This week at Harbor Theater

Tue, 11/16/2021 - 4:30pm

Story Location:
185 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
United States

    “Spencer” - (R; 1 hour, 51 minutes) - The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen's Sandringham House. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be a whole lot different. Spencer is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days. Starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins. Oscar buzz abounds for Stewart. Playing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 and Thursday, Nov. 18.

    “Michelangelo: Love and Death,”- Exhibition On Screen – This film explores the life and work of the renowned sculptor, painter, architect and poet. The film offers a cinematic journey through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican, to the print and drawing rooms of Europe, to explore Michelangelo's tempestuous life. The film invites audiences to intimately examine Michelangelo’s art and artistic process - from the Carrara quarries where Michelangelo sourced his marble, to the new technology being used to attribute works. One show only: Friday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m.

    “The French Dispatch” – (R; 1 hour, 47 minutes) - Wes Anderson’s latest romp is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch." Starring Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Benicio Del Toro and dotted with cameos by more star-studded names you will certainly recognize. Note extra matinees! Plays at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19; Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2 and 7 p.m.; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 and Wednesday, Nov. 24.

    Wrote a reviewer for Fresh Fiction: “There's so much creative magnetism within ['The French Dispatch'] that it'll knock your socks off.”

    Coming Nov. 24: “Belfast” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 37 minutes) - Award-winning actor and director Kenneth Branagh takes us on a nostalgic trip back to the 1960s in Belfast, Ireland, where he grew up. The film focuses on a nine-year-old boy who must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has turned upside down with Catholic-Protestant violent clashes surrounding his daily life. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he understood about life is changed, but joy, laughter, music and even the magic of the movies remains. Starring Judi Dench, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill and Colin Morgan.

    Films are shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; and at 2 p.m. only on Sundays. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for members and children under 18. Tickets will be sold at the concession stand. Please present your proof of vaccination at the ticket counter.

    Masks must be worn at all times, except when actively eating or drinking. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult and masks must be worn at all times, except when eating or drinking. We thank you for helping make Harbor Theater a safe environment in this time of public crisis.

    Harbor Theater is located at 185 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. For more information, visit https://boothbaycinema.org