It’s the summer of 1991, and Janet (Julianne Nicholson), an aging down-to-earth acupuncturist, has retreated to rural Massachusetts to spend some quality time with her young daughter Lacy (Zoe Zeigler). The girl... [read more]
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NATIONAL ANTHEM
Dylan (Charlie Plummer) is a construction worker in rural New Mexico burdened with supporting his young brother and a mother struggling with alcohol abuse. Instead of plugging along into a dead-end existence,... [read more]
Special Events
Beat The Heat: THE LAND BEFORE TIME
“Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely…” When famine and cataclysm beset the world of the dinosaurs, four young saurians – Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, and Petrie – go in... [read more]
Ceramics at the Cinema: The Birds Hanging Bird Feeder
“Have you ever seen so many birds..?!” In line with the theme of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 psychological-horror masterpiece The Birds, participants in this relaxing event will decorate a bisqueware bird feeder with... [read more]
Movies on the Rooftop: THE BIRDS
Join us for a special rooftop film screening in conjunction with our Ceramics at the Cinema event! Screening of this film will take place atop the Athens City Parking Garage. Seating will... [read more]
Beat The Heat: THE NEVERENDING STORY
This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of Hollywood’s most magnificent fantasy films – The NeverEnding Story! After his recently-widowed father confronts him about daydreaming too much, bookish 10-year old Bastian... [read more]
Welcome Week Rooftop Movie Night: MIDSOMMAR
Welcome to Athens, Bobcats! Did you know there’s an indie movie theater in the heart of the city, right on Court St..? To celebrate Welcome Week, we are offering a FREE (for... [read more]
Coming Soon
ANORA
In the Russian-speaking neighborhood of New York City’s Brighton Beach, a young Uzbek-American sex worker, Anora, makes ends meet as a stripper in a gentleman’s club run by a boss who frequently... [read more]
KNEECAP
Whether or not you’ve heard of the Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap, this new biopic from Sony Pictures Classics will tell you the mostly true story of how they came to... [read more]
SING SING
From A24 studios comes an emotional drama set within the walls of the infamous Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. This true-to-life tale follows “Divine G”, an inmate serving time for a crime... [read more]
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
Jason Schwartzman stars as Ben Gottleib, an aging Jewish man who serves as cantor to the congregation of his synagogue – a role which is responsible for leading the chanting and choral components... [read more]
DIDI
Dìdi, the directorial debut from writer/director Sean Wang, is a playful coming-of-age tale set in the late-2000’s that follows a young Taiwanese-American boy during the final summer moments before he starts high... [read more]
MAXXXINE
Mia Goth returns to reprise her role as aspiring (adult) film star Maxine “Max” Minx in Maxxxine, the third installment of Ti West’s critically-acclaimed “X” franchise of slasher-horror films from A24 Studios.... [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.
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