At the Theaters

Wed, 04/12/2017 - 12:00pm

 The Harbor Theatre   

Featured earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, “Get Out” is a comedy/horror film written, produced and directed by Jordan Peele, in his directorial debut. It follows a  young interracial couple who visit the mysterious estate of the woman's parents. Peter Debruge, chief film critic at Variety, describes the film as “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”  meets “The Stepford Wives.”

Starring  Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Lakeith Stanfield and Catherine Keener, “Get Out” has an approval rating of 99 percent based on 226 reviews, according to review site Rotten Tomatoes.

Rotten Tomatoes’ critical consensus reads, “Funny, scary, and thought-provoking, ‘Get Out’ seamlessly weaves its trenchant social critiques into a brilliantly effective and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride.” Rated R, the last screening is on Wednesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.

“Fate of the Furious” is the latest installment of the "Fast and the Furious" film franchise, this time featuring two Oscar-winning actresses: Charlize Theron as Cipher, the latest villain to  torment Dominic Toretto and his crew, and Helen Mirren joins the cast after publicly lobbying for a role to sate her real-life love of racing.

Fast 8 also stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, Elsa Pataky, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jason Statham, and Scott Eastwood. Directed by F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton).

Owen Gleiberman, reviewing for Variety, describes the film as “a dazzling spectacle.”

“Fate of the Furious” is rated R and plays at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, through Saturday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 19 through Saturday, April 22 with  2 p.m. matinees Sunday, April 16 and 23.

The Harbor Theatre is located at 185 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. For more information, call 633-0438 or visit www.harbortheatre.net.

Lincoln Theater

“The Salesman” (PG-13):  Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down.

By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down. In Persian with English subtitles. Playing Wednesday, April 12 at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 13 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Talking Art in Maine, Intimate Conversations: Host Jane Dahmen’s guest is Tom Hall: architect, writer, artist. His landscapes are collages in water -based, mixed media. “Hall...excavates his solid forms from a block as though carving with opaque white ... Tom Hall is one of Maine's best artists. ... (His) is the stuff of greatness,” Daniel Kany, art critic for Portland Press Herald. A free event Wednesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.

“The Sense of an Ending” (PG-13):  Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent) leads a reclusive and quiet existence until long buried secrets from his past force him to face the flawed recollections of his younger self, the truth about his first love (Charlotte Rampling) and the devastating consequences of decisions made a lifetime ago.

Based on the award-winning bestseller by Julian Barnes.  New York Times film reviewer Glenn Kenny wrote, “The Sense of an Ending maintains intrigue and emotional magnetism as its mystery unfolds.”

“The Sense of an Ending,” plays at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, April 14, Saturday,  April 15,  Sunday, April 16  and Wednesday, April 19.

“Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” - presented by National Theatre Live:  Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour) and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre in London.  Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take center stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare’s iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds. (3 hours, 20 minutes) See it  live Thursday, April 20 at 2 p.m. or rebroadcast at 7 p.m.