This week at the Lincoln Theater

Tue, 01/31/2023 - 1:15pm

Story Location:
2 Theater Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543
United States

“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 eyes and a curious spirit, begins his life as a circus performer before escaping on a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside in a journey marked by absurdity and warmth in equal measure. Legendary filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski directs one of his most free and visually inventive films yet, placing the viewer directly in the heart and mind of the four-legged protagonist. Final showtime Thursday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m.

“Night Nurse” - (1931; 1 hour, 12 minutes) - The fifth film in Season 5 of Lincoln Theater’s Classic Film Club celebrating the films of the Pre-Code Era in cinema. Live-in nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) is sent to care for two ailing young children. As the health of her patients gets progressively worse, she begins to question the methods of the children’s doctor. Eventually, Lora finds irrefutable evidence linking the doctor to a plot to murder the children. Unfortunately, it’s the young nurse’s word against the doctor’s and no one believes Lora. But she does have one ally — a hardened criminal named Mortie (Ben Lyon) who owes Lora his life. Also starring Clark Gable and Joan Blondell. There’s a pre-film introduction and post-screening talk back by film historian and CFC host Jeannie MacDonald. Playing Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.

“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 Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis. Playing Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m.; and at 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 and Thursday, Feb. 9.

“High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America” - (Episode 1; 58 minutes) – Free - In recognition of Black History Month, Lincoln Theater, Rising Tide Co-Op, and Skidompha Library invite you to join us for a special event. See separate article about this event in this edition of the paper. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. – doors open at 6:45 p.m., film at 7:30 p.m.

Coming soon - “The Fabelmans” – Feb. 10; Talking Food in Maine with guest Mary Allen Lindemann – Feb. 16; The 2023 Oscar Shorts - Feb 17.

Tickets are available at the door beginning 30 minutes before showtime or in advance through the theater’s online box office at www.LincolnTheater.net. Movie tickets are $9 adult, $6 members and youth 18 and under. Event ticket prices vary. Covid protocols on our website. The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in downtown Damariscotta. Curtain going up!