Paul Dervis

A Remembrance of Theater Artist Paul Dervis: Embracing The Incomprehensible

July 8, 2022
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Personal salutes to theater director, playwright, and critic Paul Dervis, who died at the age of 67 on June 13.

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Arts Remembrance — Rip Torn: A Short Appreciation

July 20, 2019
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Rip Torn. Great name, better actor.

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Theater Review: PortFringe — Heading into the Homestretch

June 22, 2019
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What did this aging hippy, this elder of our world learn? To live a life without apologies.

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Theater Review: Fringe Festival Portland — Ups and Downs

June 20, 2019
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Lighting Martha delves into the psychological tensions generated by alternative lifestyles — many, many decades ago.

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Film Review: 2019 Oscar-nominated Best Animation Shorts — Angst Galore

February 23, 2019
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The Oscar-nominated animation shorts are a dark lot this year.

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Arts Remembrance: Albert Finney, An Appreciation — Death and the Angry Young Man

February 15, 2019
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Albert Finney was the greatest interpreter of England’s gift to the world of contemporary theater, the Kitchen Sink Drama.

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Theater Review: The Importance of Being Seriously Insignificant

February 12, 2019
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What makes Portland Stage’s production of Earnest such a delight is its physicality.

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Theater Review: “Mother Butterfly” — Grounded

November 6, 2018
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Mother Butterfly’s script shows genuine promise, but the Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre’s premiere production falls short.

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Film Commentary: Gary Oldman — The Spiritual Death of the Last “Angry Young Man”?

January 1, 2018
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I miss the precocious, mischievous, darkly cunning, and troubled characters Gary Oldman once portrayed so beautifully.

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Film Review: The Ever-present Nostalgia of Woody Allen

December 22, 2017
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If you can accept yet another tour around a love triangle, Wonder Wheel is generally engaging and nearly always entertaining.

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