The East

Watch Trailer Director: Zal Batmanglij
Writer(s): Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling
Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson

A suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller from acclaimed writer-director Zal Batmanglij and writer-actress Brit Marling, stars Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss. Moss is starting a new career at Hiller Brood, an elite private intelligence firm that ruthlessly protects the interests of its A-list corporate clientele. Handpicked for a plum assignment by the company’s head honcho, Sharon (Patricia Clarkson), Sarah goes deep undercover to infiltrate The East, an elusive anarchist collective seeking revenge against major corporations guilty of covering up criminal activity. Determined, highly-trained and resourceful, Sarah soon ingratiates herself with the group, overcoming their initial suspicions and joining them on their next action or “jam.” But living closely with the intensely committed members of The East, Sarah finds herself torn between her two worlds as she starts to connect with anarchist Benji (Alexander Skarsgård) and the rest of the collective, and awakens to the moral contradictions of her personal life.

“Eco-terrorism drives the plot of The East, but this propulsive thriller is laced with a humanism that trumps any political agenda.”-Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Running Time: 116 Minutes116 MIN
PG-13 Rated

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Beat the Heat $2 Days at the Athena Coming Soon

Watching movies in the summer is a favorite pastime for kids and families looking for entertainment and hoping to escape the heat. A new series is bringing multiple family favorites to the big screen and offering a local, low cost entertainment option. In addition, all proceeds from the screenings will benefit area children’s group, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens.

Starting July 6 and running through July 27, Ohio University’s Athena Cinema of the College of Fine Arts and the Office of the EVP & Provost, and VP for Finance & Administration, are partnering with Athens area children’s organizations to offer low cost entertainment and raise money for area children. The Athena has partnered with Athens County Children’s Services, Kids on Campus, the Child Advocacy Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The Athena Cinema will be showing afternoon screenings of popular family films every Saturday at 3 pm.  The first event on July 6th is a screening of the “Diary of A Wimpy Kid”. Other titles include will include “Coraline” on July 13th, “Dolphin Tale” on July 20thth and Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” on July 27th.

The screenings are one-time only events and there will be a limited number of tickets available. Free popcorn will be provided courtesy of Shagbark Seed and Mill and the Athena Cinema. The City of Athens has donated “splash passes”, which are good for eight visits to the city pool will be raffled at each event. There will be additional raffles, vouchers to area businesses and other great giveaways at the events.

“Ohio University and the Athens community have worked together to make these events possible and thanks to the generosity of Ohio University, area children’s organizations and area businesses like Rocky Boots and Shagbark Seed and Mill we are able to make this happen. It’s great to see everyone working together to support the children’s groups,” says Athena Cinema’s Managing Director, Alexandra Kamody.

To benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters, the price of admission to these screenings will be a suggested minimum donation of $2 per ticket. Kids on Campus groups will have the opportunity to screen the movies as part of their weekly summer activities. Tickets will be available one week before each scheduled screening during regular Athena lobby hours. The Athena Cinema summer lobby hours are Monday-Friday from 4:30pm-8pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2:30pm-8pm.  For more information, please visit www.athenacinema.com

The purpose of this initiative is to support area children’s organizations while providing area families a low cost entertainment option.  Please come out and support our initiative and enjoy a movie with friends and family.Beat the Heat

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Before Midnight

Watch Trailer Director: Richard Linklater
Writer(s): Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Awards: Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca Film Festival

In 1995, they won our hearts with the honesty of Before Sunrise. In 2004, that resonant magic was revisited in Before Sunset. Now, in the eagerly anticipated third chapter in the star-crossed tale of Jesse and Celine, Richard Linklater fast-forwards to nine years after the last meeting in what just may be the ending to the perfect trilogy.

Witty heartfelt dialogue seamlessly mixes with signature long takes to bring this couple to yet another crossroads in a twisting but passionate relationship. As Jesse and Celine have matured, so has their bond and candor, as familiarity, life’s ups and downs and time itself add refinement and a fresh lyrical quality to this most recent encounter.

