Maine International Film Festival opens Friday with movie shot partly on Monhegan Island

Catherine Eaton, creator and star of 'The Sounding,' has deep ties to Maine coast.

Wanted for film: People with opinions about gun control

Actress, model Lauren Hutton to receive Maine International Film Festival award

20th annual Waterville festival kicks off July 14 at Opera House, Railroad Square Cinema.

Aspiring filmmaker? Points North Institute wants to help

Oak tree seen in ‘Shawshank Redemption’ cut up, hauled away

Most of the 200-year-old tree fell during a storm last July, and now it's gone for good.

Movies used to distract us from the news; now they reflect it

Summer films have changed from vehicles of distraction to reflections of the world's troubles.

How Baz Luhrmann captured the essence of hip-hop in Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’

The new series about the beginnings of the culture in the Bronx is streaming on Netflix.

Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 81

The 3-foot 8-inch Englishman was the actor inside R2-D2's cylindrical costume.

‘Chimes at Midnight’ a classic with the true Falstaff

Orson Welles' long-missing Shakespearean masterpiece will be shown Sunday at the Waterville Opera House.

Byrne presented with Maine International Film Festival Mid-Life Achievement Award

The award presentation, which kicks off the final weekend of the 10-day Waterville film festival, followed a screening of Byrne's film 'The Usual Suspects' and preceded a Castonguay Square party.