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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Halloween! Our newest contributor Scott Whiting writes about the newest adaptation of "Frankenstein" in theaters now. 🎥

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From Gothic to Mia Goth

Frankenstein's Undying Hollywood Legacy

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · 5d

Bees. Bees? Bees.

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This Week in Maine Cinema: October 31 - November 6

Bees + Moose + Leatherface + more...

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Oct 3

We’re in our showgirl era ❤️‍🔥📽️🍿
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This Week in Maine Cinema: October 3rd - October 9th

In our showgirl era ❤️‍🔥

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Sep 29

Pencils down. One Battle After Another is here. open.substack.com/pub/themaine...

"Film on film is the way nature intended"

On the films of Paul Thomas Anderson and the importance of repertory cinemas

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Sep 22

A peek behind the curtain of theatrical film booking and why it matters for small indie theaters in Maine. open.substack.com/pub/themaine...

The Impact of a Surprise Taylor Swift Film

Love you, Taylor, but you kind of threw my Friday out of whack

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Sep 10

Watch or listen to our podcast interview with the filmmakers of UNLESS SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG, premiering at the #CamdenInternationalFilmFestival this weekend! 📽️
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CIFF '25: Sh*t happens (with the filmmakers of doc "Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong")

In conversation with Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Sep 9

“With Hasan in Gaza” will be screening at this week’s Camden International Film Festival. Read our reflections here: themaineplayweek.substack.com/p/are-we-awa...

Are We Awake Yet?

A review of CIFF film "With Hasan in Gaza"

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Shifting Baselines @shiftingbaselines.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks for the spotlight @themaineplayweek.bsky.social !
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CIFF '25 Preview: "Shifting Baselines"

Sneak peak of a doc about SpaceX, fanatics, preservation, and exploration

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Sep 5

All of our recommended films this week have in-person Q&As with the filmmakers! 📽️https://themaineplayweek.substack.com/p/this-week-in-maine-cinemas-sept-5

This Week in Maine Cinemas: Sept. 5 - 11

The filmmakers are here and they DEMAND to do Q&As!

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Aug 20

We just sat down with the Cassidy Brothers and had an awesome chat. See CHILDISH THINGS at the @vacationlandff.bsky.social at the City Theater in Biddeford tomorrow August 21!
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A Blue Bus & A Big Crowd: Maine-made "Childish Things" Comes Home

Maine-born filmmakers Nick and Cash Cassidy's latest feature is a deeply personal project, borne out of community and collaboration.

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Aug 15

Are you ready for some deeply emotional, quasi-biographical films? Maybe? How about some truly terrifying psychological horror films? Possibly? Spike Lee’s modern interpretation of a classic Kurosawa film? Perchance? themaineplayweek.substack.com/p/this-week-...

This Week in Maine Cinema: August 15th - 21st

Deeply personal + deeply disturbing + deeply Kurosawa + more...

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Aug 7

Are you a moviegoer in Maine? Take our survey: forms.gle/5havSd2m1Ka9... 🍿📽️

🍿 The Maine Playweek: Moviegoer Survey

For people who go to the movies in Maine. We’re developing The Maine Playweek — a centralized weekly guide for Maine moviegoers, combining statewide showtime listings with editorial coverage of local ...

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Mar 28

What to see in Maine cinemas this week! 🗞️ open.substack.com/pub/themaine... #filmsky

This week at Maine cinemas: Mar. 28–Apr. 3

Big week for Steve Coogan fans + dance films + your last chance to see NO OTHER LAND

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Mar 27

From the desk of The Maine Playweek founder Julia Dunlavey. #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/themaine...

The curatorial freedom of indie cinemas

About the "controversy" of Israeli-Palestinian doc NO OTHER LAND and why it matters for Maine

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Mar 21

Great article in @pressherald.bsky.social about @kinonikmaine.bsky.social! "'I can watch something alone, but I don’t react as powerfully as I do with other people. And out of that big reaction comes the most vibrant conversations,' said Skylar Thorne Kelly."
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Portland film group is devoted to preserving, sharing movie history

The nonprofit organization Kinonik has collected some 1,800 movie film prints, showing many of them at its Cassidy Point screening room.

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Mar 13

French SPACEBALLS-esque comedy + Chinese blockbuster + free kids' film at PMA + we don't talk about FIGHT CLUB... 🎥
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This week at Maine cinemas: Mar. 14–Mar. 20

French SPACEBALLS-esque comedy + Chinese blockbuster + free kids' film at PMA + we don't talk about FIGHT CLUB...

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Mar 7

Lots of Film Things going on in Maine! Subscribe to our Substack for a curated selection of movies playing in Maine, thoughts on the overall state of film, and upcoming Maine film events!

This week at Maine cinemas: Mar. 7–Mar. 13

Sean Baker + Oscar Winners Playing in Maine + Bong Joon-ho, Cabin Fever FF, 55 Days at Peking on 16mm

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Feb 27

Read for some excellent Oscar snack puns. 🍿📽️ #filmsky
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This week at Maine cinemas: Feb 28–Mar 6

Oscar puns! + Patrick Bateman, Maine Jewish FF, ROPE on 16mm

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Feb 14

You're the carrot to my Remy ❤️ 📽️
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Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social · Feb 9

Sean Baker calls on filmmakers to demand a theatrical exclusivity window of at least 90 days

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Feb 7

🍉 NO OTHER LAND 🍉
February 7-9, & 13 at PMA Films
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PMA Films: No Other Land — Portland Museum of Art

96 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor. In Arabic, Hebrew, and English with English subtitles. DCP. For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian acti...

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The Maine Playweek @themaineplayweek.bsky.social · Feb 7

🌸 FAR OUT: LIFE ON AND AFTER THE COMMUNE 🌸
Tuesday, February 11 @spacegallery.bsky.social, Portland
In-person Q&A with director Charles Light!
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