicked, Mona Lisa smile on the face of Emily Blunt as her character racked her shotgun after shooting one of the monsters in the face at the close of the otherwise […]
Art review: Show at Space makes connection between textiles and film
‘Punctures: Textiles in Digital and Material Time’ is on view at the Portland gallery through July 3.
Feel-good fishing story has just the right touch to lure audiences
In 2014, Hurricane Odile ravaged Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, laying waste to an orphanage called Casa Hogar. Weeks later, a group of boys and their mentor caught a 382-pound blue marlin in Bisbee’s Black & Blue Fishing Tournament, earning more than $250,000 in prize money and saving their beloved home. It’s a made-for-the-movies story, but […]
‘River Voices’: In a new volume of essays, the Presumpscot gets its due
Artists and others describe the 25-mile-long river from the varied lenses of science, history and literature.
Theater review: At Portland Stage, the audience decides ‘Where We Stand’
Tracey Conyer Lee plays the Man, an outsider trying to gain the trust of the community.