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Stuart’s Opera House Presents Fright Night

NOTE: This event will take place at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, NOT the Athena Cinema.

Stuart’s Opera House will host our first ever FRIGHT NIGHT on Final Friday, October 30th! We will host a terrifyingly fun evening at Stuart’s to celebrate the Halloween season during October Final Fridays. In addition to a new art opening from Athens artist Emily Beveridge, Stuart’s will host a FREE night of spooky and scary activities! Starting at 6:00pm join us for a Halloween Party with face painting, mask making, bobbing for apples, and tarot card readings from Horus Moonshine. At 6:30pm, Ken Bowald will host a guided Cemetery Walk to Nelsonville’s historic Fort Street Cemetery complete with ghost stories! From 7:00pm-9:00pm, the Stuart’s stage will be taken over by a Costume Contest complete with several categories, judges, and big cash prizes (info below), followed by an hour of Ghost Stories in the Opera House. And then to finish the night off right we host a FREE screening of the classic thriller The Shining at 10:00pm! Mark your calendars and see you at Fright Night!

For schedule and acceptable attire details, refer to Stuart’s Fright Night webpage here.

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GOODNIGHT MOMMY: Last Day Thursday, November 5th

Watch Trailer Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Writer(s): Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Cast: Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz
Language: German

In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust.

“So intense and harrowing that it probably should have a warning label.” -Walter V. Addiego, San Fransisco Chronicle

“This insidious tale of a mother-son bond gone haywire is squirm-inducing stuff. It has cult potential stamped all over it.” -David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

“A masterful example of genre filmmaking’s ability to transcend its limitations, leaving a viewer not just frightened, but also changed.” -Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post

“Beginning with a gentle lullaby and ending with a tightly packed wallop, Goodnight Mommy is one viscerally chilling, seriously unsettling horror film.” -Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times

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Running Time: 99 minutes99 MIN
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One Night Only: Music Within – Thursday, October 8th

Watch Trailer Director: Steven Sawalich
Writer(s): Bret McKinney, Mark Andrew Olsen, and Kelly Kennemer
Cast: Ron Livingston, Melissa George, and Michael Sheen

 

The story of celebrated public speaker Richard Pimentel comes to the screen in this biographical drama starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Rebecca De Mornay, and Hector Elizondo. As a young man, Pimentel (Ron Livingston) realized he had a remarkable gift for public speaking. Pimentel’s idol is College Bowl founder Dr. Padrow (Elizondo), but upon trying out for Dr. Padrow, the ambitious young speaker is informed that he won’t have anything to talk about until he has lived a full life. Realizing that there is some merit to Dr. Padrow’s observation, Pimenel subsequently enlists in the military and prepares for duty in Vietnam. Later, while fighting on the battlefield, Pimentel loses his hearing and returns home disabled. Frustrated when others inform him that he will never achieve his dreams due to the fact that he is disabled, the determined veteran makes it his mission to prove them wrong. But it isn’t as much about changing others’ perceptions of the disabled as it is about altering their perceptions of themselves, and with a little help from foul-mouthed, cerebral palsy-stricken genius Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen), free-spirited beauty Christine (George), and mercurial, hard-drinking veteran Mike Stoltz (Yul Vázquez), Pimentel will play a pivotal role in creating the Americans With Disabilities Act, and finally discover his inner music.

 

At the conclusion of the showing of “Music Within” there will be a brief panel discussion with disability experts. Opportunity for questions and comments from the audience will be available.

Panel Members

Noah Trembly, Communication Sciences & Disorders  Ohio University  and CEO Noah Trembly Enterprises

Dr. Jenny Nelson, Associate Professor, School of Media Arts & Studies

Ms. Megan Cameron, M.Ed, CRC, LPC, Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Darrell Purdy, Assistant Director, Office for Equal Opportunity and Accessibility and Founder and President, LifeDream International Foundation

This is a FREE SHOWING

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Running Time: 94 minutes94 MIN
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Holiday Film Series: HUGO

Watch Trailer Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer(s): John Logan, Brian Selznick
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley
Awards: 2012 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction. 2012 Golden Globes: Best Director (Scorsese)

Based on Brian Selznick’s captivating and imaginative New York Times bestseller “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” Hugo tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.

*Tickets available one week prior to each Holiday movie.

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Running Time: 126 minutes126 MIN
PG Rated

One of the most magical viewing experiences of the decade so far.

Richard Roeper
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Free Universal Premiere: STEVE JOBS

Watch Trailer Director: Danny Boyle
Writer(s): Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.

