At the theaters

Tue, 05/01/2018 - 8:15am

Harbor Theater

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ https://boothbaycinema.org

“Finding Your Feet” -  A top-knotch British ensemble cast, including Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), tries to figure out how to help Imrie’s uppity sister (Oscar nominated stage and screen star Imelda Staunton) whose husband has just walked out on her. Maybe a dance class will do it? It’s all about seizing the day and second chances in the golden years … a genre where Brits seem to excel. PG-13. Last show: Wednesday, May 2, 7 p.m.

“Final Portrait” - One of the giants of 20th century art, Swiss sculptor and artist Alberto Giacometti worked in many styles, including Surrealism in his early days and then Existentialism in his later years with the tall, waif-like bronze figures for which he became famous (Walking Man I brought $104. 3 million at auction in 1960). But he also did many portraits, one of them of American friend and author James Lord.

In 1964, when Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) asks his friend Lord (Armie Hammer) to sit for a portrait, he tells his subject it will only take a day. But Lord sits and sits, as the crusty old artist rants and raves amidst his paint rags and brushes, first at his subject and then at himself … the self-doubt and anger set in … and many days later he finally finishes the portrait that has caused him such anguish. We get inside the artist’s studio to see the beauty, frustration and sometimes chaos of the creative process. Plays Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. and Friday, May 4, 2 p.m.

“…. the film bites off a whole chunk of [Giacometti’s] life and presents it to you just as it might have happened.” Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Beirut”An old-fashioned spy thriller set in Beirut in 1982 during the Lebanese Civil War, the film stars Jon Hamm as a former CIA officer who returns to service to save a colleague from the group responsible for the death of his family. Critics call it “absorbing,” and “a complex, tightly-plotted tale of international intrigue, elevated by strong performances from Hamm and Pike.” Also stars Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris.  Rated R.  Friday, May 4, 7 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 7 p.m., Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, 7 p.m.

John DeFore, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, characterized it as a "period political thriller whose motivations remain timely.”

Lincoln Theater

2 Theater St., Damariscotta ~ 563-3424 ~ www.atthelincoln.org

“The Leisure Seeker” - A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, traveling from Boston to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end. Starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. Rated R. Final screenings Wednesday, May 2 at 2 (open captions) and 7 p.m.

“Neither Wolf Nor Dog” -  A white author is summoned by a Lakota Elder who asks him to write a book about his perspective. After a blundering false start, he is all but kidnapped and sucked into a road trip through the heart of the contemporary Native American landscape. Presented in partnership with a small local group that is learning about Wabanaki culture and the impacts of colonization on Wabanaki tribes' and nations' way of life in the past and today. Screens Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m.

“The Death of Stalin” - The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop). Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale).

But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue with rapid-fire farce, this audacious comedy is a bitingly funny takedown of bureaucratic dysfunction performed to the hilt by a sparkling ensemble cast. Rated R. Playing at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4 and Wednesday, May 9; plays at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6.

Talking Music in Maine, Intimate Conversations - Host Aaron Robinson talks with Brad Terry, jazz clarinetist and world-renowned virtuoso whistler. A living legend in the jazz world, he has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Roger Kellaway, Doc Cheatham, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate and Lenny Breau, among countless others. Free event on Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m.