As part of the 43rd Athens International Film + Video Festival, The Athena Cinema is honored to host renowned filmmaker Charles Burnett. Two of his films will be screened during the festival and Burnett will be in attendance to speak with audiences about his work and career. The life of a middle-class black family in […]
Science on Screen: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT with Arthur Trese
As part of the 43rd Athens International Film + Video Festival, The Athena Cinema is proud to present EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT as part of the Science on Screen℠ series At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third […]
I SAW THE LIGHT: Leaving Thursday, April 21st
Tom Hiddleston stars as Hank Williams in this biopic about the legendary country western singer who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life. “Hiddleston’s performance is […]
LABYRINTH: A Tribute to David Bowie
The Athena pays tribute to one of the most unique and talented men ever to set foot on Earth, (as well as a few other planets) with a March 12th showing of the David Bowie/Jim Henson classic, Labyrinth. Laugh, sing along, or watch in silent wonder as the Goblin King takes you to a mysterious & strange world unlike any […]
Free Universal Premiere: POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
The comedy goes behind the scenes as singer/rapper Conner4Real faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when he’s no longer the dopest star of all. Free preview screening. Tickets are first come, first serve.
SON OF SAUL
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. “Good movies summon up worlds. Son of Saul [is] a great movie…” -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal “No matter […]
OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS: Last Day Thursday, March 3rd
Sanjay’s Super Team – dir. Sanjay Patel, USA, 7 minutes Synopsis: In SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM, the new short film from Pixar Animation Studios, accomplished artist Sanjay Patel uses his own experience to tell the story of a young, first-generation Indian-American boy whose love for western pop-culture comes into conflict with his father’s traditions. Sanjay is […]
OSCAR-NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS
Ave Maria – dir. Basil Khalil, Palestine/France/Germany, 15 minutes Synopsis: Five nuns living in the West Bank find their routine disrupted when the car of a family of Israeli settlers breaks down outside the convent. Unable to use the telephone due to Sabbath restrictions, the family needs help from the nuns, but the sisters’ vow […]
THE LADY IN THE VAN: Last Day Thursday, March 17th
1973- the year Miss Shepard, a transient woman living in her van, takes up residence in playwright Alan Bennet’s driveway in London,where she remains for 15 years. Based on a true story, THE LADY IN THE VAN chronicles a unique friendship in a sleepy London neighborhood. “A delicately written, boisterously performed movie about the […]
THE HUNTSMAN
Discover the fantastic origins of The Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) in this prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman. As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two renegades – Eric the Huntsman – who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them. Free preview screening. […]
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