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THE LAST SHOWGIRL – Last Day: Thursday, February 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Gia Coppola
Cast: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Jason Schwartzman

When a seasoned Las Vegas showgirl learns that her current gig is suddenly about reach its end, she is forced to examine her life and make a new plan for what she will do with the rest of her life.

Pamela Anderson stars in this new film from Gia Coppola which has already received high praise from critics and audiences on the international film festival circuit. Rounding out the supporting cast are Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), and Jason Scwartzman.

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THE ROOM NEXT DOOR – Last Day: Thursday, February 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola
Awards: Golden Lion - Venice Film Festival

From award-winning director Pedro Almodóvar comes a heart-wrenching film that examines the true tests of friendship and mortality.

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were once close friends when they were employed at the same magazine many years ago. As is often the case with friends, career trajectories, personal goals, and other life circumstances caused them to drift apart. However, a chance encounter puts the women back in touch with one another, and Ingrid learns that Martha is dying from terminal cancer. As they reconnect, they decide to move from the city to the quiet countryside where their newfound friendship can bloom again as they share the meaningful moments from the past, present, and future of their lives. Martha desires to end her own life before the cancer can take it from her, and Ingrid does what any true friend would do — offer support.

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Running Time: 107 MIN107 MIN
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JANET PLANET – Last Day, Thursday August 8th

Watch Trailer Director: Annie Baker
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Sophie Okonedo, Will Patton

It’s the summer of 1991, and Janet (Julianne Nicholson), an aging down-to-earth acupuncturist, has retreated to rural Massachusetts to spend some quality time with her young daughter Lacy (Zoe Zeigler). The girl is at the age where being sociable is a real challenge, and Janet tries to gently sever the proverbial “apron strings” by inviting three people over to her home for a visit: her boyfriend, a close female companion, and the leader of a local theater troupe. Lacy, however, is not exactly ready to let go of her dependence on her mother and warily struggles to embrace the demands of young adulthood.

From A24 Studios, Janet Planet has been an immediate hit with critics who have praised the realism and heartfelt quality of the relationship between a mother and her daughter at emotionally impactful stages of life. Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, the film stars a strong cast that includes Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Sophie Okonedo, and Will Patton.

 

 

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Running Time: 113 MIN113 MIN
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NATIONAL ANTHEM – Last Day, Thursday August 8th

Watch Trailer Director: Luke Gilford
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park

Dylan (Charlie Plummer) is a construction worker in rural New Mexico burdened with supporting his young brother and a mother struggling with alcohol abuse. Instead of plugging along into a dead-end existence, he decides to change direction in life and embark on a search for “The American Dream” by joining up with a group of queer rodeo performers.

Directed by Luke Gilford, and based on his photography monograph documenting the gay experience within the culture of western rodeos, National Anthem is a unique film that takes viewers into a world they think they know well and shows them a new perspective on the search for self-determination.

 

 

 

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Beyond its touching love story, National Anthem shares with Gilford’s monograph a striking directness in its presentation of the queer rodeo community. The film feels delicately radical.

Tim Grierson - Screen International
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THELMA: Last Day Thursday, July 18th

Watch Trailer Director: Josh Margolin
Cast: June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg

From Magnolia Pictures comes a “road movie” of a different stripe: Veteran character actress of stage and screen June Squibb stars as “Thelma”, a 93-years-young grandma who falls victim to a phone scammer and sets out on a wildly hilarious adventure with her elderly sidekick Ben (played by Richard “Shaft” Roundtree) to recover her stolen goods…and her dignity!

Squibb’s career in entertainment has lasted nearly 70 years – she debuted in Gypsy on Broadway in 1959 and has starred in countless films, including Woody Alan’s Alice for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress – and, in Thelma, she shows no signs of slowing down. Written and directed by Josh Margolin, this film (based on real-life events that happened to Margolin and his own grandmother) is sure to make you laugh so hard your hair will turn grey!

 

 

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JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

Watch Trailer Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Zazie Beetz

Former-clown and psychopath Arthur Fleck is back! Two years after the events of Joker, Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is now an inmate at Arkham State Hospital where he meets fellow prisoner Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga) in a music therapy class. Lee encourages Arthur, who has tamed his ego a bit during his stint in Arkham, to once again embrace the more flamboyant aspects of his personality. The pair ends up kindling a romance around their mutual love for song (and dance) , and as this wicked affair builds up steam, a waltz of havoc begins as Arthur’s followers try to hatch a plot to set him free.

Todd Phillips directs this sequel to mega-successful film about the greatest villain in DC Comics history. In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, the supporting cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Zazie Beetz.

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HERETIC

Watch Trailer Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace

We’re excited to show this movie…so excited we created a special cocktail called

“The Blueberry Pie”

Only at the Athena!

Hugh Grant gets dark in a new thriller from A24 Studios!

We’ve all been visited by Mormons going door-to-door, trying to spread the word about their religion. However, when two young female missionaries are greeted at the door by a plain-looking, bespectacled man and invited inside under the (false) pretense of some delicious blueberry pie, they soon discover that he’s actually a scholar dangerously well-versed in the doctrines of faith who has laid a devilish trap for them.

Written and directed by filmmaking duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, Haunt, 65), Heretic will have you squirming in your seat as the story compels you to acknowledge that fear might be the undeniable truth at the heart of religious faith.

 

 

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Go with it, and Heretic can be an entertaining ride. It may not change your mind about religion, but you’ll never think of blueberry pie the same way again.

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DEATH OF A UNICORN

Watch Trailer Director: Alex Scharfman
Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni

Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star in a fun new horror film from A24 Studios!

Elliot and his daughter Ridley are on their way to a crisis management seminar hosted by Elliot’s boss when the unthinkable happens: They crash their car into a unicorn! Elliot’s boss and his pharmaceutical company find out about the accident and seize the mythical beast in order to glean the secrets to the unicorn’s magical powers to heal (and make a nice profit from the endeavor). What they fail to realize is that the exterminated equine is not the only one of its kind — it has a mate that wants revenge!

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SNOW WHITE

Watch Trailer Director: Marc Webb
Writer(s): Greta Gerwig, Erin Cressida Wilson
Cast: Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap, Gal Gadot

The most famous Disney princess returns to the big screen in this live-action, re-imagineered adaptation of the classic 1937 animated film that launched the cinematic legacy of the House of the Mouse!

Join the adventure as Snow White discovers her royal origins, falls in love, and, with the help of the Seven Dwarves, faces up to her evil stepmother to take back control of a kingdom that is rightfully hers.

 

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ANORA – Last Day, Thursday, March 20th

Watch Trailer Director: Sean Baker
Cast: Mickey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov
Awards: Palm d'Or - Cannes Film Festival

In the Russian-speaking neighborhood of New York City’s Brighton Beach, a young Uzbek-American sex worker, Anora, makes ends meet as a stripper in a gentleman’s club run by a boss who frequently sets Anora up with Russian clients since she is somewhat fluent in the language. A chance encounter with Vanya, the son of wealthy Russian oligarch, leads to a Cinderella story whereby the two young lovers decide to elope to Las Vegas and wed one another. However, Vanya’s parents are none too happy with their son’s choice of bride and arrive in the city to annul the newly-minted marriage.

Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project) this lively cinematic tale has been met with widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences, in addition to taking home the coveted Palm d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

 

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Running Time: 139 MIN139 MIN
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Baker’s multifaceted love for his characters proves infectious and sustaining, as does his belief that acts of unexpected kindness can redeem even the darkest nights of the soul.

Justin Chang
The New Yorker
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