We have two special programs notes for this fully booked schedule.
On Sunday night, April 28th we are delighted that Bar Harbor residents and the co-directing team of Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet will be attending both screenings to talk about their new film BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY and answer questions from the audience. They were recently honored by Variety Magazine who placed them on their “Ten Directors to Watch” List. Additionally, Dustin Hamman, the talented musician who created the film’s score will play live before the screenings. The film is being released in Maine a week before the national rollout and will play for a week here.
And in honor of Earth Day, also on Sunday April 28th, we will host a special Free Sierra Club Matinee co-sponsored by College of the Atlantic, a screening of the movie DAMNATION about dam removal both in Maine and across the country. Ken Cline, COA faculty member, will lead discussion after the film. The film starts at 2pm (doors open at 1:30).
Don't forget to start some seeds, and see you soon!
-Lisa
4/18 - 4/21 VERONICA MARS (PG-13) 107min 6:00 and 8:30
4/22 - 4/24 JOURNEY TO THE WEST (PG-13) 110min 6:00 and 8:30
4/25 - 5/1 BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY (NR) 116min 6:00 and 8:30
4/29 - 5/1 PARTICLE FEVER (NR) 99min 5:30 and 7:45
Sun 4/28 DAMNATION (NR) 87min 2pm FREE
Fri Apr 11 – Thurs Apr 17
BRAND NEW! Picking up where the first Captain America film left off, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) resides peacefully in Washington, D.C., struggling to adapt to contemporary society. However, after a S.H.I.E.L.D. compatriot is assailed, Rogers becomes entangled in a mystery that may endanger the globe. Together with Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), Captain America attempts to uncover the growing machination while fending off hired hit men. After the entire scheme is discovered, Captain America and the Black Widow must recruit the aid of the Falcon because soon they encounter an unanticipated and powerful adversary — the Winter Soldier. trailer
Fri Apr 11 – Mon Apr 14
LE WEEK-END (R) 93min 6:00 and 8:30
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan star as an older English couple in this witty, insightful and bittersweet comedy about the complexities of a long marriage. They exhibit resentment, familiarity, disappointment and affection as they revisit for a weekend the city of their honeymoon, Paris, in honor of their 30 th anniversary and with the hopes of rekindling or perhaps ending their relationship. He is diffident and wistful, she is demanding; they careen from one emotion to another as they deal with their lives both as they have been and in the future. When they run into an insufferable, successful long-time American friend, their squabbles rise to an emotionally rich and very funny level. Director Roger Michell (Changing Lanes, Notting Hill, Venus) works again with screenwriter Hanif Kureishi (My Beautiful Laundrette, Venus) making a sophisticated, well-acted and buoyant film. Trailer
Tues Apr 15 - Thurs Apr 17
OMAR (NR) 98min [in ARABIC & HEBREW with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
This gripping and plot driven thriller earned director Hany Abu-Assad a second Oscar nomination for best Foreign Film as well as the Jury Prize at Cannes. A Palestinian story set in the occupied West Bank about betrayal both real and suspected follows young baker Omar who is separated from his girlfriend who lives on the other side of the dividing wall. When he is caught by the Israeli military after his friend kills an Israeli soldier, Omar agrees to work as an informant (the alternative is 90 years in jail) or perhaps he is just pretending. Moral dilemmas and his tough choices have life-or-death consequences. Trailer
Fri Apr 18 - Thurs Apr 24
MUPPETS MOST WANTED (PG) 112min 5:30 and 8:00
BRAND NEW! In this sure to be fun caper musical comedy Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the gang are on tour around Europe selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic "Number Two" Badguy (portrayed by Ricky Gervais). Trailer
Fri Apr 18 - Mon Apr 21
VERONICA MARS (PG-13) 107min 6:00 and 8:30
Based on the TV series character, Kirsten Bell (Frozen) stars as former teen sleuth Veronica, now about to graduate from Law school and headed east to work in a NYC Law office, as far away from her California home as possible. When she receives a call from her ex-boyfriend who has been accused of murdering another high school classmate, she returns to help him find a lawyer, and finds herself increasingly drawn back into a life she thought she’d left far behind. TV series creator Rob Thomas wrote and directs this enjoyably entertaining, sharply written character-driven thriller. Trailer
Tues Apr 22 - Thurs Apr 24
JOURNEY TO THE WEST (PG-13) 110min [in Mandarin with subtitles] 6:00 and 8:30
Goofy, sincere, irreverent, and action-packed fun all describe the films of Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccor, Kung Fu Hustle). In his latest, he has adapted on of the four classic novels of Chinese literature from the 16 th century. In this contemporary comic fantasy, two mismatched Buddhist demon hunters make an adventurous pilgrimage from China to India, encountering all kinds of eccentric characters along the way. This movie you’ve never heard of is visually inventive, magical fun. Trailer
Fri Apr 25 - Thurs May 1
BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY (NR) 116min 6:00 and 8:30
BRAND NEW! The narrative feature debut of Bar Harbor residents Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet (The Way We Get By), recently honored by Variety as one of “Ten Directors to Watch” is getting a special early release in Maine. Filmed in Van Buren, this gripping, coming-of-age thriller follows fiercely loyal friends Caspar and Dominic, both desperate to find a way out of Aroostook County. They make a pact to pool their earnings to buy a car that will take them away, but life forces adult choices that push their friendship to the brink. The film has been lauded for its authentic portrait of small town life. The directors, will attend the Sunday screenings for Q&A, accompanied by the musician who wrote the score who will perform before both screenings. Trailer
Fri Apr 25 - Mon Apr 28
MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN (PG) 92min 5:30 and 7:30
Visually delightful, fast-paced and witty, this entertaining update of the Rocky and Bullwinkle segment “Peabody’s Improbably History” is a total success. Brainy Mr Peabody, a pun-loving dog too smart to be a pet, is the adopted father to nerdy Sherman. Sherman’s nemesis at school is a girl named Penny, and when he tries to impress her with a spin in Peabody’s WABAC time travel machine, a tear in the fabric of the universe leads to havoc on all kinds as they visit Renaissance Florence, both ancient Troy and ancient Egypt, revolutionary France, and the American colonies. Director Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, The Lion King) has made a film that is fun for all ages. Trailer
PARTICLE FEVER (NR) 99min 5:30 and 7:45
This crowd-pleasing and fully inspiring documentary about the Large Hadron Collider, the largest machine ever built (in Switzerland) whose objective is to detect sub-atomic (Higgs bosun) particles by replicating the Big Bang in miniature, is accessible to all ages, anyone curious about the world. Directed by physicist turned filmmaker Mark Levinson, and fluidly edited by 2X Oscar-winner Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient), this film follows six scientists who seek to uncover the mysteries of the structure of the universe, over seven years as this epic machine is launched. They are able to discuss in laymen’s terms about their significant search and the challenges facing their innovation. Trailer
DAMNATION (NR) 87min 2:00
This special Earth Day edition of our annual Sierra Club film series is co-sponsored by College of the Atlantic. Dam removal both in Maine and across the country is becoming mainstream. This film explores the change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to a growing awareness that our future is inextricably tied to the life and health of our nation’s rivers. Using majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries, this film highlights dam removal projects in Maine, Oregon and Washington State. COA professor Ken Cline will lead discussion after the film. Trailer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Rio 2
Enemy
Bad Words
The Amazing Spiderman 2
The Lunchbox
The Other Woman
Ernest & Celestine
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