Here we are to welcome George Clooney’s directorial adventure into history, the little known sport of college rowing, and how America beat the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. That’s a lot to put on screen, and George did it. Based on a best-selling book by Daniel James Brown, with a screenplay by Mark […]
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On the Edge: Baa baa black sheep
The tale of gangster Eddie Devine has finally been unearthed, J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Ghost Trap’ an engaging, professional voyage that is easy on the eyes, J.P. Devine writes
‘The Ghost Trap’ plays Wednesday, July 17, and Saturday, July 20, at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville.
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On the Edge: Where’s Jackman?
Searching for extra cash, J.P. Devine mulls a surveillance gig at a gas station or perhaps ‘one of those guys holding signs’ at a construction site.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Daliland’ is about Dali’s journey down spiraling madness, J.P. Devine writes
Once you’re drawn into viewing Harron’s cinematic kaleidoscopic world of “Daliland,” allow yourself to be transported into the work of one of the film world’s most gifted actors, and that’s really why you’re here, J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the greatest lasagna of Italians ever, J.P. Devine writes
It’s rumored that Martin hated the title of the book, so Pileggi grudgingly changed it to “Goodfellas,” J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story,’ who was clever, funny and brilliant
Coward was a genius of his art, a friend, a gentleman, and bright star of darker skies, J.P. Devine writes.
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MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Ghost Trap’ is about trap war with rival lobstering family
The title is a bit misleading, it’s and not even a documentary about lobster fishing, any more than Hemingway’s “To Have and Have Not” is about the boat rental business, J.P. Devine writes.
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Movie Review: ‘American Fiction’ is a touching story about a family
Cord Jefferson is an American writer with clearly promising gifts. He is the guy who sat in the writer’s room with the other struggling writers on the late night Larry Wilmore show that closed down in 2016 after two seasons. But Cord didn’t close down. He opened wide. After a series of shows and awards, […]
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On the Edge: Aging gracefully
Mulling the ways he’s seen elegance, J.P. Devine reflects that it’s never too late to be graceful.