{"id":25203,"global_id":"cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/?id=25203","global_id_lineage":["cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/?id=25203"],"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2025-03-21 14:14:38","date_utc":"2025-03-21 12:14:38","modified":"2025-05-06 15:11:44","modified_utc":"2025-05-06 12:11:44","url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/event\/midnight-express-purple-rain\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/25203","title":"Midnight Express: Purple Rain","description":"Midnight Express is the brainchild of film critic Akis Kapranos, born from a deep nostalgia for the magical midnight screenings once held at historic cinemas like Alphaville and Cine Dexameni. His mission? To revive that shared passion for pure cinematic joy\u2014so older generations can reminisce, younger ones can discover, and everyone can experience the thrill together.\r\n\r\nThis time, Midnight Express steps out of the theatre and into the open air. In the garden of the Athens Observatory, it screens Purple Rain\u2014an iconic gem of 1980s pop culture.\r\n\r\n<strong>Booking required.<\/strong>","excerpt":"","slug":"midnight-express-purple-rain","image":{"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_.jpg","id":27229,"extension":"jpg","width":2048,"height":1316,"filesize":395209,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":1024,"height":658,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":96900,"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_-1024x658.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":300,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":19931,"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_-300x300.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":494,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":64994,"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_-768x494.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1536,"height":987,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":191191,"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_-1536x987.jpg"},"cmplz_banner_image":{"width":350,"height":100,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":10804,"url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_-350x100.jpg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2025-05-22 19:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"22","hour":"19","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-05-22 23:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"22","hour":"23","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2025-05-22 16:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"22","hour":"16","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2025-05-22 20:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"22","hour":"20","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"Europe\/Athens","timezone_abbr":"EEST","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"\u20ac","currency_code":"EUR","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"CINEMA","slug":"cinema","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":904,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":36,"filter":"raw","id":904,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/904","collection":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}},{"name":"ENTERTAINMENT","slug":"entertainment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":908,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":202,"filter":"raw","id":908,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/908","collection":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}},{"name":"FREE","slug":"free","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":892,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":363,"filter":"raw","id":892,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/892","collection":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}},{"name":"OUTDOOR ACTIVITY","slug":"outdoor-activity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":906,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":217,"filter":"raw","id":906,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/906","collection":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":25354,"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2025-03-13 14:51:59","date_utc":"2025-03-13 12:51:59","modified":"2025-03-21 17:55:07","modified_utc":"2025-03-21 15:55:07","url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/venue\/national-observatory-of-athens\/","venue":"National Observatory of Athens","slug":"national-observatory-of-athens","address":"Lofos Nymphon","city":"Athens","country":"Greece","province":"Athens","zip":"118 10","stateprovince":"Athens","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"National Observatory of Athens","description":"","url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/venue\/national-observatory-of-athens\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Lofos Nymphon","addressLocality":"Athens","addressRegion":"Athens","postalCode":"118 10","addressCountry":"Greece"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/?id=25354","global_id_lineage":["cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/?id=25354"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":{"_ecp_custom_20":{"label":"ACCESSIBILITY","value":"Wheelchair Accessible"}},"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Midnight Express: Purple Rain","description":"&lt;p&gt;Midnight Express is the brainchild of film critic Akis Kapranos, born from a deep nostalgia for the magical midnight screenings once held at historic cinemas like Alphaville and Cine Dexameni.&lt;\/p&gt;\\n","image":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MV5BMjI3OTYwMDMzOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY1NDk2ODE@._V1_.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/event\/midnight-express-purple-rain\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-05-22T19:30:00+03:00","endDate":"2025-05-22T23:00:00+03:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"National Observatory of Athens","description":"","url":"https:\/\/cityfestival.thisisathens.org\/en\/venue\/national-observatory-of-athens\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Lofos Nymphon","addressLocality":"Athens","addressRegion":"Athens","postalCode":"118 10","addressCountry":"Greece"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"},"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}