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Tusk: Last Night Thursday, November 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Kevin Smith
Writer(s): Kevin Smith
Cast: Justin Long, Michael Parks, and Haley Joel Osment

An irreverent American podcaster interviews a Canadian adventurer whose wild tale of survival at sea masks sinister intentions in this twisted horror comedy from writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Red State).

When podcaster Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe (Michael Parks), his best friend Teddy (The Sixth Sense‘s Haley Joel Osment) and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him.

“Smith has delivered a left-field surprise that ranks among his very best work” – Scott Foundas, Variety

“has a genuinely haunting quality” – Clark Collins, Entertainment Weekly

“If Kevin Smith was stoned when he thought up his excellent walrusian nightmare, then marijuana is the best creative medicine.” – Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail

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Running Time: 102 Minutes102 MIN
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Dear White People: Last Day Thursday, December 4th

Watch Trailer Director: Justin Simien
Writer(s): Justin Simien
Cast: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner

Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. Writer/director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college in a sharp and funny feature film debut that earned him a spot on Variety’s annual “10 Directors to Watch.” When Dear White People screened at MOMA’s prestigious New Directors/New Films, the New York Times’ A.O. Scott wrote, “Seeming to draw equal measures of inspiration from Whit Stillman and Spike Lee, but with his own tart, elegant sensibility very much in control, Mr. Simien evokes familiar campus stereotypes only to smash them and rearrange the pieces.”

The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show “Dear White People” to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university’s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father’s lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college’s influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about—while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.

But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche’s outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its “unleash your inner Negro” theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side.

“A BUTTON-PUSHING WORD-OF-MOUTH DYNAMO.”-The Wall Street Journal

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Running Time: 100 Minutes100 MIN
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Rich Hill: Three Nights ONLY!

Watch Trailer Director: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Awards: Grand Jury Prize for a Documentary - Sundance Film Festival 2014

Rich Hill, Missouri. Seventy miles south of Kansas City, fifteen miles east of the Kansas border. Once a thriving mining town, shortly after World War II, the coal was gone – mined out. Stores closed, people moved away, farms were sold. It’s a story that could be told in hundreds of towns across America.

But people still live here: 1,393 of them at last count. Deep potholes line the gravel roads, and property tax is almost nonexistent. The town center is littered with piles of bricks, and crumbling buildings are all that remain of the original bank, the corner pharmacy, a cafe. Yet there is still the dream of transformation on the horizon: if only the citizens could attract more business or Rich Hill could be home to an industry once again.

Every year on the 4th of July, like many communities across America, the town puts on a grand celebration, with a carnival and a parade. Rich Hill has a record-setting pie auction to raise the funds for the fireworks. It is a once-a-year time to be part of something larger and grander – the way things used to be – for even a few days. And then the carnival pulls out.

Rich Hill intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.

“Rich Hill doesn’t just make you feel like you know these boys; it makes you care about them.” – Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post

“Inside these average American lives are futures far too often passed over or, worse, written off. This terrific film gives the teenagers their due.” – Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

“A truly moving and edifying film, Rich Hill is the type of media object that could and should be put in a time capsule for future generations.” – Katie Walsh, The Playlist

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Running Time: 91 min91 MIN

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Mulholland Drive: Let’s Do Lynch

Watch Trailer Director: David Lynch
Writer(s): David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

Along Mulholland Drive nothing is what it seems. In the unreal universe of Los Angeles, the city bares its schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. A woman is left with amnesia following a car accident. An aspiring young actress finds her staying in her aunt’s home. The puzzle begins to unfold, propelling us through a mysterious labyrith of sensual experiences until we arrive at the intersection of dreams and nightmares.

The Athena Cinema presents “Let’s Do Lynch”, eight weeks of feature films by David Lynch. All shows start at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $6.50.

9/7 &8: Elephant Man
9/14 & 15: Dune
9/21 & 22: Blue Velvet
9/28 & 29: Wild At Heart
10/5&6: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
10/12 & 13: Lost Highway
10/19 & 20: Mulholland Drive
10/26 & 27: Eraserhead

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Running Time: 147 min147 MIN
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Kill the Messenger: Last Night Thursday, November 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer(s): Peter Landesman (written by), Gary Webb (book "Dark Alliance"), and Nick Schou (book "Kill the Messenger")
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, and Jena Sims

Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne Legacy”) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.

