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.
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Audio drama company makes Maine sound scar(ier), even without a camera
Fred Greenhalgh’s Dagaz Media creates acclaimed, Maine-based audio tales of terror that go bump in your imagination.
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The Inside Vision film series brings the world to those inside prison walls
For film programmer Jon Courtney, a lifetime of matching Maine audiences to just the right movies has found a new and unexpected audience. Working with the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC) for the past several years, Courtney has used his skills to serve one of the most underserved and vulnerable populations in our state: those […]
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In the age of streaming, we are all film preservationists now
Professional/saintly volunteer film preservationists like the fine folks at Portland’s Kinonik are making sure our precious movie history isn’t lost. But the rest of us have been put in the position of ensuring our favorite films and TV shows don’t vanish in the greedy blink of a CEO’s eye as well. Don’t believe me? Movies […]
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Music biopics don’t have to be real to really sing
Here’s a list of movie biopics of musicians who aren’t real — but whose stories sometimes make for a much more entertaining watch than the real thing.