Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Brasslands, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open Mic […]
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Full moon, dreaded date, beer and horror
LEWISTON — Friday the 13th was a dark and stormy night with a full moon riding across a cloudy sky. Could there be a better time for a festival dedicated to beer and fear? The Emerge Film Festival got underway Friday and in spite of the dreaded date, everything went just swimmingly. Almost eerily so. […]
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Outdoor film festival focuses on Maine adventures
AUGUSTA — The Maine Outdoor Film Festival will feature 11 outdoor films and shorts with Maine roots when it comes to Augusta. Organizers say the May 16 event features outdoor films by Mainers, about Mainers. The event — now in its second year — begins at 6:30 p.m. at Cony High School in Augusta. The […]
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‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ leads to madness and mayhem
Comedic whirlwind focuses on real-life Hollywood in 1939 LEWISTON — What would you get if you put three legendary moviemakers in a locked office full of peanuts and bananas for a five-day marathon screenplay rewrite of a classic 1930s book? Why, “Gone with the Wind,” of course. And that’s the basis for “Moonlight and Magnolias,” […]
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‘Beneath the Harvest Sky’ read for premier at Tribeca Film Festival
PORTLAND (AP) — Two filmmakers who won acclaim for their documentary about Maine troop greeters are ready for the U.S. premiere of their new film, “Beneath the Harvest Sky.” The first feature-length movie by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly will be shown Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Set in the potato […]
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Zombies take to the streets in Lisbon
LISBON — In a parking lot on Main Street Sunday, a man carrying a bullhorn walked actors, crew members and three parkour stuntmen through a scene, something about wendigos pulling people from vehicles. The man with the bullhorn was Seth Roberts of Turner, director of the zombie film, “Frost Bite” by Killatainment Films. “We’ve been […]
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Well-known Bangor troop greeter Bill Knight, 91, dies Christmas Day
BANGOR — Well-known Maine troop greeter Bill Knight died Christmas Day at the Maine Veterans Home at the age of 91. Funeral arrangements are pending. Knight, along with Jerry Mundy and Joan Gaudet, was featured in the documentary “The Way We Get By,” produced by Gita Pullapilly and her husband, Aron Gaudet. Knight and the […]
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Maine weighs more financial perks to lure Hollywood
AUGUSTA — Cinematically, the streets of Portland would not pass for Manhattan. And Mount Katahdin, though majestic, is no Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, Maine is attracting increasing numbers of television and movie productions this year and cumulative spending has more than doubled. “Film production in Maine is a great economic opportunity,” said Karen Carberry Warhola, who just […]
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Film industry expands in Maine
AUGUSTA — Cinematically, the streets of Portland would not pass for Manhattan. And Mount Katahdin, though majestic, is no Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, Maine is attracting increasing numbers of television and movie productions this year and cumulative spending has more than doubled. “Film production in Maine is a great economic opportunity,” said Karen Carberry Warhola, who just […]
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Maine potato fields backdrop for feature film
PORTLAND (AP) — The filmmakers who won critical acclaim for their documentary focusing on the troop greeters at Bangor International Airport are again using Maine as a backdrop. The first feature film by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly is set among the blue potato farms in Van Buren in northern Maine. “Beneath the Harvest Sky” […]