In the month of March, Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre will be hosting a selection of special events that include a film series on the Women of Italian Cinema, fascinating documentaries, film noir classics, wonderful family films, a film and discussion program presented with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and stand-up comedy. We will also be presenting a selection of films from groundbreaking female filmmakers in honor of Women’s History Month including Penny Marshall’s ‘A League of Their Own‘, Amy Heckerling’s ‘Clueless‘, Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women‘, Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation‘, Anna Biller’s ‘The Love Witch‘, Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Babadook‘, Mary Harron’s ‘American Psycho‘, and Lisa Gottlieb’s ‘Just One of the Guys’
IN THE WHALE
Friday, March 1 at 7 PM
In Person: Filmmaker David Abel
$18 Public | $12 Members
From award-winning filmmaker David Abel, an amazing documentary chronicling the journey of Michael Packard, a Cape Cod lobster diver who survived to tell the tale of being swallowed by a humpback whale, and the events that followed when the reclusive fisherman was thrust into the international limelight. In the shark-filled waters off Cape Cod, Michael Packard has long tempted fate. For several months a year, Packard and his longtime mate, Josiah Mayo, cast off nearly every morning around dawn and navigate through the half-light to their diving grounds off Provincetown, the idiosyncratic, isolated community where they grew up at the tip of the Cape. Packard buckles on his scuba tank and plunges into the cold waters to hunt on the seafloor. As the region’s last-remaining commercial lobster diver, the aging father has had his share of harrowing experiences, which include close encounters with great whites, nearly drowning, and having to pull up the body of a fellow diver. He even survived a plane crash in the jungles of Costa Rica, where he ran a charter fishing business. But what happened to him on a routine dive during a clear June morning was something he never imagined possible, and many around the world refused to believe. In an experience of biblical proportions, Packard was engulfed by a humpback whale, caught in the watery cavity of its massive mouth. The publicity was similarly dizzying for the reclusive fisherman, whose survival story spread around the world in news dispatches. But what came after the limelight dimmed was even more significant for Packard. (USA, 2023, 81 mins, color, DCP)
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TITANE
Friday, March 1st at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Alexia is a dancer who, after being injured in a car accident as a child, has a titanium plate fitted into her head. Amidst a series of brutal and unexplained murders, her path crosses with Vincent, a firefighter desperately searching for his long-missing son, changing their lives forever. Winner of the Palme d’Or, Cannes 2021. (France, Belgium, 2021, 108 mins, French | Dir. Julia Ducournau)
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NAVALNY
Sunday, March 3rd at 4 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Enthralling and intimate, director Daniel Roher’s NAVALNY unfolds with the pace of a thriller as it follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. Shot in Germany as the story unfolded and offering extraordinary access to the investigation, NAVALNY is a fly-on-the-wall documentary that is also a study of Navalny the man—a portrait of a leader intent on reform who will not be cowed by anything, including his own poisoning. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Alexei Navalny died as a political prisoner in a remote Siberian penal colony on February 16, 2024. (USA, 2022, 99 mins, R, English, Russian, German | Dir. Daniel Rhoer)
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Cult Cafe
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Saturday, March 2nd at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you Big. Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943, while the male pros are at war, Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene-stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis), the baseball dolly with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O’Donnell round out the roster, taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail, on the fields and off, for generations of athletes. (USA, 1992, 128 mins, PG, English | Dir. Penny Marshall)
Sunday Schmooze
THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY
Sunday, March 3rd, Bagels at 10 AM, Film at 11 AM
$20 Public | $15 Members
Michael Roemer’s hilarious, deadpan, The Plot Against Harry, is a Jewish mobster masterpiece. Harry Plotnick (Martin Priest), a smalltime NY racketeer just released from prison, gets into the catering biz—a world of call girls, bar mitzvahs, Mafia barbecues, and hotel pajama parties. When a surreal coincidence reunites him with his ex-wife, his grown daughter, and a widening web of family and friends welcome him into their sordid suburban traditions. Originally shelved by Roemer, it reemerged decades later when he overheard a technician laughing hysterically while transferring the film. (USA, 1969, 81 mins, English | Dir. Michael Roemer)
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Cinema for Kids
PADDINGTON 2
Sunday, March 3rd at 12 PM
$5 Kids | $7 Members | $13 Public
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber’s antique shop, and embarks on a series of odd jobs to buy it. Hilarity and adventure ensues when the book is stolen and Paddington and the Browns must unmask the thief. (2017, 104 mins)
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Rock Legends Live!
