The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animated & Live Action -  For the 18th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world. Mark your calendars and don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts on the big screen!  Live Action Shorts - (PG-13; 1 hour, 55 minutes) - Final showtime Thursday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.; Animated Shorts (PG-13/R; 1 hour, 37 minutes) -  Final showtime Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Detailed information on all of this year’s nominated shorts is available at www.LincolnTheater.net.

 “Living” -  (PG-13; 1 hour, 42 minutes) -  Oscar Nominee for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bill Nighy) and Best Adapted Screenplay! In 1950s London, a humorless civil servant decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis. LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Opens  Friday, Feb. 24 at 2 and 7 p.m., plays Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 1 at 2 and 7 p.m., and Thursday, March 2 at 2 p.m.

“Red Dust” - (1932; 1 hour, 23 minutes) - The final film for series 6 of The Classic Film Club, celebrating the Pre-Code Era of Hollywood. When earthy prostitute Vantine (Jean Harlow) arrives at Dennis Carson’s (Clark Gable) rubber plantation in Indochina, she initiates a steamy affair with the rugged foreman, but is sent packing when the passion cools. Soon Dennis is joined by new employee Gary (Gene Raymond) and his classy but high-strung wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), who falls into Dennis’ arms while her husband is away. When Vantine returns, Dennis must decide between the refined adulteress and the tramp with the heart of gold. We are pleased to be joined at each screening by film historian and CFC host, Jeannie MacDonald, for a pre-film introduction and post-screening talkback. Playing Thursday, March 2 at 7 p.m. and Friday, March 3 at 2 p.m.

Coming soon:  “A Man Called Otto” - March 3;  National Theatre Live presents: “The Crucible” - March 9 & 10;  “Women Talking” - March 10.

Tickets are available at the door beginning 30 minutes before showtime or in advance through the theater’s online box office at www.LincolnTheater.net. Movie tickets are $9 adult, $6 members and youth 18 and under. Event ticket prices vary. Covid protocols  available by visiting our website. Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in downtown Damariscotta. Curtain going up!