Archive of Shows from the Athena Cinema
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BallerinaDirector: Bertrand NormandRated Not Rated<p><em>In Russian with English Subtitles</em></p> <p>The Kirov Theatre has produced many of the world’s finest choreographers and dancers including Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikael Baryshnikov, and Natalia Makarova. Now, The Mariinsky Theatre, under the artistic direction of the legendary Valery Gergiev, is producing a new generation of rising stars: Alina Somova, Svetlana Zakharova, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina and Evgenia Obraztsova - tough, insightful and exceptionally talented women, each with her own personal hopes, dreams and...This film was shown on Saturday, October 10th 2009 View This Film |
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The Films of Goran RadovanovicDirector: Goran RadovanovicRated Not Rated<p>Goran Radovanovic is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker from Serbia. He has written and directed 10 films and has written the scripts for many other projects. His films have received more than 30 international awards. Join the Athena as we showcase Radovanovic’s work as part of October’s Arts for Ohio Cinematheque on October 9th at 6:00pm. Radovanovic, himself, will be available after the screening for questions and discussion.</p> <p>MY COUNTRY (2000) 24 Minutes<br /> Radovanovic illustrates Serbia’s extreme poverty, corruption...This film was shown on Friday, October 9th 2009 View This Film |
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AdamDirector: Max MayerRated PG-13<p><span class="MovieSynopsisText">A romantic character study examining the obstacles to intimacy and the compromises we make in the name of love, Adam stars Hugh Dancy as a man living with Asperger's syndrome who does his best to reach out to his pretty new upstairs neighbor. Due to his condition, Adam isn't the best when it comes to communicating. Though he frequently escapes by submersing himself in the world of space exploration, Adam senses an opportunity for a real human connection after Beth (Rose Byrne) moves into the apartment just upstairs. As Adam attempts to gain control of his...This film was shown on Tuesday, October 6th 2009 View This Film |
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The CoveDirector: Louie PsihoyosRated PG-13<p>In the 1960s, Richard O'Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialized animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series Flipper, and taught them the tricks and special commands they used on the show. Four decades later, O'Barry has renounced his former life as a trainer and become an animal rights activist, speaking out against the hunting of aquatic mammals and keeping them in captivity. O'Barry is not welcome in Taiji, a town along the Japanese coast where hunting dolphins is a major part of the local economy, but he and a group of activist filmmakers made their way into the...This film was shown on Friday, October 2nd 2009 View This Film |
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Taking WoodstockDirector: Ang LeeRated R<p>Starring Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy, and Liev Schreiber</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village, Elliot feels empowered by the gay rights movement. But he is also still staked to the family business - a dumpy Catskills motel called the El Monaco that is being run into the ground by his overbearing parents, Jake and...This film was shown on Tuesday, October 6th 2009 View This Film |
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PonyoDirector: Hayao MiyazakiRated G<p>Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki returns for his ninth animated feature with Ponyo, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess that yearns to be human. The daughter of the king of the ocean, Ponyo is no ordinary goldfish -- she has all the magic of the sea at her disposal. But when five year old Sosuke befriends the spunky little fish near the seaside home he shares with his mother and father, a special connection sparks between the two children, and Ponyo becomes determined to become human. Transforming into a little girl, Ponyo shows up at Sosuke's doorstep, delighted to make...This film was shown on Friday, September 25th 2009 View This Film |
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Paper HeartDirector: Nicholas JasenovecRated PG-13<p>Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. Paper Heart follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern...This film was shown on Thursday, September 17th 2009 View This Film |
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The Sinking of the LusitaniaDirector: Winsor McCayRated Not Rated<p class="MsoNormal">Early cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay's 12-minute propagandistic, documentary-style The Sinking of the Lusitania, an animation landmark, was the first serious re-enactment of an historical event - the torpedoing of the RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, resulting in the loss of almost 2,000 passengers. It was one of the earliest films to utilize cell animation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Sinking of the Lusitania and The Camerman's Revenge will be shown as a double feature.</p> <p...This film was shown on Monday, September 14th 2009 View This Film |
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The Cameraman\'s RevengeDirector: Wladyslaw StarewiczRated Not Rated<p class="MsoNormal">In this 1912 film, director Wladyslaw Starewicz implements one of the very first examples of stop motion animation in his tale about a jilted cameraman, Mr. Grasshopper, who takes his reveng by filming Mr. Beetle and his mistress Ms. Dragonfly and then shows the results at a local cinema where Mrs. Beetle is in the audience. This film is historic in that it illustrates the beginnings of animation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Camerman's Revenge and The Sinking of the Lusitania will be shown as a double feature.</p> <p...This film was shown on Monday, September 14th 2009 View This Film |
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RyanDirector: Chris LandrethRated Not Rated<p class="MsoNormal">This Oscar-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who, 30 years ago, produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist's worst nightmare - having lost his ability to create and succumbing to addiction, he panhandles on the streets to make ends meet. Through the use of computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend and colleague in an effort to shed light on his downward spiral.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ryan and Never Like the...This film was shown on Sunday, September 13th 2009 View This Film |
