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MEET THE PATELS: Last Day Thursday, October 22nd

Watch Trailer Director: Geeta Patel, Ravi Patel
Writer(s): Matthew Hamachek, Billy McMillin, Geeta Patel, Ravi Patel
Cast: Champa V. Patel, Geeta Patel, Ravi Patel

A laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams…and his parents. This hilarious and heartwarming film reveals how love is a family affair.

“Often riotously funny.” -Andrew Barker, Variety

“It’s a delight of a film, but it also examines problems of assimilation, culture clash, modern romance and the value (or prison) of tradition. Which is quite a bit of stuff for a movie that’s just plain fun to watch.” -Tom Long, Detroit News

“It’s impossible not to care about the people on screen.” -Jen Chaney, Washington Post

“It turned one man’s culturally specific journey into a lively and engaging universal story made with an unmistakable sense of fun.” -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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Running Time: 88 minutes88 MIN
PG Rated

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Sustainability Series: BROKEN LANDSCAPES & SLUDGE

Watch Trailer Director: Michael T. Miller
Language: Hindi

BROKEN LANDSCAPES explores the effects of coal mining to communities and workers in India exposing migrant labor exploitation, water and environmental impacts.

SLUDGE is a 2005 documentary film by Appalshop filmmaker Robert Salyer chronicling the Martin County Sludge Spill that was an accident that occurred after midnight on October 11, 2000 when a coal sludge impoundment in Martin County, Kentucky, broke through an underground mine below, propelling 306 million gallons of sludge down two tributaries of theTug Fork River.

One of the filmmakers of Broken Landscapes, Sean Peoples, is to lead a discussion with musician Jack Wright with faculty and students following the showings of Broken Landscapes and Sludge.

*Free admission provided by Environmental Studies Program at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Alden Library, Athena Cinema, the College of Arts & Sciences Sustainability Studies and Food Studies Themes, University College and Office of Sustainability at Ohio University. *

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Running Time: Broken Landscape (18 minutes); Sludge (40 minutes)1840 MIN
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100 YEARS OF ATHENA SERIES

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Spike-Lee.-Do-the-Right-Thing-3DO THE RIGHT THING | Oct. 24

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone’s hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Directed by Spike Lee.

 

 

2005_brokeback_mountain_004BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN | Nov. 21

The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years. Directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.

 

 

artist3THE ARTIST | Dec. 26

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. Starring  Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman.

 

 

 

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KNOWING THE FUTURE SERIES

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FANTASTIC VOYAGE | Oct. 27fantastic voyage

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

contactCONTACT | Nov. 10

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.

 

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The Apu Trilogy: APUR SANSAR (THE WORLD OF APU)

Watch Trailer Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer(s): Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (original story "Aparajito"), Satyajit Ray (screenplay) (as script)
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty
Language: Bengali

This final installment in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, follows Apu’s life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer as he lives through poverty, and the unforeseen turn of events.

“Director Satyajit Ray, with greater technical means, makes the truth of his relationships and the revelation of India the main trumps of the film. Wit, tenderness and intrinsic human revelations illuminate this unusual film.” – Variety Staff, Variety

“An impressive capstone is put not only upon a touching human drama but also upon the development of a genuine artist’s skill.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times

“What we sense all through The Apu Trilogy is a different kind of life than we are used to.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Running Time: 105 minutes105 MIN
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Food on Film: SPIRITED AWAY

Watch Trailer Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino
Language: Japanese

During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

“Turns everything we know about the contemporary world on its head, and substitutes it with one in which spirits, monsters, magicians and animals mix it up in a carnival of energy, good humor and freewheeling illusion.” – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

“Does full honor to Miyazaki’s teeming and often unsettling landscape, and to the conflicted complexity of his characters: Not a single frame was cut, and the voice casting and performances are uniformly excellent.” – David Chute, L.A. Weekly

“It is plainly, though not simply, a masterpiece from an acknowledged master of contemporary animation, and a wonderfully welcoming work of art that’s as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful and deep.” – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

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Running Time: 125 minutes125 MIN
PG Rated
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Food on Film: JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI

Watch Trailer Director: David Gelb
Cast: Jiro Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Nakazama
Language: Japanese

In the basement of a Tokyo office building, 85 year old sushi master Jiro Ono works tirelessly in his world renowned restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. As his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes and taking over the legendary restaurant, Jiro relentlessly pursues his lifelong quest to create the perfect piece of sushi.

