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Film Review: Maine International Film Festival — A Model Film Festival on a Modest Budget

July 18, 2014
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So what was so impressive about the lineup of films at the 17th Maine Fest? Catnip for me are 35mm films on the big screen..

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Fuse Film Review: At the Maine International Film Festival — “Love is Strange”

July 18, 2014
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At first, Love is Strange seems to be about the trials and tribulations of dealing with prejudice in today’s world. But at closer inspection, it is really a moving depiction of the challenges of growing old.

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Book Review: “A Replacement Life” — Russian Immigrants in America, Depicted with Exuberance

July 18, 2014
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A Replacement Life explores what America means to Russian immigrants whose cunning and sophistication often lead them into trouble.

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Book Review: Before, During, and After — A Look Back at Patriotic and Paranoid American Cinema

July 18, 2014
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Informative new books look at a pair of tumultuous periods in American history — the Second World War and the Cold War — when Hollywood rode a particularly rocky political roller coaster.

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Theater Review: “Her Aching Heart” — Laughing Heartily at Heterocentrism

July 17, 2014
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The Nora Theatre Company’s production of Her Aching Heart has enough energy, wit, challenge, and—yes—heart to delight those who approach the rousing satire with the right spirit.

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Fuse Film Review: At the Maine International Film Festival — “The Summer of Flying Fish” and “Stranger Than Paradise”

July 16, 2014
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The Summer of Flying Fish is visual to the max; Stranger Then Paradise remains one of the most important indie films of the last thirty years.

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Film Reviews: Maine International Film Festival — “Heavenly Angle” and “A Master Builder”

July 15, 2014
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A Master Builder comes off as a Woody Allen wet dream, but Heavenly Angle is the love child of Alice’s Restaurant and Waiting for Guffman.

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Book Review: “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” — Beware the Hype

July 15, 2014
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a long but fast-paced book that walks the line between airport novel and true work of literary fiction.

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Book Review: “Little Failure” — Gary Shteyngart’s Memoir is Amusing But Thin

July 14, 2014
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Gary Shteyngart’s memoir proffers the rhetorical zest and caustic wit of his novels, but it lacks their satiric edge.

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Book Review: “Becoming a Londoner” — A Record of a Charmed Life or A Life Made Charming

July 14, 2014
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David Plante’s non-fiction and fiction are of a piece. There is the honesty of a writer who is willing and able to, first, face himself, then, write what he sees, and then, allow the world to see his seeing.

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