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THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER – Last Day: Thursday, September 17th

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When Lord Murashige Araki (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda (Bando Shingo), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant yet dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon. Helped by his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) and his most loyal generals, Murashige must uncover the truth before the castle falls.

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Running Time: 147 MIN147 MIN
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THE WEIGHT – Last Day: Thursday, October 1st

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In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawk) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. Warden Clancy (Russell Crowe) tempts him with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness, but betrayal festers within the crew and Murphy questions how far he’ll go to see his child again.

 

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Running Time: 115 MIN115 MIN
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A nerve-shredding tale of adventure and suspense, The Weight harkens back to old-fashioned fare like John Huston’s The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre and William Friedkin’s Sorcerer.

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The Met: Live in HD: Puccini’s LA BOHÈME

With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th-century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan is the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the ardent poet Rodolfo. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the performance.

The screening will begin at 12:55 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Admission $20 (Senior $18, Children $8)

OHIO Students Free with valid ID*

*Thanks to support from Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

Click here to view the rest of the Met: Live in HD schedule

Special thanks to George Weckman and the following supporters:

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Running Time: 210 MIN210 MIN
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SHEEP IN THE BOX

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In this new science-fiction drama from award-winning writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda, architect Otone and her carpenter husband Kensuke are grieving the loss of a child. The couple move beyond their period of mourning by deciding to adopt Kakeru, an android child, and welcome him into their home. Otone embraces the new boy in contrast to Kensuke’s skepticism. As the robot settles into its newfound  family and remarkably begins to develop a “soul”, the domestic dynamic evolves in tandem.

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Running Time: 126 MIN126 MIN
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OU School of Film: 2ND YEAR MFA SCREENING

Come celebrate the excellent work of student filmmakers from the OHIO School of Film’s 2nd-year MFA Program!

Saturday, November 8th at 7:00 p.m.

Admission is FREE and open to the Public – Tickets are required

The Ohio University School of Film is proud to showcase seven original short films created by second-year graduate students. During their second year, graduate film students refine their craft and deepen their storytelling through the creation of highly personal and formally daring works. As they move toward their thesis year, their artistic identities begin to take shape and result in films that are bold, imaginative, and emotionally resonant.

This year’s lineup explores themes of artistic obsession, psychological unraveling, fantasy, secret crushes, trust, survival, faith and assimilation. From the inner chaos of creative ambition to surreal landscapes of the mind, these stories reflect the emotional and social worlds of contemporary life. Many projects include collaborations with students from the School of Theater and members of the Ohio University and Athens community.

Films and Filmmakers

Thirsty by Zinn Rogers – Narrative. Runtime: 15 min

Synopsis: A painter begins to have a breakdown while trying to paint her masterpiece.

 

 

 

Tub by Andrew Bowman – Narrative. Runtime: 12 min

Synopsis: Three incompatible fantasies are channeled through a cast-iron tub and its discordant inhabitants.

 

 

 

Pin by MJ Golazari – Experimental. Runtime: 5 min

Synopsis: A woman’s quiet routines begins to fray as the unseen weight of external unrest presses in, blurring the line between interior calm and a mysterious collapse.

 

 

Everything Is Fine by Gift Sukez Sukali – Narrative. Runtime: 9 min

Synopsis: When a toxic leak threatens a small Michigan neighborhood, a complacent husband clings to denial as his panicked wife demands they flee, forcing a darkly comic reckoning with apathy, trust, and survival.

 

 

Still Rolling by Mohamed Essam Abouelenain – Narrative. Runtime: 15 min

Synopsis: A sixty-year-old theatre professor lands her first on-camera role, only to find herself in a toxic location under the control of a toxic filmmaker — will she survive the performance or lose herself to it?

 

 

The Kiss by Salome Sulaberidze – Narrative. Runtime: 23 min

Synopsis: Lee, a young withdrawn girl has a secret crush on her brother’s friend Peter. Instead of showing her feelings directly, she lives in her imagination, but everything changes at the Halloween party when she finds Peter laying alone and unconscious in the forest.

 

 

Alien by Alaa Al-Shameri – Narrative. Runtime: 30 min

Synopsis: As his visa expires, a young Muslim man in America struggles between the pull of assimilation and the peace of faith, discovering that identity means more than belonging.

 

 

This event is made possible through the support of the Ohio University School of Film, the Chaddock and Morrow College of Fine Arts, and Arts for Ohio

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Sustainability Series: BEEN HERE STAY HERE with Abdoulie Singhateh

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Join us on Wednesday, November 12th at 7:00 p.m. as our Sustainability Film Series concludes with a beautiful film about disappearing landscapes and a vanishing ways of life!

Admission is FREE and open to the public – Tickets are required

About the film

On a remote island, a deeply-rooted Christian fishing community grapples with the quiet erosion of their land and their traditions. Their centuries-old way of life, sustained by faith and the rhythms of the bay, is now at a poignant crossroads—one that may force them from the only home they’ve ever known.