“David Gelb’s thoughtful and wonderful documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, explores the dedication of this humble, bespectacled man, and the Zen-like focus he has for his work – or, as many would claim, for his art.” – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
“One of the film’s best moments of deliciousness comes with the revelation that Yoshikazu, rather than his father, made the sushi that won the Michelin inspectors over; so much for working humbly in the old man’s shadow.” – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
“For all the trite sayings that come to mind, the story feels exceptional thanks to the subject, a self-made perfectionist still pursuing culinary transcendence.” – Stephanie Merry, Washington Post

 

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Running Time: 81 minutes81 MIN
PG Rated
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Knowing the Future Presents: The Imitation Game

Watch Trailer Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer(s): Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges (book)
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Awards: Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (2015)
Language: English

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Presented with FREE ADMISSION by the College of Arts & Sciences’ Knowing the Future theme. Check out more films showing this semester as part of the Knowing the Future Series.
“It’s an undeniable pleasure to dig into a crackling spy thriller dished out by experts.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Another must-see movie this year-end awards season (the other one is The Theory of Everything) is the brilliant encapsulation of one of the greatest stories of our time — the genius, heroism and ultimately shameful destruction of Alan Turing.” – Rex Reed, The New York Observer
“The disturbing, involving, always-complex story of British mathematician Alan Turing is a tale crafted to resonate for our time, and the smartly entertaining The Imitation Game gives it the kind of crackerjack cinematic presentation that’s pure pleasure to experience.” – Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times

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Running Time: 114 minutes114 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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Knowing the Future Presents: Children of Men

Watch Trailer Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer(s): Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, P.D. James
Cast: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Awards: Nominated for Academy Awards in Adapted Screenplay, Achievement in Film Editing, and Achievement in Cinematography (2007)

Children of Men envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world’s youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set against the backdrop of London torn apart by violence and nationalistic sects, the film follows disillusioned bureaucrat Theo (Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of Earth’s survival.

Presented with FREE ADMISSION by the College of Arts & Sciences’ Knowing the Future theme. Check out more films showing this semester as part of the Knowing the Future Series.

“Thrilling, important, and invigoratingly bleak, Children of Men is one of the very best movies to come out in 2006.” -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

“An audacious, exhilarating futuristic thriller.” -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“Despite the bleakness of its vision, Children of Men is also thrilling, both for its groundbreaking style (there are action sequences here unlike any filmed before) and its complex, vividly realized ideas.” -Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

“This dystopian masterpiece of misery kept me wound up for hours after the credits rolled.” -Mark Rahner, Seattle Times

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Running Time: 109 minutes109 MIN
R Rated

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OU Presents: The Hunting Ground

Watch Trailer Director: Kirby Dick

From the team behind THE INVISIBLE WAR, comes a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. Weaving together verité footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they pursue their education while fighting for justice – despite harsh retaliation, harassment and pushback at every level.

When THE HUNTING GROUND is screened at The Athena Cinema in September, Ohio University will join the growing list of colleges and universities who want to join the ongoing effort to ignite change, ensure safety and demand justice on campuses across the country.

“An important film to see for parents, students and anyone involved with academia.” -Adam Graham, Detroit News

“Too few women (and men) have too little chance to share their stories. Dick’s film is a valuable spotlight.” -Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“You can read all the statistics you want, but there’s no substitute for bearing witness – especially in such overwhelming numbers.” -Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

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Running Time: 103 minutes103 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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