MELANIE TRIBUTE (1947 – 2024)
Monday, March 4 at 7:30pm
$16 Public | $10 Members
Melanie Safka began her career as a folk singer/songwriter in the mid-60s. Blessed with a powerful voice and strong guitar playing, she began performing in the folk clubs of Greenwich Village. Signed to Buddah Records in 1968, Melanie found success with her original song, Beautiful People. After several more singles, her big break came when she was invited to play the 1969 Woodstock Festival. After that performance, she had a hit with Lay Down (Candles In The Rain), written about the audience raising candles to honor her during her set. It established her with worldwide success, and more concerts at the Isle Of Wight and Glastonbury Festival followed. Other hits followed, including Peace Will Come (According To Plan), and an acoustic version of the Rolling Stones’ Ruby Tuesday. Melanie continued a busy schedule of touring and recording throughout the Disco era 70s, while also finding time to begin raising a family. She continued to have sold out concerts into the 1980s, and in 1989 won an Emmy Award for writing the theme song to the television show, Beauty and the Beast in 1989, as well as a musical about Annie Oakley, which she performed at Lincoln Center in New York City. This Rock Legends tribute will honor the great folk performer with rare concert footage, television performances, interviews from around the world.
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Movie Trivia Night
Monday, March 4th at 8:00 PM
$10 Public | $7 Members
50 questions based all around film, actors and actresses, awards, and everything else associated with the world of film. Challenge like-minded film fans in a battle of wits for cash and other prizes. You can form teams, so bring some friends and work together. Feel free to come alone and play solo as well!
1st Prize – $100 cash to the winning team!
2nd Prize – Up to 4 CAC gift cards! (a value of $24 each)
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Best of the Big Screen
WHITE HEAT
35mm Screening
Tuesday, March 5th at 7:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Academy Award winner James Cagney delivers a tour-de-force performance as a murderously psychotic criminal mastermind with an overpowering mother complex in this classic crime thriller which features one of the most riveting finales in movie history. While in prison, Cody Jarrett (Cagney) befriends an undercover cop (Edmund O’Brien) posing as a young thug—appearing to idolize the hard-bitten gangster. Released from prison, Jarrett plots a seemingly perfect heist, unaware that his partners plan to kill him and that his right-hand man is working for the police. (1949, 114 mins)
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ROBOT DREAMS
Wednesday, March 6th at 7:20 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, Robot Dreams is the first animation film by the award-winning director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). Set in New York City in the 1980s Robot Dreams follow Dog, who despite living in a busy city leads a lonely life. But when Dog orders Robot from a TV sales channel and assembles him, he brings to life a kind, strong, and flexible friend – a true companion. Their instant, honest bond allows them to enjoy an unforgettable summer together, only to be involuntarily separated after a day at the beach. Will these dear friends ever see each other again? (Spain, France, 2023, 96 mins, Dir. Pablo Berger)
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Women of Italian Cinema – Co-Presented by The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
Federico Fellini’s LA STRADA
Wednesday, March 6th at 7:30pm
Introduction by Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University
$16 Public | $10 Members
There has never been a face quite like that of Giulietta Masina. Her husband, the legendary Federico Fellini, directs her as Gelsomina in La Strada, the film that launched them both to international stardom. Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò (Anthony Quinn), a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool (Richard Basehart), his fury is provoked to its breaking point, triggering a spiral of events that consumes them all. With La Strada Fellini left behind the familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and cruelty, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and critics worldwide. (Italy, 1954, 108 min., b/w, DCP)
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Night Owl Cinema
THE BABADOOK
Friday, March 8th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behavior, is forced to medicate him. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real. (Australia, 2014, 94 mins, R, English | Dir. Jennifer Kent)
Presented with National Association of Former-Internees – Italy (A.N.E.I.)
A CHAT ACROSS THE OCEAN
Saturday, March 9th at 1 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Join us for a documentary film screening and transatlantic panel discussion about the Italian soldiers who refused to fight alongside the Nazis.
