Film and Theater

Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre is excited to announce registration for our 2023 Summer Theatre Camp program for grades 3-6 in July. Campers will learn valuable theatre arts skills in acting, performance, and…

“Maybe I Do” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 35 minutes) – Final shows - An award-winning cast - Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey and William H. Macy -…

“Emily” -  (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) -  The film imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother,…

“Women Talking” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - Oscar winner: Best Adapted Screenplay - Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community…

“Emily” - (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) - Emily covers the years leading up to Brontë writing her novel, which is about cruel and haunted characters who play devastating games with…

Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Drama Club and student artists garnered several awards and recognitions at the 2023 Maine Drama Festival regional competition held March 10-11 at Camden Hills…

Lincoln Theater
A new documentary is hitting the big screen in recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History month. Exhibition on Screen presents “Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman,”…

In “Women Talking,” opening Friday at Lincoln Theater, writer and director Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews’s novel into a timely political parable with a stellar ensemble cast that includes…

“Women Talking” - (PG13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - It’s rare to see a film where dialogue is the centerpiece but “Women Talking,” adapted by writer-director Sarah Polley from Miriam…

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta on Monday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Theater, with a…

The plot of 1962’s “The Manchurian Candidate” revolved around a communist plan to assassinate the American President. When, a year later, after that event actually occurred, the film was pulled…

Living” – (PG-13; 1 hour, 42 minutes) - Oscar…

This week: final shows for “The Whale;” opening Friday, “Women Talking;” Classic Film Series presents “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962); and the Exhibition On Screen: Mary Cassatt.

During the month of March, Harbor Theater presents a brief series – Wild Wild Westerns. For fans of the tough Western action genre, these three classic movies should stir your sluggish waiting-for…

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…

“Living” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 42 minutes) - Nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor (Bill Nighy) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Kasuo Ishiguro). Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) is an…

Heartwood Theater Summer Camp registration is open for students graduating grades 5-12, and enrollment is half full.  Camp will be challenging and encouraging, focusing on…

To celebrate what would have been George Harrison's 80th birthday, the Strand Theatre will present a screening of Concert for George (2002) on Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. The documentary of a 2001…

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, members of the Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts performance group gave relatives and friends a preview of what they will be performing at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida Feb…

80 For Brady

Award season is here and that means it is time to celebrate some of the best short films of the year. At the 2023 Academy Awards, 15 short films will be competing in three award categories:…

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” - (NR; 1 hour, 57 minutes) - Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, “All the…

“Charade” – Classic Film Series - (1963 – PG; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - Is anyone really who they seem to be? After Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua…

“EO” - (NR; 1 hour, 28 minutes - In Polish, Italian, English and French, with English subtitles) - Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature. EO, a gray donkey with melancholic…

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater in partnership with Rising Tide Co-Op and Skidompha Library, invite you to join us for a special event in recognition of Black History Month.…

“The Fabelmans” - (PG13; 2 hours, 31 minutes) - Nominated for 7 Academy Awards! A deeply personal portrait of 20th-century American childhood. It is a coming-of-age story about a…

Imagination comes to life at The Waldo! Enrollment is now open for a range of youth acting classes. All classes are held after-school and will run for 12 weeks beginning the last week of February…

I did not remember that the movie “Charade” opened just a couple of weeks after John F. Kennedy’s’ assassination.

In his 2013 The Guardian article, Michael Newton writes, “During ‘the dark…

Following last week’s announcement that Regal Theaters are closing nationwide, including the multiplex in nearby Brunswick, many people may wonder if online streaming is going to become their only…

Where It’s At

Winter weekend nights have always been perfect for movies at home. But which ones? Um – how about those set in winter?

Getting all comfy on the sofa, chaise – alone, with a special someone…

“Corsage” - (NR; 1 hour, 53 minutes in German with English subtitles) -  Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in…

“A Man Called Otto” - (PG13; 2 hours, 6 minutes) -  Based on the # 1 New York Times bestseller “A Man Called Ove,” A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks),…

Harbor Theater's Friday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m. matinee of "Concerto - A Beethoven Journey” has been postponed because of the inclement weather.

The Great Composers Series film has been…

“Empire of Light” - (R; 1 hour, 59 minutes) - Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, Empire of Light is a powerful and…

We at Harbor Theater want to know what you think about the movies you see here. We depend a great deal on the words of well-known and nationally respected critics when we publish information about…

A love story involving a Greek Muse who comes to life out of a mural and a down on his luck artist in 1980s Venice Beach, California: That’s the…

“A Man Called Otto” - (PG13; 2 hours, 6 minutes) - Based on the # 1 New York Times bestseller “A Man Called Ove,” this film tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grump…

Join Y Arts for the first musical of 2023, “Xanadu JR!” Performers, ages 10-15, will present this electrifying tale of endless fun at the Lincoln Theater on Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14…

“The Menu” - (R; running time 1 hour, 47 minutes) - A couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (…

Lincoln Theater
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lincoln Theater will present a free screening of the 2014 Academy Award Winning film, “Selma” (PG-13), playing Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. Fueled by…

When “A Man Called Ove” was published in English in 2013, it stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 42 weeks. When the Swedish film adaptation was released in 2015, it was a Best Foreign…

“She Said” – (R; 2 hours, 9 minutes) - New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor publish a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood…

Heartwood announces auditions for its production of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” set to open in late July. 

Auditions will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 between 3 and 4:30 p.m. at the Poe…

CAMDEN — Everyman Repertory Theatre will present a one-hour SoundCheck performance Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. Everyman’s Lux Radio Theatre-style staged reading of “It…

Teralyn Reiter

Looking for some motivation? The Waldo Theatre is offering a series of Adult Acting Workshops this winter on the first Saturday of each month with instructor Teralyn Reiter.…

“Armageddon Time” - (R; 1 hour, 54 minutes) -  From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, Armageddon Time is a deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational…

“Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” – (PG; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring…

Harbor Theater

In the early 1960s, the Cold War was no laughing matter. But Stanley Kubrick’s remarkable Cold War black comedy, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (“Dr.…

Queen Elizabeth II was the most photographed, the most loved and talked about, spied upon, praised, criticized, and popular woman on the planet. All over the globe and in every moment of her long…