Valentine’s Day: THE LOVE WITCH

Watch Trailer Director: Anna Biller
Writer(s): Anna Biller
Cast: Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell

Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.

With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the ‘60s, The Love Witch explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.

“Shot and designed with admirably compulsive attention to tone and composition, The Love Witch is a hothouse filled with deadly and seductive blooms” — A.O. Scott, NY Times

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Running Time: 120 minutes120 MIN

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Sibs Weekend Marathon: HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

Watch Trailer Director: Chris Columbus
Writer(s): J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

“The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware.” With this ominous message, we begin our journey to discover who opened the chamber and who the mysterious Tom Riddle is. Warning: don’t go into the girls’ bathroom alone. Moaning Myrtle can’t protect you.

This film is a part of a 12-hour marathon featuring the first four films in the Harry Potter series. There will be Harry Potter-themed snacks available, and Ohio University’s Harry Potter Alliance will be hosting trivia and costume contests. Viewers, beware! This film features scary creatures, fake blood, an gaggle of redheads, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Individual film tickets are $7 each. All days passes are $20.

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Running Time: 161 min161 MIN
PG Rated
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Darker, funnier and more action-packed than the first film, 'Chamber' seems inspired as much by Steven Spielberg's galloping 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Free Universal Premiere: GET OUT

Watch Trailer Director: Jordan Peele
Writer(s): Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lakeith Stanfield

Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.

Free preview screening. Tickets are first come, first serve.

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Running Time: 130 min130 MIN
R Rated
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Sibs Weekend Marathon: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

Watch Trailer Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer(s): J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Sirius Black has escaped from the wizarding prison, Azkaban! But is he as dangerous as everyone thinks he is? And what is his connection to Harry? Enjoy the time-traveling adventures of the trio, find out the spooky origins of the Whomping Willow, and watch Hermione (finally!) punch Malfoy in the third installment of the franchise.

This film is a part of a 12-hour marathon featuring the first four films in the Harry Potter series. There will be Harry Potter-themed snacks available, and Ohio University’s Harry Potter Alliance will be hosting trivia and costume contests. Viewers, beware! This film features scary creatures, murderous trees, time travel, and adolescent angst.

Individual film tickets are $7 each. All days passes are $20.

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Running Time: 142 min. 142 MIN
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Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date, it's a film that can stand on its own even if you never heard of author J.K. Rowling and her young wizard hero.

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Sibs Weekend Marathon: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Watch Trailer Director: Mike Newell
Writer(s): J.K Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

It’s time for the Triwizard Tournament! Who will win the legendary tournament? Will jealously rear its ugly head at the Yule Ball? Join us in watching our final film in the series, THE GOBLET OF FIRE. And as an added bonus, Robert Pattinson appears as a wizard — and not a vampire.

This film will conclude the Athena’s first-ever Harry Potter marathon. Viewers, beware! This film contains monsters, dark magic, mild language, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Individual film tickets are $7 each. All days passes are $20.

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Running Time: 157 min. 157 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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It's downright scary how good this movie is

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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FAMILY FUN DAY presented by Athens County Child Advocacy Center

The Athens County Child Advocacy Center (CAC) coordinates a multi-disciplinary approach to provide a collaborative and cohesive response to child abuse in Athens County. Enjoy a day of music, face-painting, Avalanche Pizza, and cartoons where the proceeds go towards a great cause!

The event features the New York International Children’s Film Festival’s Best of the Fest KID FLIX 1, a collection of twelve of the best short animations from around the world, to begin screening at noon.

This collection is specifically recommended for those ages 3-7 but will be enjoyed by people of all ages. Selected from 2016 Festival programs for our younger audience members, Kid Flix 1 features Audience Award winners The Visitors, and Octopus, Grown-Ups Award-winner One, Two, Tree, and more highly rated shorts, including Object at Rest, Looks, and Tiny Tunes: Food.

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Food on Film: TAMPOPO

Watch Trailer Director: Juzo Itami
Awards: Winner of Best Sound at the 1986 Award of the Japanese Academy

Juzo Itami’s rapturous “ramen western” returns to U.S. screens for the first time in decades, in a new 4K restoration. The tale of an enigmatic band of ramen ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, Tampopo serves up a savory broth of culinary adventure seasoned with offbeat comedy sketches and the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster. Sweet, sexy, surreal, and mouthwatering, Tampopo remains one of the most delectable examples of food on film.

“Charming and touching, with lots of sumptuous meals to inspire you to get cooking”. – David Parkinson, Empire

“There are many love stories folded into this film’s enjoyably meandering two hours, but “Tampopo” is above all about the romance of food, and the joyous, agonizing devotion and hard work required to tease out its manifold mysteries.” – Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times

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Running Time: 115 minutes115 MIN
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DO NOT RESIST

Director: Craig Atkinson

Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT RESIST – the directorial debut of DETROPIA cinematographer Craig Atkinson – offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future.
The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action – from a ride-along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of “righteous violence” to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments – before exploring where controversial new technologies, including predictive policing algorithms, could lead the field next.
This event is sponsored by Ohio University’s Students For Liberty and Arts for Ohio.

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Running Time: 72 minutes72 MIN

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Science on Screen: THE SHINING with Dr. Kimberly Rios

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

A married couple with a small son are employed to look after a resort hotel high in the Colorado mountains. As a result, they are the sole occupants during the long winter. The hotel manager warns them not to accept the job because of a tragedy that occurred during the winter of 1970.


In conjunction with the film there will be a talkback with Ohio University Associate Professor and Director of Experimental Training, Dr. Kimberly Rios. Dr. Rios’ work focuses on people’s responses to threats to their self-concepts, interpersonal relationships, or group identities. Examples of such threats include being uncertain about oneself or one’s attitudes, being socially excluded, and perceiving an outgroup to threaten the ingroup’s power/resources or fundamental values.

Science on Screen is a project of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Coolidge Corner Theater. The Science on Screen program pairs with a short talk with a scientist or technology expert. The free Science on Screen events are fun and engaging and offer dynamic speakers an unexpected jumping point to teach their field of expertise in a way that is accessible to a diverse audience.

 

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Running Time: 146 minutes146 MIN
R Rated
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National Event Day: 1984

Director: Michael Radford
Writer(s): Michael Radford, Jonathan Gems
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton

The Athena Cinema in conjunction with the Athens International Film + Video Festival presents “1984” National Screening Day. On April 4, 2017, the Athena along with almost 90 art house movie theaters across the country will be participating collectively in a NATIONAL EVENT DAY screening of the 80’s movie “1984.”

The film follows Winston Smith, a bureaucratic flunky living in a totalitarian state, breaks the law by falling in love with Julia. Attempting to escape, Winston and Julia are tracked down by the Thought Police and “re-educated” into loving the State.

This date was chosen because it’s the day George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith begins rebelling against his oppressive government by keeping a forbidden diary.  Orwell’s portrait of a government that manufactures their own facts, demands total obedience, and demonizes foreign enemies, has never been timelier. The endeavor encourages theaters to take a stand for our most basic values: freedom of speech, respect for our fellow human beings, and the simple truth that there are no such things as ‘alternative facts.’

Join us at the Athena for this national event!

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Running Time: 113 minutes113 MIN
R Rated

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