Panel:
Gastone Gal, Vice President ANEI – discussing: The history of Italian Military Internees
Roberto Reali, Researcher – discussing: Imprisonment in Yesterday’s Wars & Imprisonment in Today’s World
Camillo “Mac” Bica, PhD Professor of Philosophy at SVA-NYC, Author, Vietnam Veteran and Coordinator for Long Island Chapter of Veterans for Peace
Gerry Condon Author, Vietnam-era Veteran and War Resister, Recent Past President and Executive Board At Large Member Veterans for Peace, Golden Rule committee
Cult Café
CLUELESS
Saturday, March 9th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Jane Austen might never have imagined that her 1816 novel Emma could be turned into a fresh and satirical look at ultra-rich teenagers in a Beverly Hills high school. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and Dionne (Stacey Dash), both named after “great singers of the past that now do infomercials” are pampered upper-class girls who care less about getting good grades than wearing the right clothes and being as popular as possible. But Cher, who lives with her tough yet warmhearted lawyer dad (Dan Hedaya), also has an innate urge to help those less fortunate — like the two introverted teachers she brings together and new friend Tai (Brittany Murphy), who starts out a geek and ends up a Cher prodigy. Cher also possesses her own sensitive side, and she is looking for the perfect boyfriend, whom she ends up finding where she least expected. (USA, 1995, 97 mins, PG-13, English | Dir. Amy Heckerling)
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Cinema for Kids
A WRINKLE IN TIME
Sunday, March 10th at 12 PM
$5 Kids | $7 Members | $13 Public
From visionary director Ava DuVernay comes Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time. Based on the timeless classic and filled with spectacle, warmth and heart, this celebrated film follows an ordinary girl’s epic adventure and brave journey to save her family, with the ultimate triumph of love. Featuring an all-star cast including Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine, and eye-popping action—it’s fun for the whole family! (USA, 2018, 109 mins, PG, English | Dir. Ava DuVernay)
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2024 ACADEMY AWARDS NIGHT FUNDRAISER
Sunday, March 10th
Dinner and Doors at 6:00 PM
$100 Public | $75 Members
Co-Hosted by Martin and Laurie Butera of Butera’s Restaurant
See the Awards Show on the big screen with your Cinema friends and family. Help us raise critical funds to support our programs and operations. Each ticket includes one entry into our famous Ballot Contest.
A buffet dinner will be provided by Butera’s Restaurant! Our event will also include an open wine bar for those over 21. Great raffle prizes will be available. This fun night traditionally sells out fast!
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Programmer for a Day curated by Rod Newman
THE THIRD MAN
Monday, March 11 at 7:30pm
$16 Public | $10 Members
In rubble-strewn postwar Vienna, its occupation divided among four powers, pulp Western writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives to meet up with his old friend Harry Lime, only to find that he’s dead — or is he? And as the supremely naïve Martins, a monoglot stranger in a strange land, descends through the levels of deception, and as he discovers his own friend’s corruption, the moral choices loom. A triumph of atmosphere — with its Vienna locations (including the gigantic Riesenrad ferris wheel and the dripping sewers), its tilted camera angels, its Robert Krasker-shot shadows, and Anton Karas’ unforgettable zither theme — and with its stars in perhaps their most iconic roles: bereted Trevor Howard at his most Britishly military; Alida Valli, here truly enigmatic and Garboesque; and Orson Welles’ Harry Lime, arriving in one of the greatest star entrances ever, and adding the famous “cuckoo clock” speech to Graham Greene’s original script, with the whole topped by its legendary final shot. Three Oscar nominations: for director Carol Reed, editor Oswald Hafenrichter, and cinematographer Krasker, with a win for the latter; the Grand Prize at Cannes; and the only film on both the AFI and BFI Top 100 lists of, respectively, the greatest American and British films (#1 for the Brits), as well as being named The Greatest Foreign Film of All Time… by the Japanese! (UK, 1949, 103 min., b/w, DCP)
This special screening is presented by Cinema Arts Centre member Rod Newman who won our ‘Programmer for a Day’ prize at a CAC fundraiser.
