Leslie Bridgers

Press Herald

Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.

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Published
December 20, 2021

Best movies of 2021: Almodovar just gets better, family films make a comeback

Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ heads the list of Ann Hornaday’s favorite movies of the year.
Published
December 20, 2021

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a big, fat Christmas present for fans

“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” for fanatic followers of the webslinger, is a big, fat Christmas present, covered in shiny, blue-and-red wrapping paper and all tied up with a pretty web bow. For more casual consumers of the costumed comic-book superhero’s exploits, mileage may vary. But there’s a whole lot to like here. There’s just a […]
Published
December 19, 2021

Maine Gardener: There’s lots to learn about lichen and moss

Two books can help identify different species on your property.
Published
December 19, 2021

Society Notebook: Farms for Food Equity making headway toward ending hunger

The new nonprofit has big goals and generous supporters who showed up for its first fundraiser, held Dec. 9 at Rosemont Market & Wine Bar.
Published
December 19, 2021

‘Nightmare Alley’: The rise and fall of a con man, told in luscious, lurid detail

Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel about the rise and fall of a con man – previously adapted for the screen in 1947 – Guillermo del Toro’s noirish-to-the-point-of-misanthropic, gorgeously atmospheric “Nightmare Alley” may be the filmmaker’s best-looking film yet, as well as the one with the most sour outlook on humanity. Every other outdoor […]
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December 19, 2021

Golden Age of TV is tarnished in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Being the Ricardos’

Imagine a 10-episode podcast about the making of a single episode of the 1950s marital sitcom “I Love Lucy” – a podcast dense with behind-the-scenes details about the show’s real-life husband-and-wife stars, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who played wildly caricatured versions of themselves on the hit show for six seasons. Imagine a trove of […]
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December 19, 2021

Best-Sellers: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ ‘Got Warrants’

The current best-selling books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Published
December 19, 2021

Dine Out: Mix things up with your meat-and-cheese board, just don’t call it charcuterie

Social, customizable and Instagram-worthy, the shareable platters are all the rage, including in southern Maine.
Published
December 19, 2021

Deep Water: ‘What Looms,’ by David Sloan

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Published
December 19, 2021

This sumac lamb inspired by Navajo stories and ingredients is an easy but impressive main

Lamb and mutton are not considered ancestral proteins among Indigenous peoples in North America, according to Navajo (Diné) chef and author Freddie Bitsoie. Unlike other foods that have been consumed for thousands of years, their meat is a relatively new, “centuries-old” tradition. Today, lamb graze along the plains, mountains and farmsteads of many Native peoples. […]

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