Archive of Shows from the Athena Cinema
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Bravo MaestroDirector: Rajko GrlicRated Not RatedThe composer Vitomir Bezjak is a very prominent personality in the cultural and social life in Zagreb. His masterpiece, which has been announced for years in the press and TV is about to open in the Croatian National Theatre. At the moment when a triumph promises to crown a successful life some unexpected troubles appear and Bezjak is accused of plagiarism. Bravo Maestro premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival and was shown at more than twenty festivals around the world. The Greek critics selected the film as one of the Ten Best European Films in 1978. At the Pula Film Festival, the film won the... This film was shown on Friday, February 12th 2010 View This Film |
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A Single manDirector: Tom FordRated R<p>Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Nicholas Hoult</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, A Single Man, is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and...This film was shown on Friday, January 29th 2010 View This Film |
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Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious DyingDirector: Polly Bennell and Andrea SarrisRated Not Rated<p>Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious Dying is a moving portrait of the lives and deaths of homesteading authors Helen and Scott Nearing. Gurus of the organic gardening movement, Helen and Scott inspired thousands to go “back to the land,” to return to simpler, more direct and less technologically-dependent ways of living life. In their book about their homesteading experience, Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World, the Nearings promoted ideas of economic, social and environmental sustainability by outlining the merits of their self-sufficient...This film was shown on Thursday, February 4th 2010 View This Film |
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Me and Orson WellesDirector: Richard LinklaterRated PG-13<p>Based in real theatrical history, ME AND ORSON WELLES is a romantic coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937. The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change...This film was shown on Friday, January 29th 2010 View This Film |
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Broken EmbracesDirector: Pedro AlmodóvarRated R<p>Starring Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portilla, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampreave, Lola Duenas, and Angela Molina</p> <p><em>In Spanish with English subtitles</em></p> <p><!-- plot summary -->A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he...This film was shown on Monday, January 25th 2010 View This Film |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusDirector: Terry GilliamRated PG-13Starring Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Jude Law The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago... This film was shown on Monday, January 25th 2010 View This Film |
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Red CliffDirector: John WooRated R<p>Red Cliff opens as power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao seeks permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As the expedition gets underway, Cao Cao's troops rain destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing him into retreat. Liu Bei's military strategist Zhuge Liang knows that the rebels’ only hope for survival is to form an alliance with rival warlord Sun Quan, and reaches out to Sun Quan’s trusted advisor, war hero Zhou Yu. Vastly outnumbered by Cao...This film was shown on Friday, January 22nd 2010 View This Film |
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The MessengerDirector: Oren MovermanRated R<p>Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, and Eamonn Walker</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find...This film was shown on Friday, January 15th 2010 View This Film |
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The RoadDirector: John HillcoatRated R<p>Starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Guy Pearce</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->Based on Cormac McCarthy's beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen leads an all-star cast in the big screen adaptation of The Road, the epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life...This film was shown on Tuesday, January 12th 2010 View This Film |
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PreciousDirector: Lee DanielsRated R<p>Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with...This film was shown on Tuesday, January 12th 2010 View This Film |
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WaterscapesRated Not Rated<p>WATERSCAPES feautres three films, STUDY OF A RIVER, COLD PIECES, and HET VERLOREN LAND</p> <p><strong>STUDY OF A RIVER</strong> dir. Peter Hutton 1996-97 13 min. U.S.A.<br /> A segment of a seasonal portrait of the Hudson River. This section portrays of winter over a period of two years. <br /> </p> <p><strong>COLD PIECES</strong> dir. Seoungho Cho 11:20...This film was shown on Sunday, January 10th 2010 View This Film |