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Never Like the First TimeDirector: Jonas OdellRated Not Rated<p>Four people share the stories of their first sexual experience in this animated short subject from Swedish filmmaker Jonas Odell. Each vignette features a different look and animation style, and the stories covers a time span from the 1920's to the present day. Each narrator recalls their loss of virginity in a different way, ranging from deeply romantic nostalgia to befuddled disappointment to terror in the face of unexpected violence as their stories play out on screen. Aldrig Som Forsta Gangen! (aka Never Like The First Time!) received the Golden Bear Award for best short subject at the 2006 Berlin Film...This film was shown on Sunday, September 13th 2009 View This Film |
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Princess MononokeDirector: Hayao MiyazakiRated PG-13<p>Set in feudal <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> a time of upheaval of samurai warriors and isolated villages comes this story of a gun-wielding, young brave princess who was raised by wolves named Princess Mononoke who is sent to an ancient, forested land to defend the forest from human encroachment which threatens to unbalance the forces of nature. Ashitaka intervenes to stop the two sides fighting and takes San back to the forest, but is injured in the process. With San's...This film was shown on Friday, September 11th 2009 View This Film |
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The Triplets of BellevilleDirector: Sylvain ChometRated PG-13<p>In The Triplets of Belleville, a young boy is raised by his grandmother, Madame Souza, in the French countryside. She buys him a bicycle and encourages his dream of winning the Tour de France. However, he gets kidnapped by a group of Mafia gangsters and taken to the big city of Belleville, where he is used for his bicycling prowess in an elaborate gambling scheme. Along with her faithful companion Bruno, Madame Souza sets out to rescue her grandson. They befriend a trio of aging musicians who were once the '30s jazz trio known as The Triplets of Belleville. Features an original jazz musical score by Benoît...This film was shown on Friday, September 11th 2009 View This Film |
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In The LoopDirector: Armando IannucciRated Not Rated<p>The run-up to war makes for curious rivalries and uneasy alliances in this political satire from director and co-screenwriter Armando Iannucci. Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) is a minor minister of international development with the British government who, in the midst of a radio interview, casually tells a reporter "war is unforeseeable." However, the prime minister is being pressured to commit British troops to support American forces in the Middle East, and communications director Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) goes into a tirade when the press turns Foster's passing comment into a major news...This film was shown on Tuesday, September 1st 2009 View This Film |
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Soul PowerDirector: Jeffrey Levy-HinteRated PG-13<p>Starring Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Celia Cruz, B.B. King, Don King, and Miriam Makeba</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. The dream-child of Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, this music festival became a reality when they convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with...This film was shown on Friday, September 4th 2009 View This Film |
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HumpdayDirector: Lynn SheltonRated R<p>Starring Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, and Trina Willard</p> <p><!-- plot summary -->It’s been a decade since Ben and Andrew were the bad boys of their college campus. Ben has settled down and found a job, wife, and home. Andrew took the alternate route as a vagabond artist, skipping the globe from Chiapas to Cambodia. When Andrew shows up unannounced on Ben’s doorstep, they easily fall back into their old dynamic of macho...This film was shown on Wednesday, August 26th 2009 View This Film |
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SeraphineDirector: Martin ProvostRated Not Rated<p><em>In French and German with English Subtitles</em></p> <p>Belgian actress Yolande Moreau headlines this biopic, starring as a little-known but uncommonly brilliant painter. Frenchwoman Séraphine Louis , aka Séraphine de Senlis, lived from 1864 to 1942. Though ostensibly a shepherdess and housekeeper whose chief duties involved cooking, cleaning, and ironing, in her off-hours Séraphine joyously turned to natural elements of the outdoor world, with which she felt a tremendous degree of emotional and spiritual communion...This film was shown on Tuesday, September 1st 2009 View This Film |
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The Hurt LockerDirector: Kathryn BigelowRated RA SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT PRESENTATION Acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow brings together groundbreaking realistic action and intimate human drama in this riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. This film was shown on Tuesday, August 18th 2009 View This Film |
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MoonDirector: Duncan JonesRated R<p>It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It’s a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive. Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife and daughter in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of the moon base, and he will have...This film was shown on Tuesday, August 18th 2009 View This Film |
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Mom and Apple PieDirector: Catherine KimRated Unrated<p>Ohio University School of Film MFA graduate Catherine Kim will be screening three films tonight. Catherine will be on hand to introduce the films.</p> <p>1. The Finger Puppet 7min<br /> 2. Women's Room 13 min<br /> 3. Mom and Apple Pie (Thesis) 15min</p> <p> </p> <p>Free Admission!</p>This film was shown on Wednesday, August 26th 2009 View This Film |
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