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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Forgotten Man – Gregory La Cava: My Man Godfrey

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler…but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye. “Gregory La Cava’s improvisational style received its highest critical acclaim for this 1936 film, a marginally Marxist exercise in class confusion during the Depression.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader “William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed […]

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Forgotten Man – George La Cava: Stage Door

A boardinghouse full of aspiring actresses and their ambitions, dreams and disappointments. “The entire cast is stellar, including little knowns Lucille Ball — “my big break”– Eve Arden, “real discovery” Andrea Leeds, Jack Carson, and a 14-year-old Ann Miller who lied about her age.” – Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews “La Cava keeps it […]

Learning to Drive: Leaving the Athena Thursday, October 1st

Isabel Coixet’s slice-of-life comedy/drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-ages book critic who is shattered when her husband Ted (Jake Weber) leaves her. In order to visit her daughter (Grace Gummer), who lives upstate, Wendy begins taking driving lessons from Darwan (Ben Kingsley) an American citizen originally from India who makes […]