What starts as a tale of a happy Parisian couple ends with sad plot twists, fine acting and a shaky story, J.P. Devine writes.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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As ‘Tango’ garners small audience, vocal protesters, Maine Film Center disavows choice of showing
Maine Film Center directors Mike Perreault and Jessica Shoudy made their disapproval of the screening of Bernardo Bertolucci’s ‘Last Tango in Paris’ public in a statement released Wednesday.
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J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Blue Velvet’
There will be plenty of local Lumberton corruption, some crime, and scene after scene of lusciously colored sexual perversion, J.P. Devine writes.
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Lucky Clark On Music: Tinsley Ellis
Critically-acclaimed blues/rock artist to make debut appearance at ‘Waterville Rocks!’ show July 26.
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Park official: Visitors at Maine’s national monument steady
The superintendent of Maine’s national monument says attendance is steady despite a lack of highway signs.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Space Heart’
Former Belfast poet laureate Linda Buckmaster’s personal version of the long, strange trip from the Mercury spacecraft launches to here, where the space shuttles are grounded.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Districts digesting new school nutrition laws, and their costs
Several new laws that affect school nutrition programs will have Maine school districts retool the way they feed students to avoid ‘food shaming’ while providing nutritious meals.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’
Film full of great pieces of a great American writer’s life and work, Devine writes.
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‘Around the Sun,’ making regional premiere at MIFF, offers intelligent sort of love story
California writer Jonathan Kiefer and London director Oliver Krimpas bring their film set in a French chateau to the Maine International Film Festival, where it will have its East Coast and New England premiere.
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‘Antiques Roadshow’ appraiser paying a visit to Peaks Island
A Boston book store owner will talk about old and rare books.