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Member Appreciation Screening: SUNSET BOULEVARD

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Join us Friday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m. for a two-fold celebration of classic cinema as we honor both our fantastic group of Athena Members and the 75th anniversary of Sunset Boulevard!

FREE Admission for Athena Members + 1 guest / $8 admission for non-members – Tickets are required

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the greatest films in cinema history: Billy Wilder’s film noir Sunset Boulevard. William Holden and Gloria Swanson star in this sordid tale about fame’s flickering flame. Down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis (Holden) is drawn into a web of intrigue by nearly-forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond (Swanson) who seeks to manipulate Gillis into writing a fresh script that will initiate her return to the big screen. As the pair get more involved in the project, it becomes clear to Gillis that Norma lives in a world of fantasy where her former fame is still at its apex even though the trappings of a lavish Hollywood lifestyle are now beyond her means. When Norma’s delusions cause her to fall in love with Gillis, things take a dark turn when she realizes that he may just be using her as much as she has sought to use him.

Nominated for 11 Academy Awards (and winning 3), and considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time, Sunset Boulevard is the quintessential film noir — a story full of deceit, double-crossing, and, ultimately, death. In addition to Holden and Swanson, the excellent cast boasts solid performances by legendary actors Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, and Jack Warden; in addition to featuring cameo appearances by some of the era’s top Hollywood icons like director Cecile B. DeMille, gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Sid Skolsky, and actor Buster Keaton.

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Running Time: 110 MIN110 MIN
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FJORD

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Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice, Captain America and The Winter Soldier) and Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in The World, Sentimental Value) star in the latest film from award-winning Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu, a legal drama based in a true story!

Inspired by real events, this film relates the struggles of The Gheorgiu’s, a family of religiously-devout Romanians living in a remote village on a fjord in Norway. When their teenage daughter shows up at school with bruises, the local villagers, whose morals and values are culturally different, soon begin to suspect that the family’s religious practices may be to blame. Soon an investigation is initiated and the family falls under the scrutiny and strain a local judicial system that does not seem likely to judge them fairly.

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Running Time: 146 MIN146 MIN
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HA CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!

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Haru (Rinko Kikuchi) and Luis (Alejandro Edda) are passionate competitors in the Tokyo ballroom dance scene. After a tragedy causes Haru to withdraw into isolation, her friends coax her back to the studio, where she develops an infatuation with a new instructor (Alberto Guerra). As sparks fly, Haru must navigate her grief and her newfound desire.

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Running Time: 122 MIN122 MIN
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The Met: Live in HD: Umberto Giordano’s ANDREA CHÉNIER

Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging.

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.

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Running Time: 210 MIN210 MIN
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

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Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles star as Dashwood sisters Elinor and Marianne in a captivating new adaptation of Jane Austen’s iconic novel Sense and Sensibility. This fresh take on the timeless literary masterpiece is sure to appeal to a new generation of fans as Elinor and Marianne are evicted from the estate that has served as a home to the family for decades and are forced to navigate the trials of financial hardship and matters of the heart in order to learn the true meaning of sisterhood.

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Running Time: 132 MIN132 MIN
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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING

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A24 Studios presents an in-depth look at an iconic titan of industry’s fall from grace in this film debut from Nathan Fielder!

In the months prior to starting her 11 1/2-year prison sentence, Elizabeth Holmes, notorious Silicon Valley entrepreneur and fraudulent founder of health technology company Theranos, welcomes a skeptical documentary film crew into her life to record her day-to-day existence. Initially, an intimate portrait of the enigmatic felon emerges; however, the film soon devolves into a mind-bending multi-year descent into the abyss.

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Running Time: 174 MIN174 MIN
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Holiday Film Series: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

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Join us Saturday, December 13th at 3:00 p.m. for a wonderful holiday film that’ll charm the “Dickens” out of you and your family!

Admission is a canned or non-perishable food product, or a monetary donation to a local food charity.

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Jim Henson’s merry band of puppet-eers come together for an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind adaptation of what may be the quintessential Christmas tale: the timeless classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! With a cast featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and all your favorite Muppets (except Elmo), the film also stars Hollywood icon Michael Caine as Ebeneezer Scrooge.

A box office hit upon its release in 1992, The Muppet Christmas Carol was the first film to be produced after the passing of the legendary Muppets’ creator Jim Henson and was crucial in continuing the pop-cultural legacy of The Muppet franchise.

Click here to see the line-up of films for our Holiday Film Series

 

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Running Time: 85 MIN85 MIN
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I PLAY ROCKY

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Anthony Ippolito stars as a young Sylvester Stallone in this powerful film based on the true story of how one of the greatest boxing films of all time made it to the big screen!

After watching an epic boxing match featuring Muhammad Ali, Stallone is inspired to write a screenplay about a boxer who fights his way up from poverty and obscurity to become a contender for Heavyweight Champion of the World. Moreover, Stallone feels certain that it is his destiny to also star in the film and, against seemingly impossible odds and after many struggles with the movie business of the late-1970’s, he not only gets his wish but also becomes enshrined in the pantheon of the icons of Hollywood. I Play Rocky is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog film!

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Running Time: 128 MIN128 MIN
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Holiday Film Series: NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION

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Join us Saturday, December 20th at 3:00 p.m. for a cinematic Christmas vacation…Griswold-style!

Admission is a canned or non-perishable food product, or a monetary donation to a local food charity.

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The Griswolds – Clark, Ellen, Audrey, and Rusty – are all set to celebrate Christmas with all the classic, Norman Rockwell-esque trimmings: a huge tree, a beautiful home covered in twinkling lights, a delicious holiday feast surrounded by family. However, things soon get wild and wacky in the way that only a National Lampoon’s movie can…after all, these are the Griswolds we’re talking about! When Clark’s big plans to surprise his family with a special Christmas present get derailed by a workplace misunderstanding, it’s up to his crazy Cousin Eddie to set things right and help everybody learn the true meaning of the holidays.

Written by John Hughes, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is one of those movies you can watch a thousand times and still laugh out loud! Starring Chevy Chase, Randy Quiad, Beverly D’Angelo, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Johnny Galecki, this classic holiday film is stuffed with more comedy gold than a Christmas turkey!

 

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Running Time: 97 MIN97 MIN
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM

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Shot in 1972 by filmmakers William and David Greaves, and remaining unfinished for over half-a-century, Once Upon A Time In Harlem features footage from a reunion of luminaries from America’s “Harlem Renaissance” — a flourishing of African-American art, literature, scholarship, music, dance, fashion, and culture which took place in New York City during the 20s and 30s.

William Greaves presents footage of a 1972 party he convened at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in Harlem — an event he regarded as the most important thing he ever captured on film — where he invited every surviving participant of the Renaissance he was able to track down and locate. Among those present were painter Aaron Douglas; artist/writer Richard Bruce Nugent; poet Arna Bontemps; musicians Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle; photographer James Van Der Zee; and Ida Mae Cullen, the widow of Harlem Renaissance alum Countee Cullen. The reunion was made all the more special because many of the attendees had not seen one another for decades!

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Running Time: 100 MIN100 MIN
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