Film: The Fall

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In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to…

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Film: Harold and Maude

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. (1971) Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

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Family Film: The Secret World of Arrietty

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

(2010) 1hr. 34 min. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family’s residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

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Film: Bridget Jones’s Diary

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution,…

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Film: Manhattan

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway Woody Allen combines witty dialogue, the music of George Gershwin, and atmospheric location shooting in one of his best romantic comedies. Isaac, a neurotic writer in his forties,…

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Family Film: Castle in the Sky

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. (1989)

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Film: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew–Team Zissou–set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during…

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Film: Dazed and Confused

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey Like George Lucas’ American Graffiti, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused is an affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era. While Lucas took aim at the…

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Family Film: Moana

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows exactly…

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Film: A Hard Day’s Night

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Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr A Hard Day’s Night is a British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles during the height of Beatlemania. The film portrays…

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POSTPONED! Film: Strictly Ballroom

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Postponed due to inclement weather. We will reschedule in early April. Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter Written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott…

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Family Film: Princess Mononoke

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Come see the next in our Miyazaki film series, “Princess Mononoke.” Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out for the forests of the west in search of the cure that…

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Film: Hero

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Jet Li, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung In ancient China during the Warring States period, Nameless, a Qin prefect, arrives at the Qin capital city to meet the king of Qin, who had survived…

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Film: Mama Mia!

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA. On the Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old…

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Family Film: Matilda

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson Based on the book by Roald Dahl, this film is about a young genius named Matilda, who uses telekinesis to deal with her parents, who do not value…

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Film: Rushmore

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams Directed by Wes Anderson, this film centers around an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman in his film debut), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill…

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FILM: Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter Written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), and his struggle to establish his personal style…

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FILM: Everything is Illuminated (2005)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the…

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FAMILY FILM: Trolls (2016)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel An unlikely pair of Trolls must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known.

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FILM: The Meaning of Life (1983)

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Stars: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle Life’s questions are “answered” in a series of outrageous vignettes. This is Monty Python at their funniest.

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FILM: Wonder Woman (2017)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers…

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FAMILY FILM: Coco (2017)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

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FILM: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas. A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years. Sponsored by…

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FILM: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

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Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric. The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero…

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FILM: Thor Ragnarok (2017)

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Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett. Thor is imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, and must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, which is at the…

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FILM: Hook (1991)

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Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts. When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Sponsored by…

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FAMILY FILM: Despicable Me 3 (2017)

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Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker. Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist. Sponsored by Supplies Unlimited.

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FILM: La La Land (2016)

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Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt. While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future. Sponsored by Supplies Unlimited.

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FAMILY FILM: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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Stars: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey. A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. Sponsored…

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FILM: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make…

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FILM: Black Panther (2018)

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Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o T’Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was…

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FAMILY FILM: Ferdinand (2017)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale. After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family,…

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OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking. This film is free and open to…

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Film: I’m Not There (2007)

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Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger. Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician’s life and work. Sponsored by Lincoln County Publishing Company. Come check…

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Screening of “A Place at the Table”

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Run time: 1 hour, 24 minutes Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.

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OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory’s Michelin-starred eatery. This film is free and open to…

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