John Mitty Thursday, July 26, 2012 |
Special Events AUGUST 2012 and some through December @ Huntington’s CINEMA ARTS CENTRE
Hot New Films Opening in August (some dates TBD) – Starts August 10: Ruby Sparks; Chris Rock and Julie Delpy star in 2 Days in New York; Celeste and Jesse Forever; Matthew McConaughey stars in William Friedkin’s Killer Joe; Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon & Liv Tyler star in Robot & Frank; Searching for Sugar Man; Robert Pattinson stars in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, based on the novel by Don DeLillo; Little White Lies; The Queen of Versailles
August 2012
(please note new or revised events below, marked ***)
Theater of the Wild
Wednesday, August 1 at 8pm
WHEN DEATH CALLS & FROM THE INSIDE
Long Island Filmmaker Jim Haggerty returns with a double feature of his scariest movies. $6 Members, $11 Public at the door. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/when-death-calls-from-the-inside/
Creativity Film Series Sponsored by Ginger & Stu Polisner. This program is partially funded by Suffolk County Executive’s Office & National Endowment for the Arts
Thursday, August 2 at 7:30pm ONLY
MARLEY
Speaker: Reggae Expert BETH DAVIS
The definitive life story of Bob Marley, the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/marley/
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
Saturday, August 4 at 10:30pm
THE DIRTY DOZEN & INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
DOUBLE FEATURE TICKETS $13.00/Public; $9.00/CAC members. Tickets can be purchased at the door, online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
*** POSTPONED!
(Tuesday, August 7 @ 7:30pm)
LONG ISLAND BIENNIAL Screening
Screening of the finalists’ films in a juried exhibition of LI filmmakers. Jurors: Livia Bloom, film curator and writer; Michael Tuckman, Distributor, mTuckman Media; Alexandra Brodsky, Filmmaker, Bittersweet Place. Presented in partnership with the Heckscher Museum of Art.
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
The Classics New 35mm prints of the masterpieces of cinema
Wednesday, August 8 at 7:30pm
LE RAYON VERT (SUMMER)
Eric Rohmer’s luminous 1986 comedy about a young Frenchwoman seeking love and human connection is considered to be one of his greatest works. $6 Members, $11 Public at the door. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/le-rayon-vert-summer/
Brett Sherris’ SUMMER CAMP CINEMA Pop Culture Film Festival
Saturday, August 11 @ 11:30pm
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
with The Unconventional Conventionalists' Shadowcast
With its organic and spontaneous fan participation, since the 1970's every showing of this film has become an event of epic proportions. Now, experience what the next generation of Rocky fans are doing
$18.00/All seats. Tickets can be purchased at the door, online http://summercampcinema.com/, or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Cinema Meets Culture An Ongoing Film Series of Opera, Dance, and Concert Presentations
Sunday, August 12 at 1pm & Monday, August 13 at 7pm
KATIA KABANOVA
Finnish Soprano Karita Mattila is unforgettable in Leos Janácek’s classic opera about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, which was inspired by the composer’s own deep love for a married woman
Recorded Live at the Teatro Real Madrid http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/katia-kabanova-3/
$9 Members / $14 Public / Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Special Event Co-Presented by LI Chapter of the Harley Riders Group
Tuesday, August 14 at 7:30pm
EASY RIDER
Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda’s counterculture blockbuster transformed American cinema, and remains one of the definitive portraits of late 1960s America. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/easy-rider/
$6 Members, $11 Public at the door.
