Columns

I’m definitely not one of the many fans of the internationally acclaimed Spanish writer director Pedro Almodovar. Remember here, that I’m a film “reviewer” not “critic,” even though I can get cranky. I’ve only seen two of Almodovar’s films, because of his two favorite actors, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. I would watch laxative commercials […]

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Dana Wilde: Dreams of winter cold

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Mulling the history of how we measure cold and warm, Dana Wilde is sanding the increasingly icy landscape of our existence.

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J.P. Devine Podcast: The wardrobe of the virus war

January 23, 2022January 22, 2022

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J.P. Devine: Because my daughter says so

January 23, 2022January 22, 2022

We’re at war and should be dressing the part, J.P. Devine writes.

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Amy Calder: For one young Waterville couple, there’s no place like a home

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Anna Zinkovitch and Kevyn Warren, homeless for several months, finally have an apartment in Waterville, thanks to help from Starfish Village Ministry and Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Amy Calder writes.

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Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’

January 20, 2022October 26, 2022

Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]

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‘The Crown’ makes disappointing casting changes in Season 5

January 20, 2022November 16, 2022

It’s back, and we’re happy to seek out those calmer seas, gorgeous settings and new handsome royals from the past. Well, it’s back, but the wrinkles and sags are showing. It happens to the best of us. “The Crown,” with its four seasons of civility, gorgeous cinematography, splendid words and fussy decor are there, but […]

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‘1883’ action first rate, powerful

January 20, 2022January 12, 2022

Writer/director Taylor Sheridan has been on fire the last few years. He worked his way up from a small parts actor in shows like “Sons of Anarchy” to screenwriter and creator to hit shows like “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Yellowstone”. And in the year of flying Spiderman and buckets of sitcoms and rom coms and […]