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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Waterville’s Maine Film Center donates ‘Last Tango’ proceeds
Mike Perreault and Jessica Shoudy pledged to donate the proceeds raised by the Bernardo Bertolucci film 'Last Tango in Paris' after an outcry over its depiction of sexual assault.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2019
Maine International Film Festival caps 10-day run with culturally relevant film
"Luce," a psychological thriller by Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah, yielded a large turnout of local moviegoers for the final night of the landmark Waterville festival, organizers said.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2019
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Sharks’
A most dangerous game is played by a 14-year-old who floats through the film completely in control of the story, J.P. Devine writes.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2019
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Alice’
What starts as a tale of a happy Parisian couple ends with sad plot twists, fine acting and a shaky story, J.P. Devine writes.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2019
As ‘Tango’ garners small audience, vocal protesters, Maine Film Center disavows choice of showing
Maine Film Center directors Mike Perreault and Jessica Shoudy made their disapproval of the screening of Bernardo Bertolucci's 'Last Tango in Paris' public in a statement released Wednesday.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2019
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Blue Velvet’
There will be plenty of local Lumberton corruption, some crime, and scene after scene of lusciously colored sexual perversion, J.P. Devine writes.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2019
‘Around the Sun,’ making regional premiere at MIFF, offers intelligent sort of love story
California writer Jonathan Kiefer and London director Oliver Krimpas bring their film set in a French chateau to the Maine International Film Festival, where it will have its East Coast and New England premiere.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2019
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Wings of Desire’
Prepare yourself for one of the greatest foreign films in movie history, J.P. Devine writes.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Maine International Film Festival showing of ‘Tango’ draws outcry over sexual assault scene
A former Waterville mayor, Karen Heck, plans to pass out informational packets at the film's Wednesday night screening to give potential viewers a wider scope of the controversy attached to the production.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Last Tango in Paris’
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film is a must-see if you're a film buff and amateur historian, but it's not for the faint of heart, J.P. Devine writes.
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