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Manchester by the Sea movie review

Manchester by the Sea movie review

Diane Kilgore

"Manchester-By-The-Sea" is an "R" rated fire and ice study of agony. The 137 minute drama shrouds viewers in a range of emotion as Casey Affleck masterfully plays Lee Chandler; a frozen shard of a man whose raging pain holds him together and tears him apart. The film takes a stab at exploring distress-signals in a broken heart nicking a main artery in the process. Anguish pours from the actor physically, psychologically, and sociologically. Wearing a paper-thin winter coat with a collar as frayed as his nerves Affleck portrays an isolated man, imprisoned within himself.

In the Amazon Studio production Writer/ Director Kenneth Lonergan accents the jagged edges of loss with scenery and piercing dialogues land-marked north of Boston. Universally approachable music of Handel's Messiah and Duke Ellington's I'm beginning to See the Light articulate flowing silences and flaming outbursts that wave throughout this cold-toned seaside story of winter.

From pot to slots, mix of issues raised in ballot questions
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From pot to slots, mix of issues raised in ballot questions

Stephen Beale

The four questions on the Massachusetts state ballot this year address the legalization of marijuana, the opening of a slots parlor, an increase in the number of public charter schools, and current state law regarding the treatment of certain farm animals.

Question 4, which would legalize marijuana, is probably the one that has garnered the most public attention. Massachusetts is one of nine states that have a marijuana measure on the ballot. Eight other states are eyeing either legalizing recreational or medical marijuana—or otherwise loosening exiting regulations, according to the Associated Press. Those states are: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Maine, Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota.

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