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Agua and AquafersRated Not Rated<p>Agua and Aquafers features two films, A Stain on the Water and Apago Y Vamanos (Switch Off).</p> <p><strong>A STAIN ON THE WATER </strong> dir. Pablo Romano 20 min. Argentina, 2007<br /> In Spanish with English subtitles<br /> This is the history of a river as told by the Argentinean director, Fernando Barri: Between Parana and the 33rd Parallel. This documentary recountsthe struggle that the Council of the People of Morelos is leading against local government corruption which has had a considerable impact on the environment,...This film was shown on Sunday, January 10th 2010 View This Film |
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Liquid Assets: The Story of our Water InfrastructureDirector: Stephanie Ayanian and Mark CooperRated Not Rated<p>Liquid Assets tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These systems—some in the ground for more than 100 years—provide a critical public health function and are essential for economic development and growth. Largely out of sight and out of mind, these aging systems have not been maintained, and some estimates suggest this is the single largest public works endeavor in our nation’s history. Exploring the history, engineering challenges, and political and economic realities in urban and rural locations, the documentary provides an...This film was shown on Sunday, January 10th 2010 View This Film |
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OPENING FRIDAY: Let\'s Talk About WaterDirector: Arts for OhioRated Not Rated<p>Cinematheque is <strong>FREE</strong> for all.</p> <p><strong>Friday, January 8th</strong></p> <p> <strong>5:00</strong> Water, Community, Action Panel</p> <p> With Geoff Buckley, Geography, Ohio University; Kaabe Shaw, Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Natalie Kruse, Geology, Ohio University; Amber Leasure-Earnhardt, Sunday Creek Watershed Group; and Brian...This film was shown on Monday, January 4th 2010 View This Film |
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Water and Activism: Making a Change<p>WATER AND ACTIVISM: MAKING A CHANGE features two films, SLUDGE and WATER FIRST.</p> <p><strong>SLUDGE</strong> dir. Robert Salyer 41 min. U.S.A. Appalshop Films<br /> Shortly after midnight on October 11, 2000, a coal sludge pond in Martin County, Kentucky, broke through an underground mine, propelling 306 million gallons of sludge down two tributaries of the Tug Fork River into the Big Sandy. The Martin County sludge spill killed all aquatic life along 30 miles of river, damaged...This film was shown on Saturday, January 9th 2010 View This Film |
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13 LakesDirector: James BenningRated Not Rated<p>"13 Lakes is about light. About light falling from the sky onto water. Its about 13 lakes…. I was facing the problem, to frame all lakes in the same way (half sky, half water) and capture their singularity at the same time." -- James Benning</p> <p>2004 U.S.A.</p> <p><em>Cinematheque is <strong>FREE</strong> for all.</em></p>This film was shown on Saturday, January 9th 2010 View This Film |
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Before and After the FloodRated Not Rated<p>Before and After the Flood is a special cinematheque series that feature the following two film.</p> <p><strong>BEFORE THE FLOOD</strong> dir. Paul Lindsay 59 min. United Kingdom<br /> Tuvalu is a country made up of a group of nine islands that would fit inside New York’s Central Park. The catch to this fairytale story is the ending: Tuvalu is only 3 metres above sea level - and global warming is causing the sea level to rise around it.<br /> <strong><br /> YINDEBAD...This film was shown on Saturday, January 9th 2010 View This Film |
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Short Beauties<p>SHORT BEAUTIES is a series of seven short films.</p> <p><strong>CARPA DIEM</strong> dir. Sergio Canella 2 min.</p> <p><strong>RIVERGLASS: A RIVER BALLET IN FOUR SEASONS</strong> dir. Andrej Zdravoc 41 min. Slovenia 1997<br /> Through the liquid lens of crystalline water we perceive, perhaps for the first time, the magical underwater world of turquoise volumes, flying bubbles, pulsating sun membranes, dancing stones .... Four...This film was shown on Friday, January 8th 2010 View This Film |
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FlowDirector: Irena SalinaRated Not Rated<p>Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind...This film was shown on Friday, January 8th 2010 View This Film |
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An EducationDirector: Lone ScherfigRated PG-13<p>It’s 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco in her Twickenham bedroom. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can’t wait for adult life to begin. Meanwhile, she’s a diligent student, excelling in every subject except the Latin that her father is convinced will land her the place she dreams of at Oxford University. One rainy day, her suburban life is upended by the arrival of an unsuitable suitor, 30-ish David...This film was shown on Thursday, December 31st 2009 View This Film |
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