The film festival celebrates its 27th year with a slate of films in theaters across southern and central Maine.
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Rapper’s offer of free movie tickets draws a crowd to Portland's Nickelodeon
Rory Ferreira invited 79 of his closest friends and never-met strangers to the 4:20 p.m. showing of “Sorry to Bother You” at the Nickelodeon theater in Portland on Saturday. And they didn’t have to pay even a nickel to see the film. Ferreira, a Biddeford rapper whose stage name is Milo, bought all 129 of […]
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Field of Dreams site in Iowa suffers thousands of dollars in damage
In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo, teams play at the “Field of Dreams” during a fall tournament in Dyersville, Iowa. A vandal caused thousands of dollars in damage to the Field of Dreams by driving a vehicle onto the site made famous by the 1989 movie. Workers at the site found the damage Tuesday […]
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Jones Orchestra to perform PARIS — The Jones Orchestra will play from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, and from 8 p.m. to midnight on New Year’s Eve, Sunday, Dec. 31, at the American Legion Hall on Church Street. Admission is $5 on Dec. 23, and $10 on Dec. 31. AMVETS will tend the refreshment […]
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Our View: Intolerance shown at the movie theater
An Auburn man, a regular 40-something working dad, took his wife to see “Transformers: The Last Knight” on Sunday. The theater was busy, as you might expect given the much-anticipated opening weekend for the 3D movie — fifth in the popular sci-fi action series. During the movie, some children started behaving badly, laying down on […]
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Auburn Public Library to show 'Screenagers'
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library invites the public to a special screening of “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age” on Thursday, March 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Androscoggin Community Room at Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Directed by Delaney Ruston, a physician and parent of teenagers, “Screenagers” takes a deeply personal […]
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Lakeside Theater showing 'Finding Dory'
The animated film “Finding Dory” will be screened at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Rangeley Friends of the Arts Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St. in Rangeley. The movie tells the story of the friendly but forgetful blue tang fish searching for her long-lost parents. Cost is […]
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‘I just know it’s going to be funny’: Miclon debuts final cut of ‘Richard3’
BUCKFIELD — Carol MacBride had driven from Hartford, grabbed a seat in the second row and had no idea what to expect. It didn’t matter. “Mike Miclon is just amazing,” she said. “I just know it’s going to be funny.” Nearly 200 people turned out for a sold-out screening of the final cut of Miclon’s […]
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Reporter’s notebook: Christmas cheer
Making someone’s day I think I made Sally Belisle’s day last week. Belisle is a retired teacher. She used to be “Mrs. McDonald,” teaching fourth-graders at the Lake Street Elementary School in Auburn. One of her students was Susan Ross. On Dec. 16, the Sun Journal published a story about a book Ross wrote, “Kiki […]
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Cycling film coming to Brunswick
“Inspired to Ride,” a documentary about the inaugural TransAm Bike Race held in 2014 on the TransAmerica Trail, will begin a weeklong run at the Frontier Cinema & Café in Brunswick on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The film will kick off with a matinee screening at 2 p.m. with additional shows at 6 and 8 p.m. […]