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Moms Weekend: THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Watch Trailer Director: Rob Reiner
Writer(s): William Goldman
Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Andre the Giant

“Hello. My name Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

Your beloved classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE back on the big screen? “As you wish!” The Athena is screening the hilarious and memorable classic for OU Moms Weekend. Whether you are a newbie or you know every scene by heart, we welcome you to relive this fairytale classic. The adventures of Princess Buttercup and Westley are sure to delight audiences of all ages.

Robin Wright and Cary Elwes star in this fairytale adventure about a beautiful princess and the gallant hero who rescues her from an evil villain. Directed by Rob Reiner, it’s an enchanting classic the whole family will love!

Admission $7.

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Running Time: 98 minutes98 MIN
PG Rated
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It's a lively, fun-loving, but nevertheless epic look at the nature of true love.

Rita Kempley
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Ohio Premiere: FARMER OF THE YEAR

Watch Trailer Director: Vince O'Connell, Kathy Swanson
Cast: Barry Corbin, Terry Kiser, Mackinlee Waddell

When Hap Anderson, a widowed 82 year old Minnesota farmer who thinks he’s still quite the ladies’ man sells his family farm he finds himself adrift and staring a short future in the face. Motivated by the possibility of showing up with an old flame and impressing his old army buddies, he sets out to attend his 65th WWII reunion in California with his unemployed and unreasonably self-confident and entitled granddaughter. Together, each with their own issues and conflicting agendas, they head west in a dilapidated Winnebago.

Encountering oddball tourist attractions and eccentric characters, they find themselves in seemingly impossible situations with only each other for support. From finding a place that will cash a Travelers Cheque to enjoying a cup of instant coffee, as the journey progresses so does their relationship and they begin to understand and appreciate each other as individuals while discovering that their issues are ageless and that family really matters.

With typical understated Midwestern humor and restraint, ‘Farmer of the Year’ delicately blends the comedy and drama of life.

Plays its Ohio premiere three days only April 16th – 18th! Q&As after each showing with directors and Ohio University School of Film alum, Vince O’Connell and Kathy Swanson. Come see a locally-produced independent film at the Athena for its limited release! Tickets are $6.50 for adults, $5.50 for seniors.

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Running Time: 103 min103 MIN
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Swanson's screenplay avoids sentimentality, achieving instead the kind of gentle, humanistic comedy we rarely see these days in movie theaters.

Margot Harrison
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Sustainability Series: THE GUARDIANS

Director: Ben Crosbie, Tessa Moran

In celebration of Earth Day!

The Guardians, a breathtaking documentary illuminates the delicate balance between humans and nature in Donaciano Ojeda, Mexico. This mountainous region is home to the ancestral lands of the local Indigenous community and is part of the protected Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.The film explores how these communities are working to protect the monarch butterfly. Filled with the sacred Oyamel tree, these towering firs are home to millions of monarchs who travel 3,000 miles across North America to hibernate.

Sponsored by Ohio University Office of Sustainability

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DREAMING OF A VETTER WORLD

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Journey to the American heartland in Bonnie Hawthorne’s don’t-miss documentary, Dreaming of a Vetter World which features one visionary Nebraska farm family who understood that modern agriculture was ailing, and found a cure. From farmer’s son to soil scientist to missionary and back to farmer again, organic pioneer David Vetter has dedicated his life to a “ministry to the soil.” With camera and camper in tow, Hawthorne leaves her urban California comforts in the rearview mirror to learn from the Vetters about what’s really going on in the corn belt. As interest in regenerating soil explodes worldwide, Hawthorne discovers that David Vetter is way ahead of the game. With both historical context and an eye to the future, Dreaming of a Vetter World shows it’s possible to jump off conventional agriculture’s pesticide treadmill. It’s also a story about love, hope and place; an inspiring example of perseverance and doing what you know is right–against all odds.

Executive Producer, Jo Andres earned her MFA in Film at Ohio University in 1984.

Q&A with the filmmaker after the show.

This screening is sponsored by Shagbark Seed & Mill. Admission is $5.

