At the theaters

Tue, 03/20/2018 - 10:30am
Harbor Theater
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ http://boothbaycinema.org
 
“Jumanji” - Four high-school kids discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of -Jumanji - and are immediately drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming avatars of the game. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives or they'll be stuck in the game … forever! Rated PG 13. Last screening Wednesday, March 21, 7 p.m.

“Lives Well Lived: A Celebration of Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age,” - Sky Bergman’s documentary  celebrates the incredible wit, wisdom and experiences of adults aged 75 to 100 years old. Through their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories encompassing over 3000 years of experience, 40 people reveal their secrets and insights into living a meaningful life. Sharing family histories, personal triumphs and tragedies, loves and losses, these men and women prove that aging is something to cherish, retirement doesn't mean you retire from life, and growing old doesn't mean growing silent. 

The Harbor Theater is dedicating the film to Gertrude “Trudie” Seybold who died March 1 at the age of 100. Her daughter, Patty Seybold, will briefly pay tribute to her mother before the movie; about Trudie's  passion for the new Health Center which opened recently in the Meadow Mall near Harbor Theater.  Free coffee will be available in the lobby before the film on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m.  “Lives Well Lived,” also plays on Friday, March 23 at 2 p.m.

“Hostiles” - Written and directed by Scott Cooper, Hostiles takes place in 1892 and tells the story of an Army Captain (Christian Bale) who reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. On the journey, they meet a widow (Rosamund Pike) whose family was murdered on the plains and offer their help. As the former rivals make their way from an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana, their relationship moves from antagonism to compassion, demonstrating humans’ capacity for change. The ensemble cast also includes Ben Foster, Timothee Chalamet, Jesse Plemons, Q’orianka Kilcher, Rory Cochrane and Adam Beach.

Rated R, “Hostiles” plays at 7 p.m. Friday, March 23, Saturday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 28; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25.

In his review for The Wrap, James Greenberg wrote, “It wasn’t long ago that history and old movies would have us believe that the settlers of the West were righteous, God-fearing people surrounded by savage, rampaging Native Americans. In reality, the American dream is much darker, with bigotry, lying and killing stretching back to the founding of the country, and before. Seen in that light, Scott Cooper’s mournful meditation on human nature, is more than a revisionist Western; it’s a film that explores the roots of racism and the cost of redemption.” 

 Lincoln Theater
2 Theater St., Damariscotta ~ 207-563-3424 ~ www.atthelincoln.org
 
“Call Me By Your Name” -  It's 1983 in northern Italy and 17-year-old Elio begins a relationship with Oliver, his father's visiting research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape. (R; 2 hours, 12 minutes) Final screening Wednesday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

“Julius Caesar”: A National Theatre Live performance -  Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake. Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl, Skyfall, Hamlet) and Michelle Fairley (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) play Brutus and Cassius; David Calder (The Lost City of Z, The Hatton Garden Job) plays Caesar and David Morrissey (The Missing, Hangmen, The Walking Dead) is Mark Antony. Broadcast live from The Bridge Theatre, London. (2 hours 15 minutes) Screen live Thursday, March 22 at 3 p.m. rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Tickets: $15/$13/$5.

Niall Ferguson: “Politics, Power and Networks”: presented by the Commonwealth of California - Niall Ferguson is a Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Author, The Square and the Tower: Networks, Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. In a conversation filmed on January 24, 2018 with Quentin Hardy, Head of Editorial, Google Cloud Playing.  In his new book, “The Square and the Tower,” Ferguson argues that networks of people, not individuals, are responsible for producing and promoting the great political, economic and philosophic ideas that have guided Western society from its humble origins to its present greatness. Ferguson explores what other historians have overlooked: the critical networks which drove change and molded Western society into what it is today. Ferguson will even offer bold predictions on which networks currently in their infancy will come to shape the future.  Free. Timeframe: 2 hours, including post-screening audience discussion, on Friday, March 23 at 2 p.m.

“Phantom Thread” -  Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Costumes. Rated R. Playing Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m., and at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25.