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AIR: Last Day Thursday, May 4th

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Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Viola Davis

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

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Running Time: 122 minutes122 MIN
R Rated
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AIR is a slam dunk and ultimately one of the best sports movies ever made.

Marisa Mirabal
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YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

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Beth (Louis-Dreyfus), a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they’re actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and their own successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others — including their son, Charlie — mad. Should it come as a surprise then that his own marriage is in crisis? But when Beth discovers that Don has been untruthful to her about his opinion of her work for years — Beth’s world comes crashing down. Has their whole relationship been one Big Fat Lie?

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Running Time: 93 minutes 93 MIN
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It’s both smart and entertaining.

Stephanie Zacharek
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The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s FALSTAFF

Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features a brilliant ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s celebrated staging. Baritone Michael Volle sings his first Verdi role at the Met as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance. Reuniting after their acclaimed performances in the production’s 2019 run are soprano Ailyn Pérez as Alice Ford, soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, and mezzo-soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly. Soprano Hera Hyesang Park and tenor Bogdan Volkov are the young couple Nannetta and Fenton, and Daniele Rustioni conducts. This transmission starts at 12:25pm and is estimated to end at 3:38pm.

Admission $20 (senior $18, children $8)

OHIO Student: Free

Thanks to Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

 

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Running Time: 187 minutes187 MIN
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Oh, Hi Mark! An Evening Inside THE ROOM with Greg Sestero

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Greg Sestero is back in Athens!

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Spend a night with the man who survived THE ROOM

Join us for a special evening of the hit cult classic THE ROOM with Greg Sestero, star of THE ROOM and author of THE DISASTER ARTIST, the critically-acclaimed tell-all about the making of THE ROOM that inspired A24’s award-winning film THE DISASTER ARTIST.

There will be a Q&A before the film, merchandise for sale, and a meet and greet opportunity! Event begins at 7pm, admission $15.

 

About the speaker

Greg Sestero is the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar – nominated The Disaster Artist and Co-Star of the cult classic The Room. Greg also recently wrote and produced Best F(r)iends Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Lionsgate)and was recently seen in Netflix’s popular gothic-drama mini-series The Haunting of Bly ManorHis directorial/ horror genre debut, Miracle Valley, is slated for release in 2022. It is the first very first film to ever shoot at Frank Lloyd Wright’s world renowned masterpiece Falling Water.

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Running Time: 91 min91 MIN
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The Met: Live in HD: Strauss’ DER ROSENKAVALIER

A stellar trio assembles to take on the lead roles of Strauss’s comedy, with soprano Lise Davidsen in her Met role debut as the Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in her Met role debut as Octavian, and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging. This transmission starts at 11:55am and is estimated to end at 4:48pm.

Admission $20 (senior $18, children $8)

OHIO Student: Free

Thanks to Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

 

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Running Time: 195 minutes195 MIN
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The Met: Live in HD: Terence Blanchard’s CHAMPION

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones made history in the 2021–22 season. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo- soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to the podium to conduct Blanchard’s second Met premiere. Director James Robinson, whose productions of Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Porgy and Bess brought down the house, oversees the staging. Camille A. Brown, whose choreography electrified audiences in Fire and Porgy, also returns. This transmission starts at 12:25pm and is estimated to end at 4:10pm.

Admission $20 (senior $18, children $8)

OHIO Student: Free

Thanks to Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

 

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Running Time: 135 minutes135 MIN
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RESILIENCE

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SETICC, Athens HOPE, NAMI Athens and the Athena Cinema invite you to a free screening of RESILIENCE on Thursday, May 18th at 7pm.

Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience reveals, toxic stress can trigger hormones that wreak havoc on the brains and bodies of children, putting them at a greater risk for disease, homelessness, prison time, and early death. While the broader impacts of poverty worsen the risk, no segment of society is immune. Resilience, however, also chronicles the dawn of a movement that is determined to fight back. Trailblazers in pediatrics, education, and social welfare are using cutting-edge science and field-tested therapies to protect children from the insidious effects of toxic stress—and the dark legacy of a childhood that no child would choose.

A panel discussion will take place after the screening.

 

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The Met: Live in HD: Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI

Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy Don Giovanni. The tale of deceit and damnation is set in an abstract architectural landscape that explores the dark corners of the story and its characters. Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as a magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, and Ying Fang are Giovanni’s conquests—Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina—and tenor Ben Bliss sings Don Ottavio. This transmission is estimated to end at 4:36pm.

Admission $20 (senior $18, children $8)

OHIO Student: Free

Thanks to Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

 

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Running Time: 175 minutes175 MIN
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Classics & Cocktails: JAWS

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Duuuunnnn duun…duuunnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnn dunnn! We are still on the hunt for some iconic Narragansset beer cans for our screenings of JAWS but in the meantime, we will be featuring a delicious Sharkbite Cocktail! More details coming soon.

Classics & Cocktails is back for a summer series! Join us on Friday, June 2nd at 7pm for the 1975 thriller, JAWS. Admission is $8. Drink prices vary.

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

Along with the specialty cocktail, we will have a full menu of wine, local beer and local ciders.

Click here to view the rest of the films in this series.

Check out our FAQ page for our Classics & Cocktails series!

UPDATE

Classics & Cocktails is moving up!

We are thrilled to announce that our summer series is moving to the rooftop of the Athens City Parking Garage.

The dates will stay the same but the show times will be later. We will begin seating at 8:00 and the movies will start about 9:00 when the sun is down.

We will be using DORA to continue to offer themed cocktails! You can pick up your DORA cup and cocktail curbside at the Athena on the way to the parking garage. We will also have runners so you can order drinks and concessions that will be delivered to you on the rooftop!

Please consider purchasing tickets to these events. It is a great way to show your support for the Athena during our temporary closure. It helps us keep our staff employed and bringing movies to Athens.

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Running Time: 124 minutes124 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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