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ALL OF US STRANGERS: Last Day Wednesday, February 21st

Watch Trailer Director: Andrew Haigh
Writer(s): Andrew Haigh
Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell

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. A chance encounter with Harry, his mysterious neighbor, leads to a passionate love affair that may be just the thing Adam needs to help him set aside his grief and return to a sense of reality.

Andrew Scott (Fleabag, 1917) and Paul Mescal star in Andrew Haigh’s adaptation of the critically-acclaimed 1987 Japanese novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. Thematically rich and nuanced, the film and the cast have been nominated for and won numerous awards, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Direcor at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards.

 

 

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Running Time: 105 MIN105 MIN
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BEST IN SHOW: Fundraiser for Friends of the Shelter Dogs

Watch Trailer Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard

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 – BEST IN SHOW!

This event will be a fundraiser for the Athens County Friends of the Shelter Dogs organization. So, bring your own furry friend or simply come and hang out with adoptable dogs from the Athens County Dog Shelter…and, maybe think about taking one home.

Red Carpet Photos and more

Every dog can feel like Best in Show with their very own red carpet photo! During the first hour of the event, we’ll have a photographer standing by to shoot portrait photos of you and your pet on the red carpet. These keepsakes will be available for purchase for $5.

We’ll also have homemade doggie treats for your furry friends!

Admission for the film is $10 and includes a treat for your furry friend.

Red carpet photos are $5.

All proceeds will be donated to Friends of the Shelter Dogs.

Event Schedule

1 – 2pm: Open house (photos, treats, hang-out)

2pm: Film starts

2:45 – 3:15pm: Film intermission

4pm: Film ends

Requirements

All dogs must be on a regular, non-retractable leash. We require that all dogs be current with vaccinations and in good health. Aggressive dogs will not be welcome, so please be considerate of everyone’s safety and think twice before bringing your dog to the event.

About Friends of the Shelter Dogs

Friends of the Shelter Dogs is a is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides assistance to the dogs in the Athens County Dog Shelter by offering services like veterinary support for sick and injured dogs, spaying and neutering, rescue operations and promotion for potential adoption. All of this is done in order to save the lives of lovable dogs who are looking for a good home.

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Running Time: 90 MIN90 MIN
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Horror In Color: CANDYMAN

Watch Trailer Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd

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 teamed up once again with local movie-lovers Dr Gordon Briggs and Brandon Thompson to bring you a scarier version: Horror In Color!

Our special cocktail for the event will be “The Candyman’s Sweet Revenge – a riff on “The Bees Knees” with West End Distillery Eleven Square Dry Gin, honey, and fresh-squeezed lemon juice…yum!

Enter our raffle for a chance to win a sweet-as-honey Candyman tee or a wicked Candyman Funko Pop figurine!

We’ll also have a pre-show trivia contest, and we’d love for everyone to dress in costume…you know Gordon will!

About the Film

In her effort research a thesis on contemporary folklore and urban legends, grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) finds herself exploring Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project as she seeks to track down more info on the mysterious “Candyman” – a murderous, hook-handed boogeyman who is said to appear out of nowhere if someone utters his name five times in front of a mirror. Skeptical at first, Lyle figures the story to simply be a coping mechanism for the downtrodden residents. However, when a Lyle unearths more of the story, she ends up getting more than she bargained for as she comes face to face with The Candyman himself!

Directed by Bernard Rose (Paperhouse, Immortal Beloved), this classic horror film was adapted from a short story by horror icon Clive Barker and features an excellent performance by Tony Todd (Platoon, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: DS9). Three decades later, both the film and the character continue to rank highly on horror film-related “Best Of” lists.

 

This event has been made possible by the following sponsors: The Mathson Family and The Pub, The Ohio University Division of Diversity & Inclusion, and The Ohio Arts Council

 

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Running Time: 99 MIN99 MIN
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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 pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. American tenor Ben Bliss costars as the Wyoming rancher Eric in a production by Michael Mayer that brings this story to life in a high-tech staging which presents a variety of perspectives on the action. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Tesori’s kaleidoscopic opera.

The screening will begin at 12:55 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 3:40 p.m.

Admission $20 (Senior $18, Children $8)

OHIO Students Free with valid ID*

*Thanks to support from Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

Click here to view the rest of the Met: Live in HD schedule

Special thanks to George Weckman and the following supporters:

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Running Time: 165 MIN165 MIN
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Sustainability Series: FARMING WHILE BLACK with Tony Noble

Watch Trailer Director: Mark Decena
Cast: Leah Penniman, Blain Snipstal, Karen Washington

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 reflects on the plight of Black farmers in the US. Through her efforts to educate, her activism, and now through this documentary from filmmaker Mark Decena (Dopamine, Watershed), Leah and others seek to inspire a new generation of Black farmers with a deeper understanding of the legacy of African agrarianism — and how this legacy may hold the key to saving the planet.

