The movie offers the summer’s brightest moment in a lifting scene at the end, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Bound for Glory’
Hal Ashby is credited with “richly detailing” Woody Guthrie’s life in the film, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘The MacKintosh Man’
1973 movie features Maine International Film Festival’s guest of honor Dominique Sanda.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’
In the first part of the movie, the horrors to come are distant clouds, but fear hangs in the air, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Bookshop’
Two tragedies will end this tale before the sun goes down and the local ferry slips its moorings, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’
In watching Morgan Neville’s beautiful album open and unfold, they were all there: Mr. McFeely, the delivery man, Neighbor Aber, the sweet and lovely “Lady Aberlin,” and the comforting policeman, Officer Clemmons, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Ocean’s 8’
‘Ocean’s’ is not entirely a flop. It has many exciting and fun moments, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘American Animals’
All of the actors breathe fire and sweat into their performances and win my praise, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Seagull’
It’s hard to know where to look or whom to look at without bumping into a great performance from one unexpected star after another, J.P. Devine writes.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘On Chesil Beach’
The film is a light and fluffy thing, soft, sweet, charming, with tunes from our fabulous Summer of Love … until is isn’t, J.P. Devine writes.