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Paul Dervis

Arts Remembrance — Rip Torn: A Short Appreciation

Rip Torn. Great name, better actor.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Paul Dervis, Rip Torn, Tropic of Cancer

Theater Review: PortFringe — Heading into the Homestretch

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

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Denial is a Wonderful Thing, EXIT Theatre, Paul Dervis, PortFringe

Theater Review: Fringe Festival Portland — Ups and Downs

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

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Carolyn Gage, Lighting Martha, Paul Dervis, PortFringe

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

The Oscar-nominated animation shorts are a dark lot this year.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Academy Awards, Animal Behavior, animation, Bao, One Small Step, Paul Dervis, Weekends

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

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

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Theater Tagged: Albert Finney, Paul Dervis

Theater Review: The Importance of Being Seriously Insignificant

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

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Christopher Grabowski, Paul Dervis, Portland Stage, The importance of Being Earnest

Theater Review: “Mother Butterfly” — Grounded

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

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Mother Butterfly: A Daughter's Memoir, Paul Dervis, Storm Warnings Theatre

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

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

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Paul Dervis, Winston Churchill

Film Review: The Ever-present Nostalgia of Woody Allen

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

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Paul Dervis, Wonder Wheel, woody-Allen

Theater Review: Listening to “Our Better Angels”

Is a romantic relationship with someone who is lovely — but mentally ill — worth the effort?

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: David Greenham, Our Better Angels, Paul Dervis, Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre

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