About the Speaker

Anthony Noble is a manager at the OHIO Student Farm where he integrates his love of teaching, nature and healthy living. He has studied engineering, urban planning, permaculture, conflict resolution, herbs and many other things that have peaked his curiosity. Tony believes play and creativity are essential to understanding and pursuing regenerative agriculture.

 

 

Check out the rest of our line-up of Sustainability Films

The series is made possible thanks to the support of: University Libraries, Honors Tutorial College, Office of Sustainability, and The Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program.

Learn more about the Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program’s 50th Anniversary

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Running Time: 77 MIN77 MIN
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From the Hills and Hollers: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS with Dr. Tiffany Arnold

Watch Trailer Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Awards: Oscar - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay

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 who himself has been incarcerated in a mental hospital for his predilection for killing (and eating) a series of victims. As the Starling inches ever closer to her quarry, she steps deeper into the Lecter’s sphere of influence and has to fight hard to stay out from under his spell.

Silence of the Lambs swept the Academy Awards upon its release in 1991, winning 5 of the top honors. Not only has it been recognized as one of the best films of all-time, the character of Clarice Starling (as portrayed by Foster) has been ranked as the “greatest heroine in film history” by the American Film Institute: Foster expertly conveys Starling’s back-story as a young woman with roots in rural West Virginia, showing that a person from Appalachia is capable of overcoming insurmountable odds.

About the Speaker

Dr. Tiffany Arnold is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the College of Health Sciences and Professions where she coordinates the Appalachian Studies Undergraduate and Graduate Certificate Programs. Additionally, she teaches Public Health and Environmental Health Courses Focused on Appalachian studies.

One of Dr. Arnold’s interests is the way that the Appalachian Region is portrayed in films and in the media, and she draws upon this interest to help others think critically about their own perceptions of the region and most importantly, where these ideas come from. She will be discussing both the common and unlikely ways that Appalachian culture appears in the film “The Silence of the Lambs”. A film that is not often thought of as a representation of Appalachia.

Check out the rest of our films for the Appalachian Stories series

This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, GO Local, University College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Multicultural Center and The Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Center for Campus and Community Engagement, and The Women’s Center.

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Running Time: 118 MIN118 MIN
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Horror In Color: TALES FROM THE HOOD

Watch Trailer Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash

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 teamed up once again with local movie-lovers Dr Gordon Briggs and Brandon Thompson to bring you a scarier version: Horror In Color!

About the Film

With its prefect fusion of horror and black comedy, Tales From The Hood is a laugh-out-loud 90’s classic that weaves together an anthology of four stories that deal with issues related to life in the inner city. Clarence Williams III (“Link” from The Mod Squad) stars as “Mr Simms”, an eccentric, drug-dealing funeral parlor owner who encounters Stack, Ball, and Bulldog – three gangstas who come to the parlor for a hook-up – and takes the young G’s on a tour of the stories associated with the bodies awaiting their final resting place.

The stories include: “Rogue Cop Revelation”, a tale about the revenge of a murdered civil rights activist who haunts some perpetrators of police corruption; “Boys Do Get Bruised”, a voodoo-esque story about a boy who suffers domestic abuse from his mother’s boyfriend; “KKK Comeuppance”, a racist politician is tormented by an evil doll; and “Hard-Core Convert”, a homicidal gangster is sent to prison where he is torturously forced to atone for killing so many innocent black people from his own community.

With its nod to classic anthologies like Tales From The Crypt and Dead of Night, this fun film is an excellent mix of edge-of-your-seat horror and biting satire. The supporting cast includes Corbin Bernsen, Tom Wright, Brandon Hammond, David Alan Grier, and Rosalind Cash; and, the soundtrack is rife with great rap songs from some of the best artists of the genre, including Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, MC Eiht, and Gravediggaz.

