A painting by artist Faith Ringgold, ‘For the Women’s House’ was displayed at New York’s Rikers Island women’s jail. Until it disappeared.
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Filmmaker’s ‘Eephus’ shows the complicated joys of playing America’s pastime
The debut film from director and co-writer Carson Lund understands the complicated joys that come from playing the game you love long past the time you should have given it up.
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Maine filmmaker’s documentary on restaurant workers gets a second life on late night
Late-night host John Oliver featured Elora Griswold’s ‘The City of Servers’ on a ‘Last Week Tonight’ segment about tipping.
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PMA Films celebrates the legacies of David Lynch, Gene Hackman
It’s a cliché to note the passing of a celebrity with a social media post reading, “Oh, scr*w you, 2025.” But I get it. Especially with the recent deaths of film giants Gene Hackman and David Lynch, two completely different movie world figures whose passing hit me with a rapid, one-two sock right to my […]
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The Cabin Fever Film Festival is a pick-me-up for winter’s darkest days
This winter has been rough. Sure, the arctic cold seems to have abated a bit, but a Maine winter can really put even the heartiest of us into “huddle up and hunker down” mode. And that’s when cabin fever sets in. Enter the Cabin Fever Film Festival. A yearly gift from our friends at Points […]
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Maine Jewish Film Festival offers 15 thrilling offerings from around the world
The Maine Jewish Film Festival is one of the big events on the Maine movie calendar. MJFF’s 26th festival is taking place this week, from Saturday through March 9 at venues in Portland, Waterville, Lewiston and Brunswick and featuring 15 fascinating and thrillingly different films from around the world. As ever, the Maine Jewish Film […]
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‘Nothing But a Man’ is a forgotten gem, newly resonant in the current moment
The 1964 film is available on the Criterion Channel, and will be screened at Space on Feb. 26.
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Maine filmmaker’s movie ‘Killing Mary Sue’ was a miracle of his own making
For an independent filmmaker, you often need a miracle to get your film made. So sometimes you have to make your miracle happen yourself. That’s one of the lessons learned from the genesis of Scarborough native James Sunshine’s newest feature, “Killing Mary Sue” anyway. The action comedy, which is slated for a summer release, stars […]
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Life on the commune took 50 years to make it onscreen
Filmmaker Charles Light shares his story of two of the most influential and successful 1960s-era New England collectives in ‘Far Out: Life On and After the Commune.’
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How the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came home to Maine
‘Final First Edition’ is a brisk, stylish, cheeky-but-reverent portrait of fandom as organizing life principle.