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Anything But Silent
PANDORA’S BOX
Tuesday, March 12th at 7:30 PM
With live accompaniment by Ben Model
$18 Public | $12 Members
G. W. Pabst’s sensationally modern and controversial melodrama, Pandora’s Box, defined the legendary persona of star Louise Brooks, solidifying her as ‘the’ icon of the Jazz Age, and propelling her to international acclaim. The film, from one of the masters of early German cinema, follows the downward spiral of the brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she meets. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’ dazzling individuality. (1929, 133 mins)
Presented courtesy of Janus Films. Restored from the best surviving 35mm elements at Haghefilm Conservation under the supervision of the Deutsche Kinemathek with the cooperation of George Eastman Museum, the Cinémathèque Française, Cineteca di Bologna, Národní filmový archiv, and Gosfilmofond.
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Women of Italian Cinema – Co-Presented by The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
Pasolini’s MAMMA ROMA
Starring Anna Magnani
Wednesday, March 13th at 7:30 PM
Introduction by Loredana Polezzi, Stony Brook University
$16 Public | $10 Members
Anna Magnani is Mamma Roma, a middle-aged prostitute who attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Filmed in the great tradition of Italian neorealism, Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy, and highlights director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s lifelong fascination with the marginalized and dispossessed. Though banned upon its release in Italy for obscenity, today Mamma Roma remains a classic, featuring a powerhouse performance by one of cinema’s greatest actresses and offering a glimpse at a country’s most controversial director in the process of finding his style. (Italy, 1962, 106 min., b/w, DCP)
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This Just In!: The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media
BROADCAST NEWS
Thursday, March 14th at 7:30 PM
Hosted by Wallace Matthews former columnist for Newsday, the New York Post and ESPN
$16 Public | $10 Members
James L. Brooks is known for his explorations of work and love and his insights into the cultural zeitgeist. None of his films are more quintessentially Brooks than Broadcast News. This caustic look inside the Washington news-media stars Holly Hunter, in her breakout role, as a television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman (William Hurt) and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter (Albert Brooks). Brooks’s witty, gently prophetic film is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on relationships and the media were rapidly changing. (1987, 132 mins)
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Presented by the CAC Youth Advisory Board
Greta Gerwig’s LITTLE WOMEN
Friday, March 15th at 7 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Lady Bird) draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott to reimagine the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on her own terms. Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March. (2019, 135 mins)
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Night Owl Cinema
AMERICAN PSYCHO
Friday, March 15th at 9:30 PM
Members $10 | Public $16
In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiancée (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This biting, wry comedy examines the elements that make a man a monster. (US/Canada, 2000, 102min., English, R | Dir. Mary Harron)
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Cult Café
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Saturday, March 16th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Shot entirely on location in Japan, Sofia Coppola‘s Lost in Translation is a valentine to the nature of close friendships and to the city of Tokyo. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans living in Japan. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life’s possibilities. (USA/Japan, 2003, 102 mins, R, English, Japanese, German, French | Dir. Sofia Coppola)
Cinema for Kids
THE SECRET OF KELLS
Sunday, March 17th at 12 PM
$5 Kids | $7 Members | $13 Public
In the remote Irish woods, Cellach (Brendan Gleeson) prepares a fortress for an impending attack by a Viking war party. Unbeknown to Cellach, his young nephew Brendan (Evan McGuire) — who has no taste for battle — works secretly as an apprentice in the scriptorium of the local monastery, learning the ancient art of calligraphy. As the Vikings approach, reveredilluminator Aidan (Mick Lally) arrives at the monastery and recruits Brendan to complete a series of dangerous, magical tasks. A bewitching animated fairytale for children and adults alike. This vibrant animation is a spirited retelling of the provenance of Ireland’s most cherished artefact, the Book of Kells. With the Viking hordes approaching, the monks of Kells are forced to turn their attention from transcribing manuscripts to building barricades. The future of the precious book is in jeopardy and it falls to Brendan, young nephew of the abbot Cellach, to save the day. The Secret of Kells was Cartoon Saloon’s first feature film and was directed by Tomm Moore with Nora Twomey as Co-director. Nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 for best animated feature, the Secret of Kells has screened and won awards in major festivals worldwide. (2009, 75 mins)
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Pride Cinema
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
Tuesday, March 19th at 7:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlinale, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, the astounding feature debut from Nigerian filmmaker Babatunde Apalowo, is a heart-wrenching look at the love between two men in modern-day Nigeria, where such love is forbidden. Bambino (Tope Tedela), a delivery driver settled into his solitary life and small apartment, befriends aspiring photographer Bawa (Riyo David). As they explore Lagos together, a deep yet uncertain bond emerges between them. (2023, 93 mins)
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Comic Gems
THE BLUES BROTHERS
Wednesday, March 20th at 7 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
John Landis directs comedy icons John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the first movie ever adapted from a popular Saturday Night Live sketch – and one of biggest comedy epics of the 1980s. After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood take their band back on the road to raise money for the orphanage where they were raised. Havoc ensues as the brothers seek redemption on their “mission from God”. With musical performances by blues legends Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Cab Calloway. (1980, 133 mins)
Hard Luck Café
Presented with the Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH)
THE SCOOCHES
Wednesday, March 20th at 7 PM
$25 Public | $20 Members
The Scooches electrify audiences with an eclectic mix of Roaring ‘20s, global folk, blues, gospel, New Orleans jazz, Americana, and more. Curated sets of toe-tapping, hand-clapping music leave audiences with no choice but to dance along. The Scooches’ performances are like master classes in musicology that embody joy and excellent musicianship.
