You may at the end, want to cry a little. Burns takes away the sword, the cape, the masks and the tired legends, writes Devine.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Dana Wilde: Birds, music and culture
The music of birdsong speaks to important ‘soul-information’ that is mysterious and alluring, Dana Wilde writes.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Easy come, easy go
Never getting to see or touch the stimulus money, J.P. Devine thinks about what he has and what’s in the bank.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Why is the robin behaving like that?
It’s amazing what we can learn about birds if we just take the time to watch and listen, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Liz Soares: Ken Burns documentaries are a feast of storytelling complexity
Burns’ latest, “Hemingway,” is both biography and literary analysis, illustrating once again everything that is enthralling about the landmark documentary filmmaker, Liz Soares writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
Great jazz singer’s life torturously lived, difficult to watch.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
J.P. Devine: Apres Moderna
Life is all about the waiting game after being vaccinated, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Morning Sentinel
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.