“An enthralling performance by Michael Fassbender fuels this brilliant, infuriating and richly unconventional take on the life of an American visionary.” -Justin Chang, Variety

“Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who’s written about America’s Great Flawed Men with such fire and hyperarticulate pathos that he’s threatened to become one himself, outdoes his work on The Social Network with an even sharper and more savage script.” -David Ehrlich, Time Out

“This is a swift and searing attempt to pull back the curtain on Jobs and, in the process, investigate the relationship between the myth and the man.” -Nick Schager, Village Voice

Free preview screening. Tickets are first come, first serve.

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Running Time: 122 minutes122 MIN
R Rated
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Science on Screen: SNAKES ON A PLANE

Watch Trailer Director: David R. Ellis
Writer(s): John Heffernan (screenplay) and Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
Language: English

An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.

“Hilariously funny, full of fang-popping scares, and guaranteed to increase travel by train.” – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

“Why is this movie so watchable? Four simple reasons. It’s truly funny. It’s truly scary. It’s truly gruesome. And Samuel L. Jackson is the cool head who prevails (“You stick with me, you live”).” – Jessica Letkemann, Premiere 

“Looming large over all this is Jackson, who glowers and growls and acts the hero better than any actor out there.” – Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun

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Running Time: 105 minutes105 MIN
R Rated
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NO PRYOR KNOWLEDGE SERIES

Celebrating the career of one of the funniest comedians of all time, Richard Pryor.

 

 

 

 

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wattstax 1WATTSTAX | Oct. 25 & 26

The climactic concert of the seventh annual Watts Summer Festival, commemorating the 1965 riots, and featuring performances by Isaac Hayes, Luther Ingram, Richard Pryor, and many more.

BLUE COLLAR| Nov. 1 & 2blue collar 1

Three guys work on the production line in a Detroit automobile factory, and they are fed-up with the conditions. It dawns on them that their workers’ union is doing them no greater good than their screwed-up bosses. So the trio pulls off a clumsy robbery at union HQ, in which they only gain access to some suspicious documents that point to union links with organized crime.

stir crazy 1STIR CRAZY | Nov. 6 – 9

Two good-hearted but bumbling souls are mistakenly arrested for a robbery they didn’t commit in this comedy, the second of several teamings of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Seeking to clear their name, the two eventually plan to escape from prison and try to track down the real thieves.

LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP | Nov. 15 & 16sunset 2

Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor made a notable return in the much-acclaimed Live on the Sunset Strip. His comments on that event, as well as his notorious comments on sex, politics and race, pepper the 82-minute concert film.

 

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Spotlight on Documentary: A JIHAD FOR LOVE

Watch Trailer Director: Parvez Sharma
Writer(s): Parvez Sharma
Cast: Muhsin Hendricks, A.K. Hoosen, Mazen
Language: English

A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.

The Spotlight on Documentary Series will be focusing on Parvez Sharma, an award-winning writer and filmmaker. This series is brought to us by the E.W Scripps School of Journalism, the College of Arts and Sciences “Love and Hate” Theme, and the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.

“Mr. Sharma’s film emphasizes testimony over context to such a degree that it feels at first of little use to anyone except gay Muslims who might take comfort in knowing they’re not alone. But the documentary gains depth of feeling as it goes and even develops something of a nail-biting narrative.” – Nathan Lee, The New York Times

“Even though the message that people should have the right to love whomever they want is hardly groundbreaking, Parvez captures some interesting conversations about what it means to be gay and Muslim.” – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club

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Running Time: 81 minutes81 MIN
Not Rated
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Spotlight on Documentary: A SINNER IN MECCA

Watch Trailer Director: Parvez Sharma
Language: English

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, however, these were risks he had to assume as he embarked on his Hajj pilgrimage, a journey considered the greatest accomplishment and aspiration within Islam, his religion. On his journey Parvez aims to look beyond 21st-century Islam’s crises of religious extremism, commercialism and sectarian battles. He brings back the story of the religion like it has never been told before, having endured the biggest jihad there is: the struggle with the self.

The Spotlight on Documentary Series will be focusing on Parvez Sharma, an award-winning writer and filmmaker. This series is brought to us by the E.W Scripps School of Journalism, the College of Arts and Sciences “Love and Hate” Theme, and the Center for Law, Justice, and Culture.

“Mr. Sharma has created a swirling, fascinating travelogue and a stirring celebration of devotion.” – Andy Webster, The New York Times

“A Sinner in Mecca is a suitably messy mix of the gritty and the surreal, the wrenching and the transcendent, from the midst of the trek to Islam’s holiest site.” – Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

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Running Time: 79 minutes79 MIN
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The Apu Trilogy

Admission is free to each show!

pather 1PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) | Oct. 8

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray (Kanu Bannerjee),dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

 

aparajito 2APARAJITO (THE UNVANQUISHED) | Oct. 15

A boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

apur 1APUR SANSAR (THE WORLD OF APU) | Oct. 22

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.

 

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