*** $3 DISCOUNT FOR ANYONE IN A BATHING SUIT!
Theater of the Wild
Wednesday, August 15 at 7:30pm
In Person: Producer ARLENE SIDARIS
In the 1980s, filmmaker Andy Sidaris stormed America’s movie theaters, video stores, and cable television channels, with a series of action-adventure epics featuring his trademark “Triple B” formula: Bullets, Bombs and Babes. Join us for a lively cinematic journey back with two of Andy’s most exciting movies, both featuring Playboy Playmates and musclemen in bikinis fighting international spies, firing machine-guns, blowing things up, and taking lots of unnecessary showers. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/hard-ticket-to-hawaii-picasso-trigger/
$6 Members, $7 Students with ID & Seniors, $11 Public. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Brett Sherris’ SUMMER CAMP CINEMA Pop Culture Film Festival
Saturday, August 18 at 10:30pm
DR. NO & CASINO ROYALE (2006)
DOUBLE FEATURE TICKETS $13.00/Public; $9.00/CAC members. Tickets can be purchased at the door, online http://summercampcinema.com/ , or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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The Vic Skolnick Sunday Schmooze
Sunday, August 19 (Bagels at 10am • Film at 11am)
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s
THE KID WITH A BIKE
Join Sunday Schmooze host Fred Craden for a screening and discussion of this moving work from Belgium’s most celebrated contemporary filmmakers, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival
$10 Members / $15 Public. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/the-kid-with-a-bike-4/
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Rock Legends Live! Rare concert clips and footage from Shelley Archives
Tuesday, August 21 @ 7:30 P.M
ABBA (RARE PERFORMANCES 1974 –1982)
Join Freeport archivist Bill Shelley for a celebration of the legendary Swedish band that inspired Mamma Mia. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/abba-rare-performances-1974-1982/
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Thursday, August 23 at 7:30pm
MEN’S HOT SHORTS
A lively evening featuring the year’s best short movies about men in a BENEFIT TO ASSIST THE LONG ISLAND GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL ENTER THEIR 15TH YEAR, BRINGING QUALITY, AFFIRMING FILMS TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CINEMA ARTS CENTRE. HTTP://WWW.CINEMAARTSCENTRE.ORG/EVENT/THE-BEST-OF-MENS-SHORTS/
$10 MEMBERS / $15 PUBLIC / INCLUDES RECEPTION. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE, WWW.CINEMAARTSCENTRE.ORG at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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BRETT SHERRIS’ SUMMER CAMP CINEMA POP CULTURE FILM FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 10:30PM
ALL-NITE PAY-TO-GET-OUT HORROR MARATHON
THE DESCENT, RINGU, MARTYRS, OREC
FOUR HARDCORE HORROR FILMS PLUS THE MYSTERY 5TH FEATURE
FIVE 35 MM FILMS WITH VINTAGE HORROR FILM TRAILERS START AT 10:30 PM AND CONTINUE UNTIL DAWN. SURVIVORS WILL RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF ILL HEALTH AND SUSTENANCE CONSISTING OF A BOILED, CIRCULAR TREAT WITH GLOBULAR SUBSTANCE (BAGEL WITH CREAM CHEESE OR BUTTER) AND A SCALDING LIQUID (COFFEE OR TEA)WWW.SUMMERCAMPCINEMA.COM
MEMBERS/$15, PUBLIC/$25 IF YOU SURVIVE THE NIGHT, INCLUDES BREAKFAST; MEMBERS/$25, PUBLIC/$35 TO ESCAPE BEFORE THE END.
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REAL-TO-REEL: DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES SPONSORED BY GINGER & STU POLISNER. THIS PROGRAM IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE & NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 AT 7:30PM
KUMARÉ
IN PERSON (VIA SKYPE): FILMMAKER VIKRAM GANDHI
THE TRUE STORY OF A FALSE PROPHET. IN THIS ALTERNATELY HILARIOUS AND MOVING DOCUMENTARY, INDIAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER VIKRAM GANDHI SET OUT TO EXPLORE THE ISSUE OF FAITH, AND OUR WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW “SPIRITUAL LEADERS,” BY BECOMING A FAKE GURU.
