A steampunk fantasy with a black-comedy bent, Poor Things is the story of Bella, a young dead girl resurrected by her guardian, the scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. As she sheds her naïveté, her eagerness to discover the wonders of the world leads her to run off with a hedonistic lawyer to explore not only the globe but […]
ALL OF US STRANGERS: Last Day Wednesday, February 21st
About the Film Adam, a lonely writer living in a mundane London apartment block is immersed in writing a screenplay dealing with his parents who died 30 years ago. As a result, his day-to-day world is often one of surreal fantasies wherein his mother and father are still alive and residing in his childhood home. […]
BEST IN SHOW: Fundraiser for Friends of the Shelter Dogs
Come to the Athena for a special, pet-friendly screening event – it’s sure to be a dog-gone blast! Wait…I can bring my dog to the Athena Cinema to watch a movie??! In a word…YES!! Join us on Saturday, October 12th at 1:00 p.m. for a one-time screening of the classic canine comedy from Christopher Guest […]
OU School of Film: 1ST YEAR MFA SCREENING
Come celebrate the excellent work of budding filmmakers from the OHIO School of Film’s 1st-year MFA Program! Saturday, October 12th at 7:00 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public. The screening will consist of a series of short films created exclusively by film students who are completing their first year in the […]
Horror In Color: CANDYMAN
One Night Only: Thursday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m. Join us for a special event screening of the classic horror film from 1992! Admission is FREE, but tickets are required Halloween will be here before you know it! So, as a spin on the fantastic Heroes In Color Series we did earlier this year, we’ve […]
The Met: Live in HD: Jeanine Tesori’s GROUNDED
Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by 21st-century war-making: the ethical conflicts created by the use of modern military technology and the psychological and emotional toll supposedly safe remote technology takes on our servicepersons. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars as the hot-shot fighter […]
Sustainability Series: FARMING WHILE BLACK with Tony Noble
At the turn of the 20th century in America, the proportion of Black-owned farms was roughly 1-in-7. Today, however, that number has fallen precipitously to about 1-in-50. In 2018, author Leah Penniman, an educator, food-sovereignty activist, and co-founder of the Soul Fire Farm, penned a book called Farming While Black that examines this trend and […]
From the Hills and Hollers: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS with Dr. Tiffany Arnold
Jodie Foster stars as FBI agent Clarice Starling who is tasked with investigating a string of murders involving overweight women that appears to be the work of an emerging serial killer. To gain insight into the psychological profile of the suspect, Starling pays a visit to Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter, a highly-intelligent ex-forensic psychiatrist […]
Horror In Color: TALES FROM THE HOOD
One Night Only: Friday, October 25th at 7:00 p.m. Join us for a special event screening of the classic horror film from 1992! Admission is FREE, but tickets are required Halloween will be here before you know it! So, as a riff on the fantastic Heroes In Color Series we did earlier this year, we’ve […]
McCarey for Progress Campaign Event: Special Screening of HEAD OF STATE
Join us Friday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. for a special campaign event featuring a screening of Chris Rock’s 2003 political comedy Head of State! This is an exciting opportunity to gather together in the final days of Micah McCarey’s campaign for Ohio’s House of Representatives, District 95. Come for laughs, camaraderie, and to show […]
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