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DARKEST HOUR

Watch Trailer Director: Joe Wright
Writer(s): Anthony McCarten
Cast: Lily James, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn

During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill [Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman]. While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds.

Directed by Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill’s courage to lead changed the course of world history.

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Running Time: 125 minutes125 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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It feels alive and fresh -- the kind of cinema that doesn't waste a second.

Sasha Stone
TheWrap
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LADY BIRD

Watch Trailer Director: Greta Gerwig
Writer(s): Greta Gerwig
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Kathryn Newton
Awards: GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - Best Picture (Comedy), Best Actress (Comedy)

In Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

This film is nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including

  • Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • Best Achievement in Directing (Greta Gerwig)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Saoirse Ronan)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Laurie Metcalf)
  • Best Original Screenplay

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Running Time: 93 minutes93 MIN
R Rated
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There are no fireworks or twists or unnecessary frills here, nor should there be - this is simply perfect filmmaking from a voice that demands to be heard.

Barry Hertz
Globe and Mail
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THE DISASTER ARTIST

Watch Trailer Director: James Franco
Writer(s): Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen

With The Disaster Artist, James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau—an artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable—into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. Based on Greg Sestero’s best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy’s cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (“The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”), The Disaster Artist is a hilarious and welcome reminder that there is more than one way to become a legend—and no limit to what you can achieve when you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing.

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Running Time: 104 minutes104 MIN
R Rated
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Fans of The Room will find much to love here, but even if you've never heard of it, The Disaster Artist should delight.

David Sims
The Atlantic
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FACES PLACES

Watch Trailer Director: JR, Agnès Varda
Language: French

89-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up to co-direct this enchanting documentary/road movie. Kindred spirits, Varda and JR share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. Together they travel around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epic-size portraits of them. The photos are prominently displayed on houses, barns, storefronts and trains revealing the humanity in their subjects, and themselves. Faces Places documents these heart-warming encounters as well as the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way.

This film is partially in French and features English subtitles on all showings.

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Running Time: 90 minutes90 MIN
PG Rated
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There's a chemistry and respect between the two of them, palpable in the film's first moments, that is inspiring. And when the credits roll 89 minutes later, you realize that this is one journey where you never once crankily asked, "Are we there yet?

Cary Darling
Houston Chronicle
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Sustainability Series: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST

Watch Trailer Director: Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Seth Kramer
Writer(s): Daniel A. Miller
Cast: Kathryn Yegorov-Crate, Mary Catherine Bateson, Margaret Mead

THE ANTHROPOLOGIST examines climate change like no other film before. The fate of the planet is considered from the perspective of American teenager Katie Crate. Over the course of five years, she travels alongside her mother Susie, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities. Their journey parallels that of renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead, who for decades sought to understand how global change affects remote cultures.

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Running Time: 78 minutes78 MIN
Not Rated
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At this point no documentarian can possibly have a fresh take on climate change, right? Wrong.

Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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Out at the Movies: BAYARD & ME and RELUCTANTLY QUEER

Director: Matt Wolf
Cast: Walter Naegle

BAYARD & ME (16 min)

This intimate portrait of civil rights movement icon Bayard Rustin is told from the perspective of Rustin’s partner. Not only was it bold to be openly gay in 1977, when Rustin and Walter Naegle met, but theirs was also an interracial and intergenerational relationship, challenging three societal taboos at once. Through Rustin, Bayard and Me explicitly ties gay rights to the civil rights movement, observing that Rustin faced discrimination within the movement because of his homosexuality. Director Matt Wolf helps restore Rustin to his rightful place in history as one of the architects of nonviolent civil resistance in the U.S. Rustin did not live to see gay marriage become a reality, but it is the quiet dignity of Rustin’s and Naegle’s same-sex union that occupies the film’s emotional center and speaks most compellingly to the ideal of equal rights.

 

RELUCTANTLY QUEER (8 min)

This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love for same-sex desire amid the increased tensions incited by same-sex politics in Ghana. Focused on a letter that is ultimately filled with hesitation and uncertainty, Reluctantly Queer both disrobes and questions what it means to be queer for this man in this time and space.

 

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Running Time: 16 minutes16 MIN
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Women Pioneer Series: DOLORES

Watch Trailer Director: Peter Bratt
Cast: Hillary Clinton, Angela Davis, Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. Directed by Peter Bratt.

Introduction by Dr. Alicia Chavira-Prado, Special Assistant to the Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion.

Free admission is provided by Arts for OHIO.

This event is also sponsored by the Kennedy Lecture Series as part of the Athena Cinema’s Women Pioneer Series.

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Running Time: 98 minutes98 MIN
Not Rated
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'Dolores' is a fascinating corrective to 50-plus years of American history. It's educational, to be sure, but also exhilarating, inspiring and deeply emotional.

Lora Grady
Washington Post
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Mix Tape: RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

Watch Trailer Director: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
Cast: Mildred Bailey, Randy Castillo, George Clinton
Awards: Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize, World Cinema (Documentary)

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence. Featuring music icons Charley Patton, Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis, Redbone, & more, Rumble shows how these talented Native musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives.

Admission $5. Part of our Masters Mix Tape Series.

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Running Time: 103 min103 MIN
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the film reveals how Native American rhythms and stylings became a part of the larger tapestry of American music.

Robert Ito
New York Times
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Sibs Weekend Marathon: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCEROR’S STONE

Watch Trailer Director: Chris Columbus
Writer(s): J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Join us in reliving all of Harry’s firsts on the big screen. From shopping at Diagon Alley with Hagrid to meeting Ron and Hermione, THE SORCERER’S STONE is sure to take you back to the moment where your love for the wizarding world began.

This film is a part of a 12-hour marathon featuring the first four films in the Harry Potter series. There will be Harry Potter-themed snacks available, and Ohio University’s Harry Potter Alliance will be hosting trivia and costume contests. Viewers, beware! This film features scary creatures, magic, mischievous 11-year-olds, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Individual film tickets are $7 each. All days passes are $20.

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Running Time: 152 min. 152 MIN
PG Rated
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel.

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sustainability Series: NOT WITHOUT US

Watch Trailer Director: Mark Decena
Writer(s): Mark Decena
Cast: Nnimmo Bassey, Alix Mazounie, Pat Mooney

At the U.N. Climate talks in Paris, two weeks after terrorists attacks created a state of emergency that outlawed all “unofficial” political gatherings, follow seven global grassroots activists as they attempt to unleash the only force that can prevent catastrophic climate change: the will of the people. Not Without Us documents a crucial moment in history, framing the root causes of the global climate crisis and the greatest inequality in the history of mankind, as one and the same. Seen from the perspective of frontline communities, the film interweaves the personal stories and motivations of the activists portrayed, conveying to a broader audience why the call for deeper and far reaching change is not only necessary, but also humane.

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Running Time: 72 minutes72 MIN
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