The Harbor Theatre

“The Imitation Game” is an historical thriller about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch.

In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma, which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable.

Turing's team, including Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed and become heroes, but in 1952, the quiet genius encounters disgrace when his countrymen criminally prosecute and imprison Turing for his homosexuality.

Graham Moore's screenplay is based on the biography “Alan Turing: The Enigma,” by Andrew Hodges.

The film, and its cast and crew, were honored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBT civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the U.S. 

“The Imitation Game,” has been nominated for and has received numerous awards, with Cumberbatch's performance receiving high praise.

Plays at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 and Thursday, Jan. 29, Friday, Jan. 30, Saturday, Jan. 31, Wednesday, Feb. 4 and Thursday, Feb. 5; one matinee, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1.

The Harbor Theatre is located at 185 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. For more information: 207-633-0438 and www.harbortheatre.net.

Lincoln Theater

“Whiplash” is nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. “Whiplash” tells the tale of a promising young drummer who enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

Plays Wednesday, Jan. 28 and Thursday, Jan. 29 at 2 and 7 p.m.

“Downton” in Damariscotta: Season 5 of the highest-rated drama in PBS history, “Downton Abbey,” plays Fridays in January and February at 2 p.m. free to the public.

“Foxcatcher” is a psychological drama that tells the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Plays Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 1, Wednesday, Feb. 4 , and Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Met Live in HD: Offenbach’s “Les Contes D’Hoffman” plays Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.

The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater Street in Damariscotta. For more information, call 207-563-3424 or visit www.atthelincoln.net.