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Join us for a special rooftop film screening in conjunction with our Ceramics at the Cinema event and the 19th Annual Ohio Brew Week celebration!

Screening of this film will take place atop the Athens City Parking Garage. Seating will begin at 8:00 p.m. and the film will begin around 9:00 p.m. (whenever it gets dark enough). In case of rain in the forecast, the event may be relocated to The Athena Cinema.

Ok, you hosers…time to set out for the Great White North!

Two of Canada’s finest comedians, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, team up as beer-swilling brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie in this comedy classic from 1982. Hatching a plan to get a bunch of free Elsinore beer by putting a mouse in an empty beer bottle, the two buffoons get caught up in an even bigger scheme when they find their selves at the Elsinore brewery castle – the Brewmeister (Max von Sydow), in Bond-villain fashion, is trying to take over the world by putting a mind-control drug in the beer. Will the McKenzie’s unquenchable thirst ultimately end up saving us all..?

Written and directed by Moranis and Thomas, Strange Brew grew from humble beginnings as a sketch on SCTV, Canada’s version of Saturday Night Live. (Very) loosely based on Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Hamlet, this film is a bummer only if you hate to laugh out loud, eh.

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90 MIN

From Rankin/Bass Productions comes this classic 1982 animated fantasy film that tells the story of the Last Unicorn. One day, our equine heroine learns of The Red Bull’s villainous efforts to chase all unicorns to the ends of Earth and embarks on a quest in search of the rest of her kind. Along the way, she is taken into captivity by an evil witch who makes her a carnival sideshow attraction. However, she escapes with the help of Schmendrick, a bumbling magician, and they continue the quest together. The two end up crossing paths with The Red Bull and nearly meet defeat, but Schmendrick transforms The Unicorn into a human woman to save her from the terrors of the bull. When they later arrive at a castle, the now-human Unicorn is beginning to forget her true identity and falls in love with a prince named Lir. The prince eventually learns of The Unicorn’s true self, and he also discovers how desperately he’ll need The Unicorn’s help as the final confrontation with The Red Bull reaches its thrilling climax.

Based on the novel by Hugo Award-winning fantasy author Peter S Beagle (who also wrote the screenplay), and featuring the voice talents of A-list stars of the era including Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, and Jeff Bridges, The Last Unicorn is an amazing journey through fantasy and myth artfully rendered by a production studio that raised the bar for animated feature films throughout the 1970s and 80s. It is unquestionable a classic of the fantasy genre – a wonderful movie that deserves to be remembered as a touchstone in the history of hand-drawn movie-making.

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: OUCU Financial, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, Brenen’s Cafe and Deli, Athens County Children Services, Ohio Arts Council, and Arts for Ohio

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92 MIN

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Set during WWII, THE BOY AND THE HERON tells the story of Mahito Maki, a young boy who loses his mother and is evacuated with his father from the city to the country to escape the ravages of war. Mahito, burdened by grief and struggling to adjust to his new surroundings, finds himself pestered by a grey heron. While pursuing the bird, Mahito is led to a strange stone tower where he discovers that the structure and the bird are gateways to a world beyond his imagination.

Having announced retirement almost a decade ago, Hayao Miyazaki instead persevered and began storyboarding THE BOY AND THE HERON in 2016 — it seemed that he had one final, fantastic story to tell. In production for nearly seven years and, allegedly, the most expensive film ever made in Japan, Miyazaki’s latest (and last) film has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece of animation filled with characters and themes that exemplify the breadth of Miyazaki’s illustrious career as one of the greatest animators and storytellers in the entertainment industry.

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124 MIN

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Set during WWII, THE BOY AND THE HERON tells the story of Mahito Maki, a young boy who loses his mother and is evacuated with his father from the city to the country to escape the ravages of war. Mahito, burdened by grief and struggling to adjust to his new surroundings, finds himself pestered by a grey heron. While pursuing the bird, Mahito is led to a strange stone tower where he discovers that the structure and the bird are gateways to a world beyond his imagination.

Having announced retirement almost a decade ago, Hayao Miyazaki instead persevered and began storyboarding THE BOY AND THE HERON in 2016 — it seemed that he had one final, fantastic story to tell. In production for nearly seven years and, allegedly, the most expensive film ever made in Japan, Miyazaki’s latest (and last) film has been hailed by critics as a masterpiece of animation filled with characters and themes that exemplify the breadth of Miyazaki’s illustrious career as one of the greatest animators and storytellers in the entertainment industry.

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124 MIN

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Loosely based on the Martin Amis novel of the same name, THE ZONE OF INTEREST relates the story of real-life Commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Auchwitz, Rudolf Höss. Höss and his family live an idyllic life of affluence in a villa located right next to the infamous camp where, on the other side of the garden wall, the evils and horrors of war are daily taking place.

Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Under the Skin), THE ZONE OF INTEREST is a moving portrayal of a family that enjoys the “good life” while being responsible for the literal destruction of the lives of countless others. An instant hit with critics, the film was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

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105 MIN

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 begin at 8:00 p.m. and the film will begin around 9:00 p.m. (whenever it gets dark enough). Participants are instructed to BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS. Additional chairs will be available to rent for a $2 fee.

In case of rain in the forecast, the event may be relocated to The Athena Cinema.

Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock is in top form for this classic 1963 horror film!

During a chance meeting at a pet store, lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) and Melanie Daniels (Tippie Hedren) cross paths that lead the two nascent “love birds” to a rendezvous at idyllic Bodega Bay outside the urban chaos of San Francisco. However, before their relationship can take flight, the peace and quiet of the seaside town starts to unravel as a mysterious invasion of feathered berserkers besets the town and wreaks havoc on a level not seen before on the big screen!

Hitchcock’s knack for on-location shooting, his brilliance at employing special effects, and his penchant for visualizing psyche-shattering scripts are all in evidence here, combining to make The Birds not only one of the most-unforgettable horror films, but also one of cinema history’s most-enduring movies!

Check out the rest of our exciting line-up of Movies on the Rooftop / Ceramics at the Cinema films:

Movies on the Rooftop

Ceramics at the Cinema

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119 MIN