About the filmmaker:

Bonnie Hawthorne is the director, cinematographer, editor, writer and narrator of Dreaming of a Vetter World. While a film student at NYU in the 1980s, her documentary teacher said there would come a day when one woman could go AWOL from her day job cutting television shows, take off in a tiny camper and make a film with cameras small enough to fit in a purse. That day finally arrived. This film—her first—is the result. Her neighbors back in those NYU days were Jo Andres and Steve Buscemi. They are Executive Producers on this film, along with Bobby Houston, who gave Bonnie her first feature film job.

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Running Time: 77 min77 MIN
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BORDER: Last Day Thursday, December 13th

Watch Trailer Director: Ali Abbasi
Cast: Evan Melander, Ero Milonoff, Jogen Thorsson

Customs officer Tina is known for her extraordinary sense of smell. It’s almost as if she can sniff out the guilt on anyone hiding something. But when Vore, a suspicious-looking man, walks past her, her abilities are challenged for the first time ever. Tina can sense Vore is hiding something she can’t identify. Even worse, she feels a strange attraction to him. As Tina develops a special bond with Vore and discovers his true identity, she also realizes the truth about herself. Tina, like Vore, does not belong to this world. Her entire existence has been one big lie and now she has to choose: keep living the lie or embrace Vore’s terrifying revelations.

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Running Time: 110 minutes110 MIN
R Rated
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An exciting, intelligent mix of romance, Nordic noir, social realism, and supernatural horror that defies and subverts genre conventions.

Alissa Simon
Variety
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BOY ERASED: Last Day Thursday, December 20th

Watch Trailer Director: Joel Edgerton
Cast: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

“Boy Erased” tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes, including:

  • Best Lead Actor

  • Best Original Song

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Running Time: 114 min114 MIN
R Rated
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Proving again that he's one of the best actors of his generation, Lucas Hedges shines alongside Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe in this harrowing real-life tale of a gay teen whose parents send him to conversion therapy

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VOX LUX

Watch Trailer Director: Brady Corbet
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy

VOX LUX, A 20th Century Portrait, begins in 1999 when teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste’s meteoric rise to fame dovetails with a personal and national loss of innocence, consequently elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar. By 2017, adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mounting a comeback after a scandalous incident almost derailed her career. Touring in support of her sixth album, a compendium of sci-fi anthems entitled, “Vox Lux,” the indomitable, foul-mouthed pop savior must overcome her personal and familial struggles to navigate motherhood, madness and monolithic fame.

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Running Time: 112 minutes112 MIN
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The ambition of this film impresses enough to warrant seeing it.

Brian Tallerico
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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?: Last Day Thursday, December 20th

Watch Trailer Director: Marielle Heller
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Jane Curtin, Richard E. Grant

In CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, the best-selling celebrity biographer (and cat lover) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estée Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee found herself unable to get published because she had fallen out of step with the marketplace, she turned her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes, including:

  • Best Lead Actress

  • Best Supporting Actor

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Believe the Oscar buzz for Melissa McCarthy in this true story of an out-of-work author who took up forgery to pay the bills. McCarthy shows she has what it takes to tackle drama and comedy and all stops in between: the power to amaze.

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WILDLIFE: Last Day Thursday, December 6th

Watch Trailer Director: Paul Dano
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould,

Sensitive 16-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry–a housewife and golf pro in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job-and his sense of purpose he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother embark on her own adventure, as she transgresses into an affair with an older man.

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Running Time: 104 minutes104 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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The result is a careful, deliberate, slightly distanced treatment of stormy emotions - but it's appropriate, because the characters are often as not driven not to action but to inaction by their circumstances.

Steve Pond
TheWrap
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BEAUTIFUL BOY: Last Day Thursday, December 13th

Watch Trailer Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Cast: Steve Carell, Amy Ryan, Timothée Chalamet

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

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Running Time: 112 minutes112 MIN
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Parents will feel heard by this movie in a way that few other films have tried. Everyone else should go for the kid, who's a rocket taking off. You want to be able to say you were there when it happened.

Joshua Rothkopf
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