Written by Linklater and leads Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, the film casually and intelligently touches on matters big and small while the challenges of this relationship are spun with brilliant honesty, wit and humor. Richly captured by Christos Voudouris, the picturesque streets of Greece serve as the latest backdrop to this beautifully crafted love story. Linklater and his collaborators have clearly saved their best for last.
Check out the NPR story:

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/30/184269413/before-midnight-love-darkens-and-deepens

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Running Time: 108 Minutes108 MIN
R Rated

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Renoir

Watch Trailer Director: Gilles Bourdos
Writer(s): Gilles Bourdos
Cast: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ lushly atmospheric drama RENOIR tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health at age 74, and his middle son Jean, who returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. The elder Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. At the same time, Jean also falls under the spell of the free-spirited young Andrée. Their beautiful home and majestic countryside grounds reverberate with familial intrigue, as both Renoirs, père et fils, become smitten with the enchanting and headstrong young muse.

“A lush, involving film that deals not with one Renoir but two, as well as the strong-minded woman who was a key player in both their lives.”-Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

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Running Time: 111 Minutes111 MIN
R Rated

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Frances Ha

Watch Trailer Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer(s): Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner and Adam Driver

Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she’s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.

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Running Time: 86 min.86 MIN
R Rated

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What Maisie Knew

Watch Trailer Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Writer(s): Nancy Doyne, Carroll Cartwright and Henry James
Cast: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård

A contemporary reimagining of Henry James’ novel, WHAT MAISIE KNEW tells the story of a captivating little girl’s struggle for grace in the midst of her parents’ bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title’s heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old’s innocence, charm and generosity of spirit.

An aging rock star (Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Coogan) — Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo and the much younger bartender Lincoln (Vanderham and Skarsgård), the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making.

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Running Time: 99 min.99 MIN
R Rated

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At Any Price

Watch Trailer Director: Ramin Bahrani
Writer(s): Ramin Bahrani, Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens

In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family’s entire livelihood.

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Running Time: 105 min.105 MIN
R Rated

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Beat the Heat: CORALINE

Watch Trailer Director: Henry Selick
Writer(s): Neil Gaiman, Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders
Awards: Nominated for Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Animation

A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick’s animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) have recently relocated to Oregon from Michigan. Bored in her new home since her parents are distracted by work and she has yet to make any new friends, Coraline passes the time by exploring her new neighborhood with an annoying local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). But after paying a visit to her eccentric neighbors Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of aging British actresses, and crossing paths with the outright weird Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the precocious young girl becomes convinced that her new surroundings are just as dull as she’d initially suspected. Shortly thereafter, Coraline discovers a hidden door in her new house, and decides to investigate. Venturing into the eerie passageway inside, Coraline emerges into an alternate version of her own reality. At first glance, this strange new world seems even better than the real thing; there her parents aren’t distracted by work, and Coraline is always the center of attention. There’s even a mysterious Cat (Keith David) that’s fascinated by her every move. But when Coraline’s button-eyed Other Mother (also Hatcher) attempts to make her stay permanent, the frightened young girl must summon her resourcefulness and bravery in order to find her way back home and save her real family.

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Running Time: 100 Minutes100 MIN
PG Rated
This Film is Wheelchair Accessible

A gift to imagination.

David Denby
The New Yorker
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Beat the Heat: THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

Watch Trailer Director: Thor Frudenthal
Writer(s): Jeff Kinney, Jackie Filgo
Cast: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron and Rachael Harris

Hapless preteen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) endures bullies, swirlies, morons, and wedgies while navigating the treacherous world of middle school and recording his traumas in his personal journal in this family-oriented comedy inspired by author Jeff Kinney’s best-selling series of illustrated novels. Try as he might, Greg just can’t understand who thought it was a good idea to place kids who haven’t even hit their first growth spurt in the same school as kids who get a five-o’clock shadow by lunch time. Realizing that he’ll have to get creative if he hopes to survive until high school, Greg concocts a series of get-cool-quick schemes that all go hopelessly awry. Despite the fact that he’s viewed as a dork by his peers, Greg never loses hope that someday, when all is said and done, he’ll be able to look back on his middle school experiences and laugh. Steve Zahn and Rachael Harris co-star in this comedy from Hotel for Dogs director Thor Freudenthal.

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Running Time: 94 Minutes94 MIN
PG Rated
This Film is Wheelchair Accessible

It's nimble, bright and funny. It doesn't dumb down. It doesn't patronize. It knows something about human nature.

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Beat the Heat: DOLPHIN TALE

Watch Trailer Director: Charles Martin Smith
Writer(s): Karen Janszen
Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman

Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter’s prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle-a miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world.

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Running Time: 113 Minutes113 MIN
PG Rated

This is not only kid-friendly fare, but a lovely family movie.

Claudia Puig
USA Today
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