Based on the best-selling novel by Kevin Wilson, THE FAMILY FANG follows the journey of Annie and Buster Fang, the children of two famous performance artists who often included their children in their work. Now adults, Annie is a successful actress and Buster is a slightly less than successful novelist. After both of their lives take a turn for the worse, Annie and Buster return home only to have their parents to vanish into thin air. As they search for their parents, both of them wonder if their parents are really in trouble, or if this is yet another elaborate performance.

“[A] smart, tart adaptation of Kevin Wilson’s best-selling 2011 debut novel, which thumbs its nose at the cliches of the over-trafficked dysfunctional family genre to dissect the sometimes lifelong quest of children to understand their parents in ways that are funny and bittersweet, poignant and often bracingly dark.”- David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“The Family Fang instantly invites its soon-to-be-captive audience on an absorbing, provocative, slightly fantastic path that’s like few others.” -John Hartl, The Seattle Times

“… a sharply drawn portrait of a dysfunctional, tortured artistic family that speaks affectingly to the troubled legacy that all parents inevitably bequeath to their children.”- Justin Chang, Variety

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145 MIN

It’s 1985 in Dublin and teenager Conor Lalor has just learned that he will have to transfer from his esteemed private school to the dingy public school, where he knows no one. After developing a crush on the aspiring model Raphina, Conor tries to win her affection by forming a rock band with his new friends, and asks her to star in their music videos. As his school and home life become more turbulent, Conor immerses himself into his band and Raphina.

“Sing Street is a wholly appealing genesis of teenage romance and music-group therapy for one Irish boy and a instant retro classic for those still hungry like the wolf.” -Brian Truitt, USA Today

“It’s like a lost John Hughes movie with Irish brogues and cars that just happen to drive on the other side of the road.“- Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

“Carney understands how music not only provides a soundtrack for a life, but can change a life, too.” -Steven Rea,  Philadelphia Enquirer 

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106 MIN

Dr. Robert Laing (Hiddleston) is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. Laing quickly settles into high society life, but as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.

“Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump (his wife) have energized J.G. Ballard’s parable of class warfare with a daring approach that will touch a nerve or have you bolting for the exits.” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“This High-Rise is a scathing, intoxicating visual and auditory experience, the most truthful and most powerful Ballard adaptation we’ve ever seen, or are likely to.” -Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

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119 MIN

Julian Howard, a music major at Ohio University, was met with a magnificent opportunity when he was awarded the role of Wayne Shorter, a saxophonist who plays alongside Miles Davis in Don Cheadle’s directorial debut, Miles Ahead. This Friday, Howard will be kind enough to perform a few film-inspired jazz pieces with his band, the Julian Howard Quartet, before our first screening of Miles Ahead and answer a few questions to those in attendance.

Please join us for a very special jazz night at the Athena!

Here is a link to WOUB’s story on Howard.

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A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

“Everybody Wants Some!! is a terrifically entertaining movie that proves Linklater once again a master of perfectly capturing moments in time without judgment or apology.” -Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

“It’s an effortless cult classic, delivered by a master of the form, and one of the first truly must-see movies of 2016.” -David Sims, The Atlantic

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117 MIN

Ethan Hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend Chet Baker, whose tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool. By the 1960s, he was all but washed up, his career and personal life in shambles due to years of heroin addiction. In his innovative anti-biopic, director Robert Budreau zeroes in on Baker’s life at a key moment in the 1960s, just as the musician attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback, spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame (Carmen Ejogo). Creatively blending fact with fiction and driven by Hawke’s virtuoso performance, Born to Be Blue unfolds with all the stylistic brio and improvisatory genius of great jazz.

“Everything that makes Ethan Hawke an extraordinary actor – his energy, his empathy, his fearless, vanity-free eagerness to explore the deeper recesses of a character – is on view in his performance as Chet Baker.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“It’s not necessary to be a jazz fan to get lost in this poetic and poignant film.” – Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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98 MIN

A young woman’s (Emma Watson) desperate search for her abducted boyfriend (Daniel Brühl) that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, an ex-Nazi cult that nobody ever escaped from.

“For anyone following Watson’s slow and steady path toward becoming one of her generation’s finest actresses, Colonia is more evidence of the exciting career she’s building.” – Katey Rich, Vanity Fair

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110 MIN

Rating: Unrated

When Doris Miller (Sally Field) meets John Fremont (Max Greenfield), her company’s hip new art director, sparks fly-at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother, Doris mines the Internet for information on her one-and-only, guided by the 13-year-old granddaughter of her best pal Roz. When Doris begins showing up at John’s regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she’s making a fool of herself over a guy half her age. Eager for all the experiences she has missed out on, Doris throws caution to the wind and follows her heart for the very first time.

“Field keeps both hands firmly on the wheel as Doris, skillfully maneuvering through both the comedic and dramatic scenes like the two-time Oscar winner that she is.” – Katie Rife, AV Club 

“A winning comedy-drama built around one of cinema’s most endearing leading ladies.” – Rafer Guzman, Newsday

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95 MIN