Been Here Stay Here is a quiet, immersive portrait of Tangier Island, a centuries-old Christian fishing community in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. Long used as a symbol in the national climate conversation, Tangier is often portrayed through a lens of skepticism or scorn — framed as “America’s first climate casualty” and written off as a place in denial. This film offers another way in. With no experts, voiceovers, or statistics, Been Here Stay Here invites viewers into the lived experience of the island’s residents — through faith, memory, and the rhythms of daily life. By stepping away from spectacle and alarm, the film allows the community to speak on its own terms, revealing not denial but devotion: to place, to faith, and to a way of life that refuses easy categorization. Inspired by the work of climate scientist and Evangelical Christian Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the film models a conversation rooted in relationship, not rhetoric. In the end, it’s less about the water at the doorstep than it is about what rises within us when we choose to listen, stay, and understand.

 

About the speaker

Abdoulie Singhateh is a dual degree student with Master of Science in environment Studies and Master’s in Public Administration in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service. He is a Graduate Assistant for the Administration Hub at the Ohio University, Office of Sustainability. He holds a bachelor’s degree in development studies from the University of the Gambia.

Abdoulie has over five years of experience working for international organizations. He worked for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) country office in The Gambia, working with migrants and their host communities facilitating return and reintegration programs under the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. He later worked for GIZ which is a German International Development Cooperation under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Fund for Regional Stabilization and Development for two years working directly on Reintegration programs for migrants through skilled and livelihood-based training programs in The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Nigeria. He is focused on international development corporations in the areas of environment, climate change, migration, peacebuilding and youth empowerment,

His research interest is focused on Climate-induced migration with a specific focus on exploring the complex dynamics of migration as an adaptive responsive for coastal communities in Sub -Saharan Africa with The Gambia as the country of focus.

He likes volunteering for the environment, playing soccer, hanging out with friends at the beach, and playing games during his free time.

Check out the rest of our line-up of films in the Sustainability Film Series

This series was made possible thanks to the following sponsors:

 

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Running Time: 90 MIN90 MIN
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RESIDENT EVIL – Last Day: Thursday, October 15th

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From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapons) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise! In an all-new story, the film follows Bryan (played by Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

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SUPERTROOPERS 3

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Everyone’s favorite cops are back with the third installment of the cult comedy classic from the Broken Lizard crew: SUPER TROOPERS 3. When Farva’s wildly over-the-top Indian engagement to Thorny’s sister spirals into chaos, the Super Troopers must navigate Thorny’s schemes to break up the relationship, while trying to crack a pernicious new drug ring — all to save the day and maybe the wedding itself.

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Running Time: 104 MIN104 MIN
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From the Hills and Hollers: INHERITANCE with Kelly Hatas

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Awards: 1st Prize Documentary Feature - AIFVF

Join us on Thursday, November 13th as our Appalachian Stories Film Series explores the generational effects of the opioid epidemic on the region!

This event will include a pre-show presentation by Kelly Hatas

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

The opioid epidemic that has ravaged America for over a decade has been well documented in the media – countless books, news stories, and films have exposed the devastating impacts and seemingly-insurmountable challenges this unfortunate crisis has had on our society. The documentary film Inheritance, however, offers a new perspective on the epidemic by allowing us to see the true nature of things through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy. Curtis is your typical kid – intelligent, well-loved, and eager for his future – but, his life is complicated by the fact that a large portion of his family are all struggling with addiction to opioids and the societal side-effects like unemployment, poverty, and alienation that add a whole other dimension to this serious problem.

About the speaker

Kelly Hatas is the Executive Director of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP), an antipoverty nonprofit organization headquartered in Athens County. She earned her BA in International Relations from Shawnee State University in 2007 and went on to serve as an AmeriCorps*VISTA for three years there. That experience led to her interest in the nonprofit sector, and she earned her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University in 2012. She has spent the rest of her professional career with HAPCAP, one of 1,000 Community Action Agencies that were established across the country as part of then President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. Kelly grew up in Southwest Ohio, and will talk about how her perspective shifted after moving to, and choosing to stay in Appalachia. She lives in Athens County with her wife and two dogs.

Check out the rest of the films in the Appalachian Stories Film Series

This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, OU School of Film, and The Office of Signature Academic Experiences.

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Running Time: 83 MIN83 MIN
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PERFECT DAYS: Last Day Tuesday, March 19th

Watch Trailer Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
Awards: Best Actor, Palm d'Or (nom) - Cannes Film Festival; Best Int'l Feature Film (nom) - Oscars
Language: Japanese

Hirayama leads an unglamorous life as a Tokyo toilet cleaner, though he has found contentment in the simpler things like collecting classic rock cassettes, reading books, and photographing trees. His days have a Zen-like structure, ritually arising at dawn, going about his work, and devoting time to his pleasurable pursuits. This approach to life has not resulted in success as measured by the modern world, but it has given him wisdom and insight into what is truly important about Life. Things begin to change, however, as external events begin to have an impact on his sphere of contentment. Will his life unravel, or will he be able to wield his hard-won wisdom and impart it to the people who have come along to shake up his peaceful little world..?

From legendary director Wim Wenders, this latest film is a perfect slice of peace in these tumultuous times. Japanese actor Koji Yokusho (who has won the Best Actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival) stars in the lead role alongside Tokio Emoto and Arisa Nakano. Perfect Days has been nominated for a Best International Feature Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards, and will surely be an unforgettable addition to Wender’s illustrious cinematic career.

 

 

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Running Time: 124 MIN124 MIN
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