PERFECT DAYS

Director: Wim Wenders • Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano

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THE TASTE OF THINGS

About the Film Eugénie and Dodin have paired their skills in the kitchen for 20 years. During that time, working closely together and relying on each another, they’ve not only prepared meals... [read more]

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Viewing: March 20,2024

PERFECT DAYS

Hirayama leads an unglamorous life as a Tokyo toilet cleaner, though he has found contentment in the simpler things like collecting classic rock cassettes, reading books, and photographing trees. His days have... [read more]

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Todays Show Times: 4:30

Special Events

The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines.... [read more]

Sustainability Series: THE GREAT GREEN WALL

About the Film A landmass stretching uninterrupted for nearly 4000 miles, from Senegal on the Atlantic Coast to Djibouti on the coast of the Red Sea, Africa’s Sahel region serves as a... [read more]

From the Hills and Hollers: OCTOBER SKY with Dr. Amy Wolfe

About the film Based on the memoir Rocket Boys by American engineer Homer H. Hickman Jr., the film tells the story of four young men who, while growing up in the coal... [read more]

The Met: Live in HD: Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin... [read more]

Friends of India Present: RRR

“Forget streaming- the joy of the communal RRR theatrical experience is as much fun as you can have” — Variance Films RRR – Rise, Roar, Revolt! – is the story of comrades... [read more]

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY

The Athena Cinema and OEFFA are thrilled to present a special screening of this important Emmy-nominated documentary! Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds – they have been... [read more]

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Coming Soon

LOVE LIES BLEEDING: Starts Friday, March 22nd

Kristen Stewart stars as “Lou”, a small town gym owner who’s trying to toe the straight-and-narrow and get out from under the shadow of her family’s criminal tendencies. When up-and-coming bodybuilder Jackie... [read more]

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

The DC Comics universe, improv comedy, and gender identity all collide in this wild coming-of-age supervillain parody from Emmy-nominated filmmaker Vera Drew! Vera is a gender-questioning youth growing up in Smallville, Kansas... [read more]

ORIGIN

About the Film ORIGIN tells the story of American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she sets out, in the grips of personal tragedy, to research and write her critically acclaimed nonfiction... [read more]


The Athena Cinema hopes to play each of these films but they are not all confirmed. When a film is confirmed an arrival date will be added. Although it is unlikely, arrival dates may be shifted due to unforeseen circumstances.