“A gripping, thoughtful picture.” – Soren Anderson, Seattle Times

“Jeremy Renner gives his best performance since ‘The Hurt Locker’ in this assiduous, engrossing drama about the late investigative reporter Gary Webb.” – Andrew Barker, Variety

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Running Time: 112 Minutes112 MIN
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Dads Weekend: THE GODFATHER

Watch Trailer Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer(s): Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan and Robert Duvall

“My father taught me many things…”

Celebrate OHIO Dad’s Weekend with a classic movie at Athens’ Historic Theater. Watch Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece on the big screen.

“A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.”

Francis Ford Coppola’s epic features Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone’s family life and the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. Based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel and featuring career-making performances by Al Pacino, James Caan and Robert Duvall, this searing and brilliant film garnered ten Academy Award nominations, and won three including Best Picture of 1972.

“Francis Ford Coppola has made one of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment.” – Vincent Canby, New York Times

“As filmmaking and storytelling, ‘The Godfather’ remains a bravura piece of work, its set pieces, dialogue and performances entrenched cinematic icons.” – Ben Walters, Time Out 

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Running Time: 175 Minutes175 MIN
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Lost Highway: Let’s Do Lynch

Watch Trailer Director: David Lynch
Writer(s): David Lynch, Barry Gifford
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius

Set in a city suspiciously like Los Angeles, both blazingly modern and resolutely retro in look and feel. A jazz musician, tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. In a parallel story, a young mechanic is drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that both women may, in fact, be the same woman. The men are also connected by a mysterious turn of events that calls into question their very identities.

The Athena Cinema presents “Let’s Do Lynch”, eight weeks of feature films by David Lynch. All shows start at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $6.50.

9/7 &8: Elephant Man
9/14 & 15: Dune
9/21 & 22: Blue Velvet
9/28 & 29: Wild At Heart
10/5&6: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
10/12 & 13: Lost Highway
10/19 & 20: Mulholland Drive
10/26 & 27: Eraserhead

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Running Time: 134 min134 MIN
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Halloween Midnight Movie: ZOMBIELAND

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writer(s): Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson

You asked for it, we listened. The Athena Cinema is bringing back the midnight movie and we are starting with Halloween Night!
FREE TWINKIES!!!

A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), two young girls who have resorted to some rather unorthodox methods to survive amidst the chaos. Reluctant partners in the battle against the undead, all four soon begin to wonder if it might be better to simply take their chances alone.

“For rambunctious laughs, you can hardly beat Zombieland, a pedal-to-the-metal mix of ghoul gore, smartmouth humor and filmmaking savvy.” – Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Director Ruben Fleischer has his eyes trained on the comic jugular, and he attains an astronomical laugh count from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernickat’s fizzing, pop-savvy script.” – David Jenkins, Time Out

“Warts, entrails and all, I had a ball at Zombieland.” – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

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Running Time: 8888 MIN
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Free Universal Premiere: DUMB AND DUMBER TO

Watch Trailer Director: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
Writer(s): Sean Anders
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, and Rob Riggle

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their roles as lovable imbeciles Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in this sequel to Dumb and Dumber from original directing duo Bobby and Peter Farrelly.

Free preview screening. Tickets are first come first serve.

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me: Let’s Do Lynch

Watch Trailer Director: David Lynch
Writer(s): David Lynch, Robert Engels, Mark Frost
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick

David Lynch takes us back to the town of damned good cups of coffee and cherry pies in this film prequel to the television series where we actually meet Laura Palmer (Lee) for the first time. Brought in to investigate the mysterious death of nightshift waitress Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond (Isaak) and later Special Agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) unravel the bizarre clues, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings that lead to the last seven days of Laura Palmer’s troubled life…and ultimately the killer.

The Athena Cinema presents “Let’s Do Lynch”, eight weeks of feature films by David Lynch. All shows start at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $6.50.

9/7 &8: Elephant Man
9/14 & 15: Dune
9/21 & 22: Blue Velvet
9/28 & 29: Wild At Heart
10/5&6: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
10/12 & 13: Lost Highway
10/19 & 20: Mulholland Drive
10/26 & 27: Eraserhead

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Running Time: 135 min135 MIN
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