What We Do in the Shadows

Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Flight of the Corcords’ Jemaine Clement) – three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life’s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood. Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main […]

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Two Days, One Night: Last Day Thursday, March 12th

Sandra (Marion Cotillard) has just returned to work after recovering from a serious bout with depression. Realizing that the company can operate with one fewer employee, management tells Sandra she is to be let go. After learning that her co-workers will vote to decide her fate on Monday morning, Sandra races against time over the […]

Mommy: Last Day Thursday, March 12th

A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her rambunctious 15-year-old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet, Kyla, the peculiar girl across the street, offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained. “‘Mommy’ is a shockingly honest, nerve-wracking and dazzling […]

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42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival SNEAK PEEK! Leviathan

For the first time ever, the Athena Cinema will be revealing exclusive SNEAK PEEKS of feature films programmed for the 42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival, which takes place during April 3rd-9th. Kolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea in North Russia. He has his own auto-repair shop. His shop stands […]

42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival SNEAK PEEK! Grabbers

For the first time ever, the Athena Cinema will be revealing exclusive SNEAK PEEKS of feature films programmed for the 42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival, which takes place during April 3rd-9th. On Erin Island, an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Ireland, charming but somewhat work-shy Ciaran O’Shea, is tasked with greeting […]

Mr. Turner: Leaving the Athena Wednesday, March 18th

Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (Timothy Spall). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives […]

Still Alice

Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), a successful Columbia University linguistics professor happily married with three grown children, struggles to maintain her mind after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. “The movie is harrowing, as any story about Alzheimer’s should be, but Moore gives it an extra layer of gravity and heartbreaking inevitability.” -Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald “Sorrow-laden […]

42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival SNEAK PEEK! Timbuktu

For the first time ever, the Athena Cinema will be revealing exclusive SNEAK PEEKS of feature films programmed for the 42nd Athens International Film + Video Festival, which takes place during April 3rd-9th. Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter […]

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2015 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films: Last Day Thursday, February 26th

Catch all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films before the 87th Annual Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, February 22nd!   The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015 program offers viewers the rare opportunity to experience the year’s best short films from across the globe, collected together in this special cinematic showcase. Aya Two strangers unexpectedly […]

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2015 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films: Last Day Thursday, February 26th

  Catch all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films before the 87th Annual Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, February 22nd! The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015 program offers viewers the rare opportunity to experience the year’s best short films from across the globe, collected together in this special cinematic showcase. Me and My Moulton […]