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
November 22, 2020

Art thriller ‘The Last Vermeer’ tells the engrossing true story of an ingenious fraud

Set in Amsterdam mere weeks after the end of World War II – as Nazi collaborators are being rooted out and executed by firing squad in the streets – “The Last Vermeer” tells the engrossing true story of the Dutch painter, bon vivant and art forger Han van Meegeren. Played by Guy Pearce, with a […]
Published
November 22, 2020

Deep Water: ‘Splitting Stone,’ by Sonja Johanson

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Published
November 16, 2020

Indie Film: Filmmaker follows Sabattus woman into the woods in ‘Pine State Phantoms’

The documentary investigates the eerie sightings in a Maine backyard.
Published
November 16, 2020

Bar Guide: Crack into these nut-flavored cocktails

Liqueurs, bitters and even vodka come in the flavors of your favorite nuts.
Published
November 15, 2020

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan bring heat to an otherwise chilly lesbian romance

In “Ammonite,” Kate Winslet plays Mary Anning, the English paleontologist whose ramblings along the West Dorset coast in the 19th century yielded a wealth of fossilized treasures, including bones from the Jurassic-era Ichthyosaurus. She sold her discoveries in her Lyme Regis shop and is said to have inspired the classic tongue-twister, “She sells seashells by […]
Published
November 15, 2020

Deep Water: ‘Leaving,’ by Gretchen Berg

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Published
November 15, 2020

‘Come Away’ is a smart, stylish mash-up of ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Imagine a mash-up of J.M. Barrie and Lewis Carroll, with a dash of Charles Dickens for Victorian miserablism and an all-star cast including Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo and Michael Caine, and you get the sense of “Come Away,” a fitfully engaging reworking of “Peter Pan” and “Alice in Wonderland.” Here, screenwriter Marissa Kate Goodhill imagines […]
Published
November 15, 2020

Art review: Between experiments, Tim Beavis always returned to the beach

The wife and sister-in-law of the late artist organized a retrospective at his former Kittery Point studio.
Published
November 15, 2020

Netflix’s ‘The Life Ahead’ proves that Sophia Loren’s still got it – and always did

Simone Signoret won a César award for her performance in the 1977 film “Madame Rosa,” which leads to an inevitable question when it comes to making “The Life Ahead”: Why bother? Like “Madame Rosa,” “The Life Ahead” is adapted from Romain Gary’s novel “The Life Before Us.” Unlike the earlier version, this one features Sophia […]
Published
November 15, 2020

‘Freaky Friday’ meets ‘Friday the 13th’ in the body-swap horror-comedy ‘Freaky’

With a wink and a nudge, “Freaky” begins with the on-screen title “Wednesday the 11th,” signaling that, despite the gruesome violence by a Jason Voorhees-like serial killer in its first five minutes, it’s not a straight slasher film but slasher-adjacent. Meaning that this mildly amusing body-swap horror-comedy (whose title references the supernatural high school comedy […]

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