Playing this week at theaters in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta ...

The Harbor Theatre

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is set approximately 30 years after the events of "Return of the Jedi.” The Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire have become the Resistance and the First Order, respectively.

The film follows new lead characters Finn, Rey, and Poe Dameron alongside returning Star Wars favorites including Hans Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hammill) and Chewbacca.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is Rated PG and plays at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 through Saturday, Dec. 26; Sunday, Dec. 27 at 2 and 7 p.m.

“Carmen,” Presented by Corps de Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo Teatro Antico di Taormina, filmed live on July 15, 2015. This is the tragic story of love-struck soldier, Don José, and toreador Escamillo who vie for the love of the dazzling and seductive gypsy, Carmen, set to the music of Georges Bizet, libretto for the opera in four acts by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novel with the same title by Prosper Mérimée. New date: Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 2 and 7 p.m.

The Harbor Theatre is located at 185 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. For more information, call 207-633-0438 or www.harbortheatre.net.

Lincoln Theater

“The Peanuts Movie” Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home. Final showings Thursday, Dec. 31 at 2 and 7 p.m.

“Trumbo” In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

“Trumbo” recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice of the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne. Playing Friday, Jan. 1-3 at 3 and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 6 and Thursday, Jan. 7 at and at 2 and 7 p.m.

Downton in Damariscotta The 6th and final season of the highest-rated drama in PBS history, Downton Abbey, screens Friday afternoons at 2 p.m. for the run of the show beginning on Friday, Jan 8. Free to the public.

“The Winter's Tale” presented by the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, with Dame Judi Dench Shakespeare's tragi-comedy set both in a Sicilian court and a glorious bohemian countryside follows the anguish of King Leontes of Sicilia (Kenneth Branagh), who accuses the King of Bohemia, Polixenes, of having an affair with his pregnant wife. Plotting to murder Polixenes, Leontes orders his wife be thrown in prison and for the baby to be banished.

Act Two, on a lighter note, is filled with mirth and merriment as the son of Polixenes (who managed to escape,) falls in love with a lowly shepherd girl. Also starring Dame Judi Dench as Paulina. Playing next Saturday, Jan. 9 and Sat Jan 23 at 1 p.m.

The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater Street in Damariscotta. For more information, call 207-563-3424 or visit www.atthelincoln.org.