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Rainbow Connections: RUSTIN

Watch Trailer Director: George C. Wolfe
Cast: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald
Awards: Golden Globe - Best Actor (nom)

Join us on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:00 p.m. as our Rainbow Connections Pride Series features a film that examines the life of a seminal activist for civil rights and LGBTQ empowerment.

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Specialty Cocktail: TBD

About the film

In the 1960’s, a time of social upheaval and awakening, openly-gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has joined the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King to further the cause of racial equality in the United States. Rustin compels King to lead a protest ahead of that year’s Democratic National Convention; however, the move puts him at odds with other powerful members of the movement who try to undermine Dr. King’s popularity with a smear campaign alleging a homosexual relationship between the two men. Rustin, as a result, is forced to resign from his position with King’s Southern Christian Leadership conference. Not to be deterred, however, Rustin remains active in the cause and ultimately is given the responsibility for organizing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and maintaining his role (and reputation) as a crucial voice of one of America’s most important social movements.

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Euphoria), Chris Rock, and Jeffrey Wright star in this excellent biopic that sheds new light on an important activist who stood not just for gay rights, but for equality for all.

Check out the rest of our Rainbow Connections Pride Series line-up

Special thanks to the following organizations for sponsoring this series: College of Health Sciences and Professions and The City of Athens

 

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Running Time: 106 MIN106 MIN
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Rainbow Connections: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Watch Trailer Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce, Bill Hunter
Awards: Academy Award - Best Costume Design

Join us Wednesday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. for the final film in our Rainbow Connections Pride Series…it’ll be a cinematic adventure you won’t forget!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Specialty Cocktail: TBD

About the film

Having accepted an invitation to perform at a casino in Alice Springs, two drag queens and a transgender woman travel through the remote Australian Outback in a silver tour bus they christen “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”. Along the way, the trio encounter a vast array of strange  characters who inhabit the open landscape through which they are travelling – some of whom accept them as they are and some who don’t. Nevertheless, after many trials and tribulations, they reach the end of their journey having learned many things about themselves and the world around them.

Starring Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce, and Terence Stamp, this engaging and fun-spirited road movie is loosely based on the lives of three real-life drag queens, won an Oscar for costume design, and has become a revered example of the off-beat Australian cinematic tradition.

Check out the rest of our Rainbow Connections Pride Series line-up

Special thanks to the following organizations for sponsoring this series: College of Health Sciences and Professions and The City of Athens

 

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Running Time: 104 MIN104 MIN
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HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS – One Night Only!

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Join us Friday, June 27th at 7:00 p.m. for a special one-night-only screening of the classic Outlaw Country music documentary Heartworn Highways – back in theaters for a limited time to celebrate its 50th anniversary!

Admission $8

About the film

In the mid-‘70s, filmmaker James Szalapski documented the then-nascent country music movement that would become known as “outlaw country.” Inspired, in part, by newly-long-haired Willie Nelson’s embrace of hippie attitudes and audiences, a younger generation of artists including Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle and Guy Clark popularized and developed the outlaw sound. It borrowed from rock, folk and bluegrass, with an edge that was missing from mainstream Nashville country. This newly-restored documentary includes rarely-captured performances of the aforementioned musicians as they perfected this then-new style and helped change the course of country music history.

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Running Time: 92 MIN92 MIN
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Beat the Heat: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

Watch Trailer Director: Peter Browngardt

Join us Saturday, June 28th at 3:00 p.m. to kick off the “coolest” series of the summer…Beat the Heat!

This event will also include a pre-show trivia game with prizes!

Tickets are donation-based, with proceeds going to local area children’s organizations.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck – two of the biggest stars of the great Golden Age of Cartoons – make their feature film debut in a new animated sci-fi comedy…The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie!

While working at a bubblegum factory, the two wacky ‘toons inadvertently stumble upon a devious plot wherein an alien civilization plans to invade and conquer the Earth using mind control. Enlisting the help of Petunia Pig, Porky and Daffy take it upon themselves to thwart this nefarious scheme – as long as they can keep from driving one another crazy in the meantime.

Never before has there been a feature film starring the classic Looney Tunes characters, so this lovingly-crafted, hilarious film by director Peter Browngardt is not just a historical first, but is also full of first-class laughs!

