THE SALESMAN

Director: Asghar Farhadi
Writer(s): Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi
Awards: 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Language: Persian

After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. Eventually, an incident linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life.

It is by any measure a great film, a quiet, yet overwhelmingly intense production that forces us to recalibrate our notion of what suspenseful cinema can mean and do. — Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Asghar Farhadi, the writer and director, builds a solid and suspenseful plot out of ordinary incidents, and packs it with rich and resonant ideas. 
— A.O. Scott, The NY Times

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Running Time: 125 minutes125 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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THE FOUNDER: Last Day Thursday, February 9th

Watch Trailer Director: John Lee Hancock
Writer(s): Robert D. Siegel
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman

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The story of Ray Kroc, a struggling milkshake machine salesman who turned two brothers’ fast food eatery, McDonald’s, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world.

“A sharp and satisfyingly fat-free account of how a wily salesman took a lucrative Southern California burger joint and turned it into the world’s biggest fast-food empire.” -Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

“A compelling… business procedural, rife with details about franchise laws, handshake agreements, and contract negotiations, plus plenty of the invaluable Michael Keaton.” -Jesse Hassenger, AV Club

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Running Time: 115 min115 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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HIDDEN FIGURES: Last Day Thursday, February 9th

Watch Trailer Director: Theodore Melfi
Writer(s): Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi, Margot Lee Shetterly
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe
Awards: GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS - Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score

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Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions.

“Junior high and high school classes across the country should take field trips to see this movie.” -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

“Hidden Figures provides a fresh angle on how demeaning, demoralizing and crazy it was to live in an era of officially sanctioned white supremacy, one that people had grown used to pretending was perfectly normal.” -Kyle Smith, New York Post

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Running Time: 127 minutes127 MIN
PG Rated

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20TH CENTURY WOMEN: Last Day Thursday, February 9th

Watch Trailer Director: Mike Mills
Writer(s): Mike Mills
Cast: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig

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During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord (Annette Bening) decides the best way she can parent her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann) is to enlist her young tenants – a quirky punk photographer (Greta Gerwig), a mellow handyman (Billy Crudup) and her son’s shrewd best friend (Elle Fanning) – to serve as role models in a changing world.

“The most surprising part of the movie is how well Mills writes his three women, and how accurately he pinpoints their very distinct anxieties.” — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic 

“There’s not a single false, ‘actor-y’ note in Bening’s work. It is a master class in nuanced acting, and it is deserving of an Academy Award.” — Richard Roeper, Chicago-Sun Times

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Running Time: 119 minutes119 MIN
R Rated

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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
This Film is Wheelchair Accessible

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
This Film is Wheelchair Accessible

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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