Thirty years after the science fiction classic “Blade Runner” hit the screens, fans are getting a taste of the long-awaited sequel, “Blade Runner 2049.” In the new “Blade Runner,” LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) unearths a secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. The discovery leads him on a […]
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Facebook fighting to let users know of inquiries
It is appealing a court order that blocks it from revealing secret government access.
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Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89
He played both villains and heroes in his seven-decade career for directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Tim Burton.
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Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win top math prize, dies at 40
The Iranian-born mathematician’s work is mostly theoretical but regarded as highly infuential.
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Waterville art show exhibit aims to challenge way we look at, listen to and think about film
The Maine International Film Festival’s ‘MIFFONEDGE’ audiovisual exhibit at downtown gallery is free and open to public for duration of festival.
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J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘The Immigrant’
Beautiful to see, James Gray’s movie once again arrives in town with the fabulous Marion Cotillard, J.P. Devine writes.
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Behold the brilliance of ‘The Painter of Maine’
On view at Colby, a remarkable show of work by the great Marsden Hartley.
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Ogunquit museum displays friendship – and falling out – of founder and Ernest Hemingway
A new exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art explores Henry Strater’s relationship with the writer, including the incident that inspired ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’
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Old Hallowell Day abounds with music, fundraisers, parade, stone carver, more
A Down with the Crown booth was set up not far from the high crown in the road on Water Street, which a state project is expected to flatten in 2018.
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Patrick Dempsey plays big role in Porsches in the Park show
Crowds turn out to see the actor – and the cars – in a fundraiser at Bug Light Park for the Dempsey Center.