Click here to see the rest of the Beat the Heat summer line-up

This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: Athens County Children Services, Southeastern Ohio Treatment Foster Care Network, Ohio University Credit Union, and Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

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Beat the Heat: FLOW

Watch Trailer Director: Gints Zilbalodis

After its home is destroyed by a cataclysmic flood, a solitary black cat sets off on a journey to find dry land. Along the way, Cat meets several other animals in the same predicament – a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog – and the little group bands together to continue the quest. They find a small boat, and, by learning the importance of courage, trust, and reliance on one another, they attempt to navigate the uncharted waters of an inundated world and, if lucky, find a new place to call home.

Already selected to compete for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Latvian director Gint Zilbalodis’s Flow is being called one of the best (non-Disney) animated films of recent memory.

 

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This series is made possible thanks to support from the following sponsors: Athens County Children Services, Southeastern Ohio Treatment Foster Care Network, Ohio University Credit Union, and Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

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Running Time: 85 MIN85 MIN
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ANATOMY OF A FALL: Last Day Wednesday, January 10th

Watch Trailer Director: Justine Triet
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner
Awards: Palm d'Or -Cannes Film Festival 2023

About the Film

In ANATOMY OF A FALL (French: Anatomie d’une chute), Sandra’s husband Vincent is found bloody and dead in the snow after an apparent fall. Foul play is presumed, and the police have settled on Sandra as their main suspect. Making matters worse is the fact that the only witness to the crime is Sandra and Vincent’s blind son Daniel. Sandra is forced to prove her innocence in a courtroom where the odds are stacked against her.

Justine Triet, who wrote and directed the film, won the Palm d’Or for Anatomie at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, making her the third woman director to receive that honor in the festival’s history. Additionally, critics have hailed the strong performance from lead actress Sandra Hüller, winner of numerous best acting awards in her home country of Germany.

 

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Running Time: 150 MIN150 MIN
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: Last Day Wednesday, January 10th

Watch Trailer Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer(s): Eric Roth
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemmons, Lily Gladstone

About the Film

When a spate of mysterious murders sweeps through the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma in the early 1920’s, the Bureau of Investigation (an early 20th-century precursor to the FBI) sends agents into the frontier to investigate the matter. The murders coincide with the discovery of massive oil deposits on the Osage land, and the murders seem to be tied to the newfound wealth that begins to permeate the once-poverty-stricken tribespeople.

With its perfect genre blend of drama, Western, and crime noir, Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is the highly-anticipated adaptation of the critically-acclaimed 2017 non-fiction book of the same name. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemmons, and Lily Gladstone.

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Running Time: 206 MIN206 MIN
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The Athena is now open!

We have been closed since May to address some structural repairs with our building. The Athena opened in 1915 and these repairs were necessary to keep the theater thriving for years to come.

This will be a partial reopening. We will be showing films in our upstairs theater starting on Jan 5th. The two downstairs theaters will remain closed as work continues in those spaces. Those theaters are anticipated to reopen in a few months.

We are so delighted to bring film back to Court Street! Thank you to our amazing community for your patience and support during the closure.

First up, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON & ANATOMY OF A FALL. These will be very limited engagements so don’t wait to see them. Buy your tickets now. We only have access to one screen right now, so we are trying to fit as much cinema goodness in as possible. This means films that will have fewer show times. But this schedule will allow us to highlight more of best independent, world and critically acclaimed films coming out in 2023-2024!

See you at the movies!

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PAST LIVES

Watch Trailer Director: Celine Song
Writer(s): Celine Song
Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo

About the Film

PAST LIVES tells the story of Nora and Hae Sung, two friends who share an intimate connection during childhood then fall out of touch as they grow towards adulthood. Reconnecting on social media after 12 years, they reaffirm their connection via video calls, but the connection is short-lived as their personal lives again get in the way. Fast-forward another 12 years, Nora and Hae Sung finally meet in person and wonder if it is still possible (or worth it) to find resolution to their imperfect love story.

The directorial debut of Korean filmmaker Celine Song, this understated romantic drama is partially based on events from Song’s own life. The film is a meditation on the nature of relationships in the modern world where connecting is easy, but staying meaningfully connected is the true challenge. PAST LIVES was nominated for 5 Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama.

 

 

 

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Running Time: 105 MIN105 MIN
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ORIGIN

Watch Trailer Director: Ava DuVernay
Writer(s): Ava DuVernay
Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman

About the Film

ORIGIN tells the story of American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she sets out, in the grips of personal tragedy, to research and write her critically acclaimed nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

Written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th), the film stars Aujanue Ellis-Taylor as Wilkerson, as well as Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, and Nick Offerman in supporting roles. Origin is not only a deep dive into the life of an exceptional journalist, it also examines the nature and deep roots of racism in America.

 

 

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Running Time: 135 MIN135 MIN
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