Burns’ latest, “Hemingway,” is both biography and literary analysis, illustrating once again everything that is enthralling about the landmark documentary filmmaker, Liz Soares writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
Great jazz singer’s life torturously lived, difficult to watch.
J.P. Devine: Apres Moderna
Life is all about the waiting game after being vaccinated, J.P. Devine writes.
Amy Calder: For the love of animals, and meat consumption
It’s interesting that we humans can be repulsed by the sight of animals being slaughtered yet we love to consume the meat they provide.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Ted Lasso’
Comedy about clueless, truly happy good guy, who always spouts optimistic one-liners and feel-good memes.
Dana Wilde: What do spiders know, and how do they know it?
While animal instinct plays a role in behavior, spiders make choices that suggest more complex minds at work, Dana Wilde writes.
J.P. Devine: ‘Can I have some water?’ he asked
Something happened in Georgia this week that has J.P. Devine remembering the magical gift of water and its powerful lesson this Easter season.
Amy Calder: With Easter comes hope
Easter in the 1950s and ’60s meant donning pastel-colored dresses, patent leather shoes and bonnets and listening to mysterious sermons in church, Amy Calder writes.