"Sentimental Value" - (R; 2 hours, 13 minutes) - Sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to American movie star Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning) who is desperate to do something meaningful. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with a Hollywood star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

The wounds run deep in this family, tethered to a home that has spanned generations and all of the highs and lows of life through the decades, including Gustav’s mother’s imprisonment torture during World War II. Deftly exploring the uneasy tension between artistic expression and personal connection, Sentimental Value is a bracingly mature work from writer-director Joachim Trier that’s marvelously acted across the board. The film builds subtle emotional momentum. We know there will be emotional breakthroughs for these characters, but they don’t come melodramatically. They come gradually, patiently, and believably, in what’s unsaid as much as what is. Trier and his longtime cowriter Eskil Vogt have crafted a deeply humane and relatable story that feels whole and satisfying and cinematic without resorting to tidy resolutions and redemptions. Final two shows: Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. (OCAP) and Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m.

"Skarsgård gives a marvelously jagged, high-comic performance, all good spirits and bad vibes.” – Adam Naymand, The New Republic

"Marty Supreme" - (R; 2 hours, 30 minutes) - Marty Mauser, the irrepressible hero of filmmaker Josh Safdie’s electrifying new film, is barreling toward his American dream at full speed. Set in 1952 New York, the story follows Marty—played with ferocious energy by Timothée Chalamet —a table-tennis hustler and aspiring world champion who is always running, racing, and working every angle. Inspired by real-life ping-pong legend Marty Reisman, Marty is a classic striver, bouncing between worlds and loyalties: family and freedom, community and self. His ambitions carry him from the old Lower East Side to far-flung corners of the globe, one hustle at a time, in a film packed with vivid characters and richly textured, lived-in faces. While the film engages with themes of Jewish identity, family, class, assimilation, and success, it never preaches. Its ideas are woven seamlessly into a visceral portrait of immigrant New York—crowded streets, cramped apartments, and a restless, pulsing energy.

Chalamet fully inhabits Marty with a performance marked by physicality, quicksilver emotion, and deep vulnerability. Marty can be sharp-edged and even cruel, particularly to Rachel (Odessa A’Zion), a childhood friend whose love feels like a trap, while Kay (Gwyneth Paltrow) represents a glamorous life just out of reach. Alongside them is Wally (Tyler Okonma, a.k.a. Tyler, the Creator), a fellow hustler and occasional partner in crime. For all his ambition and flaws, Marty is never truly alone—anchored by family, friendship, and the vibrant Lower East Side that shapes and sustains him. Opens Friday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m. (OCAP), Thursday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.

"Chalamet pulls off the near-impossible, delivering a colossal performance of cockiness and vulnerability, a Wile E. Coyote meets Sammy Glick.” – Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

“It makes you laugh hard and often, and even blush a bit. There’s ample heart and passion in Marty’s messy race to the top.” – Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post

"The Magic Flute" - (1975; NR; 2 hours, 14 minutes) - Arts on Film - We see only Bergman, and we hear only Mozart. Renowned director Ingmar Bergman’s film version of The Magic Flute is beloved by opera lovers and film enthusiasts alike. Released theatrically 50 years ago in 1975, this joyful and imaginative adaptation captures all the color, drama, magic, and humor of Mozart’s enchanting opera. Rather than simply filming a stage performance, Bergman follows a production set inside a beautiful working Baroque theater, using period sets and playful visual effects. He brings audiences both onstage and behind the scenes, revealing not only the vivid characters of the opera, but the performers who bring them to life.

This special screening will be hosted by Maine-based professional singer John David Adams, who credits Bergman’s "The Magic Flute" as his introduction to opera as a teenager. Adams has since enjoyed a wide-ranging career in opera, concert, recital, and musical theater, and has performed in live productions of The Magic Flute in multiple roles. He will share his personal connection to the work, insights into performing the opera, and reflections on his recent visit to the Swedish theater that inspired Bergman’s film. One show only: Monday, Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets available at the door: $8 members, $12 non-members.

Harbor Theater offers shows nightly at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with 2 p.m. matinees on Wednesday (OCAP – Open Caption Screening) and Sunday (regular screening). Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for children under 18. Member prices are $8 for adults and $6 for children under 18. ADA-mandated Audio Descriptive (AD) and Closed Caption (CC) devices are available for the visually and hearing-impaired. Inquire at the concession stand.

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