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LORNE

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Lorne Michaels, the helmsman of Saturday Night Live’s half-century-plus reign as one of the funniest shows to hit television, is a legendary figure in not just televised media, but also Pop Culture at-large. This new documentary takes you behind the scenes of the hit show and Michaels’ life to show you how he came to be one of the most revered personalities in comedy. Featuring lots of archival footage, as well as interviews with past cast members like Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, John Mulaney, Andy Samberg, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock and more, Lorne is a celebration of a man who has spent his life spreading laughter to billions of people around the world.

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Running Time: 100 MIN100 MIN
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BACKROOMS

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A24 Studios presents a new sci-fi horror film that adapts Kane “Pixels” Parson’s creepypasta web series for the big screen!

Renate Reinsve stars as a therapist who discovers a strange door in the basement of a furniture store and, upon entering, finds herself in a terrifying environment where reality and sur-reality collide in an otherworldly quest to find a missing patient.

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Running Time: 105 MIN105 MIN
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OVER YOUR DEAD BODY

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Dan and Lisa are married (and miserable). In a last-ditch effort to salvage their sinking matrimonial ship, the couple opts to get away to a remote cabin in the woods in the hopes that some romantic sparks will start to fly again. However, what they don’t know about one another is the fact that each is secretly devising a plan to kill the other! As the plans-within-plans unfold, things start to go haywire as outsiders enter the picture and derail the couple’s plans. Carnage ensues, and Dan and Lisa may discover that it’s more important to survive their marriage rather than save it.

This action-comedy-thriller is the latest film from director (and member of The Lonely Island comedy troupe) Jorma Taccone and stars Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis.

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The Met: Live in HD: Bellini’s LA SONNAMBULA

Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, Rolando Villazón—the tenor who has embarked on a brilliant second career as a director—retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind. Tenor Xabier Anduaga co-stars as Amina’s fiancé, Elvino, alongside soprano Sydney Mancasola as her rival, Lisa, and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza takes the podium for one of opera’s most ravishing works.

The screening will begin at 12:55 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 4:10 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: 195 MIN195 MIN
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THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE

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Winner of the Camera d’Or Award at Cannes – given to the best “first” feature film – this tenderly-crafted film about the loss of childhood is sure to garner much praise for Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi!

Set in 1990’s Iraq, The President’s Cake follows 9-year-old Lamia who has been specially selected to bake a cake for The President’s birthday. As Lamia and some companions winds their way through the rough urban environment surrounding her – an environment of coarseness, suspicion, and turmoil – in a search for the basic elements to make the birthday cake, the challenges they face end up strengthening their sense of humanity in a world where there seems to be not much left.

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NICKEL BOYS – One Night Only!

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Join us Tuesday, October 21st at 7:00 p.m. for a special screening of Nickel Boys – the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel!

In honor of Whitehead’s in-person visit to Ohio U on Wednesday, October 22nd

For more info about the Colson Whitehead visit, click the link below:

Ohio University Libraries Presents: Colson Whitehead

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

About the film

Elwood, a young African-American boy, is coming of age in Florida during the 1960’s Jim Crow era. Even in the midst of the tense racial attitudes that were dividing society at that time, Elwood’s future appears bright: he is awarded an opportunity to attend an HBCU’s honor’s program tuition-free. While hitchhiking to class, however, Elwood is picked up by a man driving a stolen car and the two are pulled over by the police. Elwood is unfairly arrested as an accomplice, and his hopeful trajectory through life is forever changed as he is transferred to a segregated reform school – The Nickel Academy – which is notorious for is brutal abuse of black students. He meets and befriends Turner, another student, and the two learn to rely on each other to make it through the tough environment even though their ideas about how black people should integrate into white society are very different.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead about the infamous “Dozier School”, and written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys uses the unique approach of presenting the visual narrative of the film through the first-person perspective – in other words, through the eyes of the protagonists. The film has also been nominated for and won several prestigious awards on the film festival circuit for its script, cinematography, and direction.

Special thanks to the following organizations for sponsoring this event: Ohio University Honor’s Tutorial College, Cutler’s Scholars, University Libraries, and the Ohio U English Department

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Running Time: 140 MINS140 MIN
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Hispanic Film Series: MOON’S HEART (El Corazón de la Luna)

Watch Trailer Director: Aldo Salvini
Cast: Haydee Cáceres, Bruno Balbuena, Sergio Velasco

Join us on Tuesday, October 21st at 7:00 p.m. as we finish up our Hispanic Film Series with a mesmerizing,  award-winning Peruvian sci-fi film with lots of heart!

