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Holiday Film Series: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

Watch Trailer Director: Brian Henson
Writer(s): Charles Dickens (novel) and Jerry Juhl (screenplay)
Cast: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson and Frank Oz

*Children 12 and under are exempt from this requirement.*

 

About the film

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog taking on the role of Bob Cratchit, the put-upon employee of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppet repertory players such as Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle weave in and out of the tale, as Scrooge is visited by three spirits who show him the error of his self-serving ways. But the stubborn, miserable old man is seemingly past any hope of redemption.

 

About the series

Athena Cinema, Arts for Ohio, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Athens Uptown Business Association present the 9th annual Holiday Film Series & Canned Food Drive!

As is tradition, admission to all Holiday Film Series showings is either a non-perishable food or cash donation supporting Athens Food Pantries. Tickets will be available to claim in exchange for your donation starting December 1st at the theater. We have reduced capacity in our theaters this season, so seating may be limited.

As is tradition, admission to all Holiday Film Series showings is either a non-perishable food or cash donation supporting Athens Food Pantries. Tickets will be available to claim in exchange for your donation starting December 1st at the theater. We have reduced capacity in our theaters this season, so seating may be limited.

Click here to view the other films coming to this year’s Holiday Film Series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Running Time: 86 Minutes86 MIN
G Rated
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MINARI

Watch Trailer Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han

 

About the film

A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

 

PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION OR NEGATIVE TEST ARE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE ATHENA CINEMA.

 

See it FREE Tuesday, April 12th at 7:30PM, presented by the Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander Student Union!

 

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Lead Actor (Steven Yeun)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Yuh-Jung Youn) *WINNER*
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Original Score

 

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Running Time: 115 min115 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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Lee Isaac Chung's heartfelt memoir is the best movie you'll find anywhere about what it means to be a family.

Peter Travers
ABC News
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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN: Last Day Thursday, August 5th

Watch Trailer Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie

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The Athena Cinema is re-opening this summer! And we want to share some of the best independent films that we did not get to show during our closure, because they deserve to be shown in a theater, and you deserve the chance to see them in one.

Learn more about the Movies You Missed Series here

 

About the film

Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman… until a tragic event abruptly derailed her future. Now she’s a medical school drop-out, living at home with her worried parents and working at a coffee shop with a concerned boss (Laverne Cox). It seems like she is at a standstill, except for the double life Cassie leads at night….

 

Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Lead Actress (Carey Mulligan)
  • Best Original Screenplay *WINNER*
  • Best Film Editing

 

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Running Time: 113 min113 MIN
Not Rated
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The film's empowerment fantasy of a woman who steamrolls male egos is as stylish and fun as its portrait of gender relations is dire.

Pat Brown
Slant Magazine
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Holiday Film Series: THE POLAR EXPRESS

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*Children 12 and under are exempt from this requirement.*

 

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Billy longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite difficult to do so, what with his family’s dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to the man himself, is all just a myth. This all changes on Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to the North Pole for a visit with Santa.

 

About the series

Athena Cinema, Arts for Ohio, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Athens Uptown Business Association present the 9th annual Holiday Film Series & Canned Food Drive!

As is tradition, admission to all Holiday Film Series showings is either a non-perishable food or cash donation supporting Athens Food Pantries. Tickets will be available to claim in exchange for your donation starting December 1st at the theater. We have reduced capacity in our theaters this season, so seating may be limited.

As is tradition, admission to all Holiday Film Series showings is either a non-perishable food or cash donation supporting Athens Food Pantries. Tickets will be available to claim in exchange for your donation starting December 1st at the theater. We have reduced capacity in our theaters this season, so seating may be limited.

Click here to view the other films coming to this year’s Holiday Film Series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Running Time: 100 minutes100 MIN
PG Rated
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JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH: Last Day Thursday, August 5th

Watch Trailer Director: Shaka King
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons

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The Athena Cinema is re-opening this summer! And we want to share some of the best independent films that we did not get to show during our closure, because they deserve to be shown in a theater, and you deserve the chance to see them in one.

