This week at The Harbor Theatre
“The Trip To Italy” is Michael Winterbottom's sequel to “The Trip,” from 2010. In this sequel, comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a new culinary road trip through Italy, after having toured those of northern England in the first flick.
In this witty and incisive follow-up, the pair retrace the steps of the Romantic poets' grand tour of Italy and indulge in some sparkling banter and “impersonation-offs.” The characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects as varied as Batman's vocal register, the artistic merits of "Jagged Little Pill," and the virtue of sequels.
“The Trip To Italy” (not rated) plays Wednesday, Sept. 24 and Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
In “Calvary,” Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. He continues to comfort his fragile daughter (Kelly Reilly), and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral — and often comic — problems. Yet, he feels sinister and troubling forces closing in.
Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morganstern describes “Calvary” as “a film of modest means and great ambition, a darkly comic drama concerned with nothing less than the place of faith, and an embattled Church, in modern life.”
“Calvary,” rated R, plays Friday, Sept. 26, Saturday, Sept. 27 and Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.; two shows on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 3 and 7 p.m.
Something old and something new
Included in the Buster Keaton film line up, his first independent film, “One Week” (1920) in which two newlyweds, Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely, receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift plays at the Harbor Theatre. The house can be built, supposedly, in "one week." Other films running during this “Keaton fest”: Thursday, Oct. 2 and Friday, Oct. 3: “Haunted House” (1921) and from 1922, “Cops” and “The Blacksmith.” Tickets are $10/adults, $8/seniors and children at the door.
Theatre memberships and pre-show screen ads help the theatre to stay open offseason. The theatre is also available for parties, special events and private screenings. Further information is available in the lobby and at www.harbortheatre.net.
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The Harbor Theatre is located at the junction of Routes 27 & 96 in Boothbay Harbor, across from Hannaford's market.
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