Set on the International Space Station, the movie “I.S.S.” is a modest but satisfyingly suspenseful thriller whose central conflict between the six members of the station’s half-American, half-Russian crew is precipitated by a decidedly earthbound crisis. Shortly after arriving aboard the research facility – a high-tech, orbiting laboratory where we’re told its harmoniously cohabitating scientists […]
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Indie Film: Screenwriting class prompts first-time filmmaker to tell her story
‘Good Morning Sunshine,’ which premieres Friday in Sanford, is about a girl who is abused by a teacher and based on the real-life experience of director Mariah Larocque.
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Bestsellers: ‘Tom Lake,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
FICTION Hardcover 1. “Tom Lake,” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 2. “North Woods,” by Daniel Mason (Random House) 3. “Lessons in Chemistry,” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 4. “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride (Riverhead Books) 5. “Foster,” by Claire Keegan (Grove Press) 6. “The Covenant of Water,” by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press) 7. […]
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Deep Water: ‘Three Deer in Oquossoc,’ by Sonja Johanson
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Art review: Despite ‘traditional’ theme, packed photo show contains many surprises
‘Traditional Painting Genres in Photography’ is up at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland through the end of the month.
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Society Notebook: New Year’s Eve partygoers space out at Apres
The event, which was rescheduled from October, raised money for the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund.
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‘The Beekeeper’ is more zzzzz than bzzzz
“The Beekeeper” is a violent revenge fantasy that, like so many others before it, centers on a brooding male loner with a secret background and lethal skills who comes out of retirement when his [fill in the blank] is killed/kidnapped/abused. And in this formulaic fantasy, there’s a nod to the cinematic past. It comes early: […]
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‘The Book of Clarence’ mixes faith and farce
With “The Book of Clarence,” British musician-turned-filmmaker Jeymes Samuel does for the biblical sword-and-sandal epic what he did for westerns in his feature debut, “The Harder They Fall,” a tongue-in-cheeky cowboy action film featuring a predominantly Black cast and a story loosely based on historical figures. The new film is a shot in the arm […]
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Indie Film: John Cusack’s a no-show, but his memorable movies stick around
The actor was supposed to be in town for a screening of ‘High Fidelity,’ one of many milestone films for this former video store clerk.
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Bestsellers: ‘Demon Copperhead,’ ‘Maine: A Love Story’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.