Arts Review

Published
May 16, 2021

Girl meets movie star in ‘Finding You,’ a surprisingly unaffected Y.A. love story
Published
May 9, 2021

‘The Water Man’ is a rare treat: A sensitive family film grounded in real life
Published
May 9, 2021

In helping her daughter bloom, a mother changed perceptions of autism

Clara Park successfully challenged the idea that "refrigerator" moms caused the condition.
Published
May 9, 2021

In ‘Margreete’s Harbor,’ midcentury America’s social upheavals reach coastal Maine

Major social and political movements of the 1950s and ’60s steer Eleanor Morse’s minutely observed multigenerational family saga.
Published
May 9, 2021

Art review: There’s abundant art to see at Cove Street

Poetry, photography, sculpture and more make up the multiple exhibitions on display.

Published
May 2, 2021

Art review: Farnsworth puts spotlight on women behind the Maine arts scene

'Women of Vision' uses artwork and wall texts to showcase their influence.
Published
May 2, 2021

A farm woman of iron will yet surprising delicacy anchors this Icelandic drama
Published
May 2, 2021

Familiar addiction drama is elevated by powerful performances
Published
May 2, 2021

A grandmother, mother and daughter are trapped in a cabin by a violent sociopath

In Jen Waite's first novel, the scary setup allows many family secrets to be revealed. And the tension ratchets up and up.
Published
May 2, 2021

Wrestling with the strategy – and morality – of the firebombing of Japan

A single raid on Tokyo on a March 1945 night, led to a fire that killed 100,000 people.