Ordinary folks, but specialists in the industry, are out there on the streets risking their necks to put paychecks in their pockets, J.P. Devine writes.
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Lingnau has all the right moves going and keeps a few cards hidden under her billowing skirts in ‘The Empress,’ J.P. Devine writes
Directors Florian Cossen and Katrin Gebbe give us an historical fantasy, full of diddling with that history, but still playing out in a glorious and glossy setting. Shot in Germany, where everything, outside of the big towns, is summer, verdant and lavish. “The Empress” is full of beautiful gardens, and people playing people who weren’t […]
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J.P. Devine: A bridge over troubled water
Bridges grand and small have long fascinated J.P. Devine, who turns his attention to the aging Ticonic Bridge that connects Waterville and Winslow.
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Four hearts collide in ‘Sam & Kate’
Isn’t it nice, enjoying a soft, moving duo love story, without servings of the gratuitous mingling of bodies under soft percale sheets. Here in “Sam & Kate,” we savor a piece of cake with cracks of flawed icing giving us two veterans of movie history, the great Dustin Hoffman and still sparkling Sissy Spacek embracing […]
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J.P. Devine Podcast: One of life’s constants — a barber named Joe
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On the Edge: Hail the barber
‘Joe’ the barber has been J.P. Devine’s constant hair-cutting companion over the years in more ways than one.
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‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 3 incredibly better
We’re back with season 3 of “Only Murders in the Building,” the hugely popular American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. It may eventually turn out to be the “Barbie” of TV. Maybe it’s just climate change, but it’s incredibly better. If you’re joined at the hip with the millions […]
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On the Edge: ‘We’ve got our guy’
J.P. Devine recalls the opportunity he received through the GI Bill to get into theater with the Cleveland playhouse gang of ’55.
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‘Jules’ creators embrace hope-filled screenplay formula
Finally, as we exit a murky June and July, a much-needed and heroic attempt to bring sweetness and light back to our new neighborhood screen arrives. In an industry, that as we speak, is bereft of hope and heroics and full of spiders and atomic clouds, “Jules” lands in our pines and offers a modicum […]