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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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Deep Water: ‘The Voice Lesson,’ by Leonore Hildebrandt
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for no more ‘Scream’ movies
The “Scream” franchise began in 1996 as a piece of brilliant meta-horror: a slasher movie, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, that cleverly critiqued the conventions of the genre in a way that was genuinely scary, genuinely funny and, most important, fun. The idea of a masked serial killer who uses the […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Art review: The Bakery cooks up visual feast of photos
The 20-year-old photo collective shows the work of its members at Speedwell Projects, where it’s based.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Sentence,’ ‘Atlas of the Heart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2022
‘The 355’ finds an all-star cast in search of an all-star script
In general, the less time the actors in “The 355” spend speaking English, the better they come off. Spanish, German, Russian and French are just a few of the languages trotted out in the espionage thriller, which tries to broaden its overseas appeal by casting a wide net in its choice of actors and locations. […]
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Indie Film: Curated by the community, Railroad Square film series soars
Cinematic Explorations epitomizes the symbiotic relationship an arthouse theater can have with its patrons.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Tap Lines: Barleywines sit well with sitting around
Maine brewers make versions of the bear of a beer that represent the style’s range.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2022
Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is a minimalist, maximalist masterpiece
Joel Coen, directing his first feature film without his brother, Ethan, brings a spare, coolheaded elegance to William Shakespeare’s blasted heath in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” his minimalist-maximalist adaptation of the famous 17th century play. In fact, Coen’s production is so stylized, so stripped of visual and behavioral distractions, that it could be unfolding anywhere […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2022
‘Red Rocket’ is a movie in which cultural voyeurism masquerades as compassion
As a filmmaker, Sean Baker has built a cohesive body of work around stories from the margins of society. Well, one very particular margin: sex work. Baker’s 2015 breakout film, “Tangerine” – shot, evocatively, on iPhones and focusing on a transgender sex worker in Hollywood – followed 2012’s “Starlet,” about the unlikely friendship between a […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘Klara and the Sun,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The current best-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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