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

This event will include a panel discussion

About the film

This inventive sci-fi/fantasy film – selected as Peru’s entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards in 2023 – is the story of “M”, an elderly homeless woman who drifts through life as a lonely shadow crossing the same geography every day. Her days are spent day-dreaming about her past life until a chance encounter with an ant prompts her to share her world with the tiny, insignificant insect…A world made of nostalgic memories and a dark presence that haunts her. Soon thereafter, a strange being – a “mechanical angel” – arrives to help her get her life on better footing. Evoking the sense of abandonment and mental anguish that homeless people suffer, Moon’s Heart is an extraordinarily touching film featuring an unforgettable performance by lead actress Haydeé Cáceres.

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

The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of the OHIO School of International Studies and Languages (SISAL), Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society), Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

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Running Time: 80 MIN80 MIN
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From the Hills and Hollers: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with Travis Eskins

Watch Trailer Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Cast: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard

Join us Thursday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. for a be-witching addition to our Appalachian Stories Film Series…The Blair Witch Project!

The event will include a pre-show presentation by Travis Eskins

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

Three film students looking to make a documentary take a road trip to rural Maryland in order to investigate and interview residents about an alleged local myth centered on an entity known as “The Blair Witch”. Their efforts point them to a hermit who, fifty years ago, was reported to have kidnapped and murdered children deep in the forest. Beyond just being a grim story, the students learn more about the dark and mysterious character of the woods – more murders, disappearances, strange occult figures…in essence, the locals believe the forest to be cursed. When curiosity gets the better of the trio, they set out to explore the woods and see for themselves what secrets lie among the trees. What they discover is a force more dark than they could ever imagine.

About the speaker

Travis Eskins is a graduate student in the Film Studies program at Ohio University. He was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, where he studied Film and English Literature at Marshall University. His work is focused on depictions of labor movements in film, especially those from the Appalachian region. He is currently teaching a course on films set in Appalachia. Travis will be discussing The Blair Witch Project’s influential role in modern film history and connecting it to the local legend of the Mothman through the concepts of Commemoration and Folklore-ization of actual events.

 

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: 81 MIN81 MIN
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CLJC & OIP Present: Wrongful Conviction Day

Join us Tuesday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m. in support of Wrongful Conviction Day with a special event presentation sponsored by the Center for Law Justice & Culture, The Ohio Innocence Project, and The Ohio Innocence Project University Chapter

“Cells and Sunshine Laws: The Importance of Public Records to Innocence Work” with special guest speakers:

Laurese Glover, OIP Exoneree

Lorenzo Vasquez, OIP Exoneree

Kay Anderson, Executive Director of the Northwest Ohio Innocence Clinic

Pierce Reed Esq., Director of Policy and Engagement, Ohio Innocence Project

Joanna Sanchez, Esq., Staff Attorney, Exoneration Project

Tuesday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m.

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

*Tickets will be available to claim in-person in our lobby during normal business hours leading up to and on the evening of the event

Wrongful Conviction Day 2025 will be hosted by the OIP (Ohio Innocence Project), OIPU (Ohio Innocence Project University chapter) and the CLJC (Center for Law Justice and Culture). It will be featuring multiple guest speakers who will be traveling to Ohio University to share their experiences surrounding wrongful conviction, the effects that wrongful conviction and imprisonment have on those accused, and those close to the accused, and the work that organizations such as the OIP are doing to reverse and prevent instances of wrongful conviction from occurring in the State of Ohio.

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Sustainability Series: COMMON GROUND with Dr. David Rosenthal

Watch Trailer Director: Josh & Rebecca Tickell
Cast: Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, Cory Booker
Awards: Tribecca Film Fest - Human/Nature Award

Join us Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. for an uplifting documentary detailing the situation from the front-line of America’s dysfunctional food system!

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

This event will include a pre-show presentation by Ohio University Associate Professor Dr. David Rosenthal of the Environmental and Plant Biology Department

About the film

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

About the speaker

David Rosenthal is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Plant Biology department where he studies plant responses to environmental stressors. He is particularly interested in climate change impacts on plant and crop productivity. Dr. Rosenthal has studied soybean, cassava, sunflowers and sweet potato, as well as wild plant and tree responses to climate change. His crop studies began on large-scale, industrial, monoculture farms, but his interests have broadened to include addressing challenges associated with small scale, diversified, sustainable agriculture.

Dr. Rosenthal coordinates the Ohio Student Farm, where sales of produce in the Athens community support farm activities. With little operational support from the University, the farm depends on a volunteer farm manager, student workers, and interns to grow and sell produce to local businesses, at auctions, and to Ohio University culinary services. Excess produce is donated to or purchased by campus, local non-profits and community food banks. Follow the link below for more info about Dr. Rosenthal and his work:

https://www.ohio.edu/cas/rosentha

 

 

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This series was made possible thanks to the following sponsors:

 

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