Learn more about the Movies You Missed Series here

 

About the film

FBI informant William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson. Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands?

 

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya) *WINNER*
  • Best Supporting Actor (LaKeith Stanfield)
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Original Song *WINNER*

 

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Running Time: 126 min126 MIN
R Rated
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With knockout performances comes an examination of the need for revolutionaries when pushing for real change.

Arionne Nettles
Chicago Reader
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The Met: Live in HD: Massenet’s CINDERELLA

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Continuing a treasured holiday tradition, the Met presents a new installment in its series of abridged opera adaptations for family audiences. Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon, a hit of the 2017–18 season, is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90 minutes, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians.

 

Admission $18 (non-OHIO students & children $12)

OHIO Student: Free

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

 

Special thanks to George Weckman and the following supporters:

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Running Time: 107 min107 MIN
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NOMADLAND: Last Day Thursday, August 26th

Watch Trailer Director: Chloé Zhao
Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May

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The Athena Cinema is re-opening this summer! And we want to share some of the best independent films that we did not get to show during our closure, because they deserve to be shown in a theater, and you deserve the chance to see them in one.

Learn more about the Movies You Missed Series here

 

About the film

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.

The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

 

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including:

  • Best Picture *WINNER*
  • Best Director *WINNER*
  • Best Lead Actress (Frances McDormand) *WINNER*
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Film Editing

 

 

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Running Time: 108 min108 MIN
R Rated
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A road movie like no other, Nomadland is a modest masterpiece like no other. Beautifully unadorned and heart-in-your-mouth stirring, it's leisurely yet urgent, with a singular tone that lies somewhere between elegy and hope.

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s RIGOLETTO

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The Met rings in the new year with the gala premiere of a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy from Bartlett Sher. The Tony Award­–winning director resets the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber, themselves boasting a combined eight Tony Awards. Baritone Quinn Kelsey, a commanding artist at the height of his powers, brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua, with leading maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium. A second run of performances in the spring features baritone Ludovic Tézier, soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan, and tenor Stephen Costello, conducted by Karel Mark Chichon.

 

Admission $18 (non-OHIO students & children $12)

OHIO Student: Free

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

 

Special thanks to George Weckman and the following supporters:

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Running Time: 206 min206 MIN
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Sustainability Series: 2040

Watch Trailer Director: Damon Gameau

About the film

Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board of how these solutions could regenerate the world for future generations.

 

About the series

Athena Cinema, University Libraries and Environmental Studies Program present the 9th annual Sustainability Film Series.

In keeping with all previous series, each film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring faculty members, students and community members. The events will be in-person.

Following each film we invite audience members to join us for a panel discussion hosted by faculty members, students and community members. Please join us for a conversation following these beautiful, thought-provoking and timely films.

The series is possible thanks to the support of: Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, OHIO Honors Program, Honors Tutorial College, Cutler Scholars, Office of Sustainability, Center for Campus & Community Engagement, University College, and beloved nonprofits and businesses.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Spring Sustainability Series.

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Running Time: 92 minutes92 MIN
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2040 points a practical, achievable path toward solutions, but its most important contribution is a sense that change is possible.

Nell Minow
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THE FATHER: Last Day Thursday, September 2nd

Watch Trailer Director: Florian Zeller
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss

 

SEE IT IN THEATERS!

The Athena Cinema is re-opening this summer! And we want to share some of the best independent films that we did not get to show during our closure, because they deserve to be shown in a theater, and you deserve the chance to see them in one.

Learn more about the Movies You Missed Series here

 

About the film

Anthony is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne, encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can’t make daily visits anymore and Anthony’s grip on reality is unravelling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her?

THE FATHER warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant – a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives.

 

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including:

  • Best Picture
  • Best Lead Actor (Anthony Hopkins) *WINNER*
  • Best Supporting Actress (Olivia Colman)
  • Best Adapted Screenplay *WINNER*
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Production Design

 

 

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Running Time: 97 min97 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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You feel like you've been through something with "The Father," that it's honest and that it understands how these characters - and perhaps the rest of us - might behave.

Chris Hewitt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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