At the theaters

Wed, 09/20/2017 - 12:00pm

The Harbor Theater

"Logan Lucky" -  West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to steal money from the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. Jimmy also recruits demolition expert Joe Bang to help them break into the track's underground system. Complications arise when a mix-up forces the crew to pull off the heist during a popular NASCAR race while also trying to dodge a relentless FBI agent.

"Logan Lucky" (PG13, 111 minutes) directed by Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike, Ocean's 11, 12 & 13), stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston,Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Hilary Swank and Daniel Craig. It plays Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.

“Kedi”  -   A Turkish documentary about the many stray cats that live in Istanbul - the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people's lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to ourselves. "Cats - tabbies, calicos, angoras, Norwegian forest cats; ginger cats, grey cats, black cats, white cats, black and white cats - all kinds of cats, roam the city, free, without a human master. Some fend for themselves, scavenging from dumpsters, living in abandoned buildings, others are cared for by communities of people, pampered with the best cat food and given shelter for the cold months.

Cats have been a part of the city for thousands of years, and so, everyone who grows up in Istanbul or lives in Istanbul has a story about a cat. Stories that are memorable; sometimes scary, sometimes spiritual, but always very personal. “Kedi” is rated G and screenings will include a selected short subject. The film plays at 7 p.m. Sept., 22, 23, 27 and 28 and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24.

The Harbor Theater - 185 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor - 633-0438 - www.harbortheatre.net

Lincoln Theater

NT Live: “Yerma”  -  The incredible Billie Piper returns in her award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone's radical production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it 'an extraordinary theatrical triumph' and 'stunning, searing, unmissable.' Billie Piper's lead performance is described as 'spellbinding', 'astonishing' and 'devastatingly powerful.' Set in contemporary London, Piper's portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Rated R. Run time: 2 hours, no intermission. Screening live at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 and rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”  -   A decade after “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes-in moments private and public, funny and poignant-as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.

Renowned filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (Audrie & Daisy, 2016 Sundance Film Festival) have taken the baton from 2006 Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim. What started then as a profound slide show lecture has become a gorgeously cinematic excursion. Our extraordinary former vice president invites us along on an inspirational journey across the globe that delivers the tools to heal our planet. The question is: Will WE choose to take the baton? Rated PG. Run time: 1 hour, 38 minutes. Plays at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, Sunday, Sept. 24 and Wednesday, Sept. 27; and at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23.

“The Home Road”  -  In 1845, 19-year-old Israel Shevenell left his home in Canada and walked nearly 200 miles to Biddeford, Maine. He found work and built a new life in an American boomtown being transformed by the Industrial Revolution, and is recognized as the city’s first permanent French-Canadian settle. In 2015, his 74-year-old great-great-grandson, Ray Shevenell, retraced the pioneering journey, walking from Compton, Quebec to Biddeford. Tonya Shevenell tells their stories in her first documentary film, an exploration of family, history, and identity – and how a journey into the unexpected inevitably leads to … home.

Film screening and discussion/Q&A with filmmaker Tonya Shevenell and her father, Ray. Music by Sumner McKane. Not rated, run time 1 hour, 15 minutes. Playing Saturday, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m.

“Two Trains Runnin’”  -  In June 1964, Mississippi was a battleground; the Civil Rights Movement threatened to explode as the Ku Klux Klan used violence, murder and intimidation to keep Jim Crow securely in place. Simultaneously, two much smaller groups, unaware of the turmoil and each other, descended upon Mississippi with their own mission -- to locate and revive two long-forgotten blues legends. Presented in partnership with The Walpole Barn. Not rated, this film runs 1 hour, 20 minutes. Screens at 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 

Lincoln Theater - 2 Theater Street, Damariscotta - 207-563-3424 - www.atthelincoln.org