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5 Flights Up: Playing tonight!

*Tonight is the final night to see 5 Flights Up.* Forty years ago, artist Alex Carver (Morgan Freeman) bought a run-down apartment in a sketchy part of Brooklyn with his wife, schoolteacher Ruth (Diane Keaton). Today, their neighborhood is now very hip and their apartment worth a small fortune. The now-retired Ruth and Alex haven’t […]

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100 Years of The Athena: Mary Pickford’s Cinderella — One Day Only, Wednesday, June 3

Based on the fairy tale: Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but is able to go to the royal ball through the help of the Fairy Godmother. On June 3, 1915, the Athena Cinema’s first-ever showing was Mary Pickford as Cinderella in this silent film. One hundred years from that day, the Athena […]

Danny Collins: Leaving the Athena Thursday, June 11th

Aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins (Al Pacino) can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. “Al […]

Welcome to Me: Leaving the Athena Thursday, June 11th

What happens when a young woman with Borderline Personality Disorder wins the lottery? In the case of Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig), she quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show. Inspired by the immortal Oprah, she broadcasts her dirty laundry as both a form of exhibitionism and a platform to share her peculiar […]

Iris: Leaving the Athena Thursday, June 11th

Iris pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a […]

White God: Leaving the Athena Thursday, May 21st

When young Lili is forced to give up her beloved dog Hagen, because it’s mixed-breed heritage is deemed unfit by The State, she and the dog begin a dangerous journey back towards each other. At the same time, all the unwanted, unloved and so-called unfit dogs rise up under a new leader, Hagen, the one-time […]

Clouds of Sils Maria: Leaving the Athena Thursday, June 4th

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being […]

Dior and I: Leaving the Athena Thursday, May 21st

Frédéric Tcheng’s solo directorial debut brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of […]

Wild Tales: Leaving Thursday, May 14th

Inequality, injustice and the demands of the world we live in cause stress and depression for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This is a movie about those people. Vulnerable in the face of a reality that shifts and suddenly turns unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization […]

Film Division Thesis Show: Jorge Blaires Samson’s “Forn”

Howard tries to sell his inherited land to start a new life somewhere else and leave his past behind, but as soon as he puts the house on the market, uncanny things begin to occur and a mysterious ghost collector presents himself as the only one that can help him.