 

This event has been made possible by the following sponsors: The Mathson Family and The Pub, The Ohio University Division of Diversity & Inclusion, and The Ohio Arts Council

 

 

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Running Time: 98 MIN98 MIN
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Sustainability Series: THE VELVET QUEEN with Kristeena Blaser

Watch Trailer Director: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier

Award-winning wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson join together to comb the frigid highlands of Tibet on a quest to track down and document the region’s elusive big cat – the snow leopard. The two Frenchmen learn hard lessons of patience and perseverance while enduring the harsh environs in the hopes of revealing the beauty and magnificence of this rarely-seen phantom of the mysterious mountains. It is a journey that compels them to reflect upon not only their own individual humanity, but also the larger role that humans play in the grand scheme of life on Earth. For anyone who has read Peter Matthiessen’s National Book Award-winning account of his similar attempt at making contact with Nepal’s snow leopard in the 1970’s, The Velvet Queen promises a visually satisfying experience equivalent to Matthiessen’s literary one.

About the Speaker

Kristeena Blaser graduated from Ohio University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a focus on environmental, sustainability and climate change politics. She received her Master of Science in Environmental Studies from Ohio University in 2017. While attending graduate school, she worked as a graduate assistant for the Office of Sustainability at Ohio University. She also worked as a GSI technician, landscape and maintenance worker, and a research assistant for an anerobic digestion project. While also working at the on-campus recycling center and compost facility when time permitted. Since graduation, she has worked as the Sustainability Coordinator for Aramark at Kent State University within their Dining Services department, as the Sustainability Coordinator at Oklahoma State University, and since March of 2023 has served as the Director of Sustainability for the Columbus Zoo Family of Parks.

Check out the rest of our line-up of Sustainability Films

The series is made possible thanks to the support of: University Libraries, Honors Tutorial College, Office of Sustainability, and The Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program.

Learn more about the Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program’s 50th Anniversary

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Running Time: 92 MIN92 MIN
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Native American Heritage Month: SMOKE SIGNALS

Watch Trailer Director: Chris Eyre
Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer

Join us Thursday, November 7th at 7:00 p.m. as we host a special screening of SMOKE SIGNALS in celebration of Native American Heritage Month!

FREE Admission – tickets are required for entry

Written, directed, produced, and performed exclusively by a Native American creative team, Smoke Signals was the first feature film of its kind when it was released in 1998, winning countless awards on the independent film festival circuit and paving the way for greater representation in media for indigenous cultures via projects like Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Reservation Dogs, Prey, and True Detective: Night Country.

About the Film

Prompted by the death of his acerbic and alcoholic father, Victor Joseph and his childhood friend, Thomas Builds-the-fire, embark on a road trip beyond the boundaries of the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in order to retrieve the ashes of the dead man. The two friends each had a different relationship with the deceased – in Victor’s case, his father was not the best of role models; in Thomas’ case, the man saved his life from a house fire during infancy. Moreover, Victor and Thomas have different personalities and perspectives on their native identities, and these many differences come to the surface as the two make the very important (and often hilarious) journey to their ultimate destination — each learning a great deal about the other when it finally comes to spread the ashes and say farewell.

 

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Running Time: 89 MIN89 MIN
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It is a warm film of friendship and reconciliation, and whenever it refers to historic injustices or contemporary issues in Native American culture, it does so with wry, glancing humor.

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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From the Hills and Hollers: FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES with Josh Brooks

Watch Trailer Director: Robert Tinnell
Cast: Skyler Gisondo, Madison Iseman, Joe Pantoliano

It’s Christmastime, 1983, in a small rust-belt town in the Monongahela River Valley. Tony Oliverio, a good Catholic boy from a large family, is on holiday break from the local community college where he’s enrolled in business classes so he can (reluctantly) take over the family grocery store after he graduates. One night, he bumps into Beth, a beautiful blonde Protestant girl, at a club and they hit it off. Only trouble is, Tony’s self-destructive ex-girlfriend (who’s still strongly in love with Tony) sets herself on a course of action that could make some waves for Tony and Beth’s budding relationship. There’s also the fact that Tony’s eccentric Catholic family isn’t quite ready to accept his hanging out with a Protestant girl, no matter how wonderful she might be. And, last but not least, Tony isn’t even sure if getting a business degree is the direction he wants to take in life. A lot can happen to a young man during winter break!

Starring Skyler Gisondo (Licorice Pizza), Madison Iseman, and Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos), and directed by West Virginia native Robert Tinnell, Feast of the Seven Fishes is a fun comedy about family ties and traditions and what it takes to find your own way in life.

 

About the Speaker

Joshua Brooks is a 35-year veteran of community and professional theater and film throughout middle Appalachia. He could not be more proud of his involvement in this unique, loving, and accurate story of romance and family in our strong and beautiful region. He was also apparently a “student” at THE Ohio University some years ago, but memories are “fuzzy”.

 

 

Check out the rest of our films for the Appalachian Stories series

This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, GO Local, University College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Multicultural Center and The Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Center for Campus and Community Engagement, and The Women’s Center.

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