In the Bedroom (2001)
Hard Tellin’… is less an attempt to define Maine, or Maine in the movies, than an opportunity to celebrate four great films that accomplish something most art should aspire to: they capture the ineffable in a place and its people at a particular moment in time. They get at something unique and a bit hard to define about us. They feel, for lack of a better word, honest.
In conjunction with our new exhibition, Peggy Bacon: Biting, Never Bitter, PMA Films will be screening films throughout June that explore classic filmic representations of the young female artist scheming and striving to make it in the big city.
Read MoreIn conjunction with our major photography exhibition, Outside the Frame: Todd Webb in Africa, PMA Films will be screening films throughout May that expand on the questions posed by the exhibit, reckoning with the gaze of the camera and its role in the creation of truth, beauty, empathy, and propaganda.
Read MoreFilm Recommendations From Matthew Von Vogt.
Matt is an Ambassador in the Museum Experience and Safety Department. He was raised in Maine and attended Colby College, before completing grad school in the Midwest. He self-identifies as a cinephile, but embraces the popular as well as the avant-garde; currently, his favorite films are Vertigo (1958) and Sans Soleil (1983)
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