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. […]
ANATOMY OF A FALL: Last Day Wednesday, January 10th
About the Film In ANATOMY OF A FALL (French: Anatomie d’une chute), Sandra’s husband Vincent is found bloody and dead in the snow after an apparent fall. Foul play is presumed, and the police have settled on Sandra as their main suspect. Making matters worse is the fact that the only witness to the crime is Sandra […]
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: Last Day Wednesday, January 10th
About the Film When a spate of mysterious murders sweeps through the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma in the early 1920’s, the Bureau of Investigation (an early 20th-century precursor to the FBI) sends agents into the frontier to investigate the matter. The murders coincide with the discovery of massive oil deposits on the Osage land, […]
The Athena is now open!
We have been closed since May to address some structural repairs with our building. The Athena opened in 1915 and these repairs were necessary to keep the theater thriving for years to come. This will be a partial reopening. We will be showing films in our upstairs theater starting on Jan 5th. The two downstairs […]
PAST LIVES
About the Film PAST LIVES tells the story of Nora and Hae Sung, two friends who share an intimate connection during childhood then fall out of touch as they grow towards adulthood. Reconnecting on social media after 12 years, they reaffirm their connection via video calls, but the connection is short-lived as their personal lives […]
ORIGIN
About the Film ORIGIN tells the story of American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she sets out, in the grips of personal tragedy, to research and write her critically acclaimed nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th), the film stars Aujanue Ellis-Taylor as Wilkerson, […]
MONSTER
About the Film When her son Mintao begins to exhibit strange behavior, single-mother Saori decides to investigate the matter. This leads her into a confrontation with one of Mintao’s school teachers; however, the truth behind Mintao’s acting-out ends up being more convoluted than Saori could have imagined. Featuring the final score composed by renown Japanese […]
MOVIES WE MISSED
In July 2021, the Athena reopened after a 16-month closure due the pandemic. We ran a series of films dubbed “Movies You Missed” as an opportunity for our community to see the films of the past year and a half as they were intended to be seen, on a big screen, in a darkened theater, […]
Haiku Contest
Let me get this straight: Writing a movie haiku wins me free popcorn? …that’s the gist of it, yeah! For the fifth year running, the Athena will take in movie or theater-related haikus from the public for our Annual Haiku Contest. Submissions will be accepted from Black Friday through noon on December 31st, 2023. The […]
PIRATES VS. THE KRAKEN: An Animated Short
We are excited to announce that we will be premiering a special animation project right before GHOSTBUSTERS at our Rooftop Screening this Thursday. Admission is included with GHOSTBUSTERS tickets. This project is a collaboration between the Ohio Arts Council, the Athena Cinema, Passion Works Studio, and artist Jeremy Bessoff. About the short film: A group of […]
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