THIS FILM IS PART OF A SPECIAL PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, “ENORMOUS CHANGES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES” THAT WILL INCLUDE SIX EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARIES BY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL) $10 MEMBERS / $15 PUBLIC / INCLUDES RECEPTION. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE, WWW.CINEMAARTSCENTRE.ORG at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
*** FREE EVENT
SPECIAL SCREENING; WORK IN PROGRESS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 AT 7:30PM
WAKALIWOOD: THE DOCUMENTARY
In Person: Filmmaker ALAN HOFMANIS & Producer BEN BARENHOLTZ
A documentary about Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (I.G.G.) Nabwana, a loving father who produces, directs, and edits action films from his home in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda.
http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/wakaliwood-the-documentary/
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Anything But Silent: Classics with Live Organ Accompaniment by MoMA’s Ben Model
Tuesday, August 28 @ 7:30pm
The Patsy (1928)
Marion Davies sparkles in this hilarious Jazz Age updating of Cinderella as her family’s forgotten “good girl” who delightfully turns the tables on her flirtatious sister. http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/the-patsy/
$9 Members / $14 Public Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006
SEPTEMBER 2012
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Rock Legends Live! Rare concert clips and footage from Shelley Archives
Tuesday, September 4 @ 7:30 P.M
THE NASHVILLE LEGENDS: JOHNNY CASH AND FRIENDS
RARE PERFORMANCES (1950-90s)
Join Freeport archivist Bill Shelley for a one-night-only event of rare performances by the legendary artists of country music, featuring Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe, Linda Ronstadt, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Roy Clarke, Carl Perkins, Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Eric Anderson, Hank Williams Jr., Gram Parsons & The Flying Buritto Brothers, and lots more! http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/the-nashville-legends-johnny-cash-and-friends-1950-90s/
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Anything But Silent: Classics with Live Organ Accompaniment by MoMA’s Ben Model
Tuesday, September 18 @ 7:30pm
The Wind (1928) Starring Lillian Gish
$9 Members / $14 Public Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
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Real-to-Reel: Documentary Film Series Sponsored by Ginger & Stu Polisner. This program is partially funded by Suffolk County Executive’s Office & National Endowment for the Arts
Guest Speaker: Pastor Khader El-Yateem of the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/event/5-broken-cameras/
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
UPCOMING ROCK LEGENDS LIVE SHOWS:
Tuesday, 7:30 P.M., October 23, 2012 – Elton John
Tuesday, 7:30 P.M., November 20, 2012 – The Grateful Dead
Thursday, 7:30 P.M., December 27, 2012 – The Rolling Stones: The Ron Wood Years
UPCOMING SILENT MOVIES:
October 30: A Page of Madness (1926)
November 13: Our Hospitality (1923)
December 4: Chaplin Mutuals (1917-18)
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UPCOMING National Theater Live events:
Friday, October 19: THE LAST OF THE HASSMANS
Friday, November 16: TIMON OF ATHENS
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November 9 through 12
15th LI Gay & Lesbian Film Fest
The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Inc. is a non-profit 501c(3) organization bringing Long Island unique cultural events every year that showcases gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experiences in cinema. The Festival is Long Island's largest LGBT arts event. Contacts: LI Gay & Lesbian Film Fest Director Steve Flynn sflynn@liglff.org 516-987-0596; Fest Programming Director Jim Stewart jtsex321@gmail.com (516) 316-2266http://www.facebook.com/groups/74432970464/ www.liglff.org
Since 1973, presenting the best U.S., International, Independent & Repertory films on 3 screens 365 days of the year, in a comfortable ambience including the sculpture garden & The Sky Room Café, the Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave (just south of 25a), Huntington, NY 11743 (25 miles east of New York City). Admission for regular programs: $11.00. Discounts for members, seniors, students & children. CAC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. For further information call 631-423-7610. To sign up for weekly email schedule: info@CinemaArtsCentre.org Membership and Schedule: www.cinemaartscentre.org/
The mission of the Cinema Arts Centre is to bring the best in cinematic artistry to Long Island, and use the power of film to expand the awareness and consciousness of our community
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