In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become […]
Stuart’s Opera House Presents Fright Night
NOTE: This event will take place at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, NOT the Athena Cinema. Stuart’s Opera House will host our first ever FRIGHT NIGHT on Final Friday, October 30th! We will host a terrifyingly fun evening at Stuart’s to celebrate the Halloween season during October Final Fridays. In addition to a new art […]
GOODNIGHT MOMMY: Last Day Thursday, November 5th
In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for […]
One Night Only: Music Within – Thursday, October 8th
The story of celebrated public speaker Richard Pimentel comes to the screen in this biographical drama starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Rebecca De Mornay, and Hector Elizondo. As a young man, Pimentel (Ron Livingston) realized he had a remarkable gift for public speaking. Pimentel’s idol is College Bowl founder Dr. Padrow (Elizondo), but upon […]
Free Universal Premiere: STEVE JOBS
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. “An enthralling performance by Michael Fassbender fuels this brilliant, infuriating and richly unconventional take on the life […]
Science on Screen: SNAKES ON A PLANE
An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss. “Hilariously funny, full of fang-popping scares, and guaranteed to increase travel by train.” – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News “Why is this […]
NO PRYOR KNOWLEDGE SERIES
Celebrating the career of one of the funniest comedians of all time, Richard Pryor. Click on titles for details! WATTSTAX | Oct. 25 & 26 The climactic concert of the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, commemorating the 1965 riots, and featuring performances by Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Richard Pryor, and many more. BLUE […]
The Apu Trilogy
Admission is free to each show! PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) | Oct. 8 Impoverished priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee),dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. APARAJITO (THE UNVANQUISHED) | Oct. 15 A boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a […]
The Apu Trilogy: Aparajito (The Unvanquished)
Following his father’s death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone. “It’s a masterpiece for which terms like ‘simplicity’ and ‘profundity’ seem inadequate.” – Jonathon Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader “Standing above fashion, it creates a world so convincing that it becomes, for a time, another life we […]
The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee),dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. “Beautiful, sometimes funny, and full of love, it brought a new vision of India to the screen.” – Pauline Kael, New Yorker “Film justly won the ‘most human document award’ at […]
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