Led by vocalist Betina Hershey and multi-instrumentalist Nick Russo, The Scooches, formerly known as Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches, assembled a world-class lineup of musicians from New York, Suriname, Sapelo Island (Georgia), Mexico, and the Caribbean on their 2023 album release, Lift You Up. The 12-song collection builds upon the exuberance that made 2018’s Get Us Out Of Fearland the #2 album on international folk radio (according to charts compiled by Folk Alliance International) and Very Next Thing (2016) a transcendent breath of fresh air.
Inspired by the current social climate, the songs on Lift You Up — including “Stop This Climate Change,” “Spread Your Wings and Fly,” and “Open A Door” — call upon society and the human race to believe that we, collectively, can make a difference — a change for the better.
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Night Owl Cinema
THE LOVE WITCH
Friday, March 22nd at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the ‘60s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism. Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment, she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. (US, 2016, 120 mins, R, Dir. Anna Biller)
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Cult Café
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
Saturday, March 23rd at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
After her journalism teacher refuses to enter her article in a competition to win a summer internship on the local newspaper, Terry Grifith (Joyce Hyser) becomes convinced that she is not being taken seriously because of her looks. With the help of her kid brother, Buddy (Billy Jacoby), she enrolls in a new high school disguised as a boy and enters the contest there. During her charade, “Terry the Boy” tangles with a vicious bully, Greg (William Zabka), and fends off an amorous classmate, Sandy (Sherilyn Fenn). But when she falls for a handsome loner, Rick (Clayton Rohner), our hero/heroine must find a way to convince him that she’s not Just One of the Guys! (USA, 1985, 100 mins, PG-13, English | Dir. Lisa Gottlieb)
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Cinema for Kids
TURNING RED
Sunday, March 24th at 12 PM
$5 Kids | $7 Members | $13 Public
Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee, a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming, is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! (2022, 100 mins)
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National Science on Screen Day – Presented with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
ARRIVAL
Tuesday, March 26th at 7 PM
with a presentation on The Mysteries of Language and Communication
by Neuroscientist Arkarup Banerjee, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
$16 Public | $10 Members
Arrival, from acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Dune: Part Two, Prisoners, Sicario, Incendies, Blade Runner 2049), is a rare modern sci-fi blockbuster that places as much importance on ideas and emotions as spectacle. Amy Adams stars as Louise Banks, a linguist who embarks on an exploration of language, communication, and the very essence of humanity in the face of an alien encounter. When twelve spacecraft suddenly appear hovering in the skies over scattered locations around the Earth, nervous military and government leaders wonder what they have to hope—or fear—from these unexpected visitors. It is up to Banks to decode the alien’s language before the tense impasse leads to carnage. (2016, 116 mins)
Following the film, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientist Dr. Arkarup Banerjee will delve into the mysteries of language and communication as they relate to the brain. Dr. Banerjee’s work explores the theme of decoding messages and touches on the fundamental assumptions of reality which are unpacked in the film. This discussion will include a live Q&A with the audience. Discover how every species and culture’s unique symbols and codes shape our understanding of the world around us, and uncover the intriguing ways in which our brains navigate the limits and possibilities of language.
Women of Italian Cinema – Co-Presented by The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
Michelangelo Antonioni’s RED DESERT
Wednesday, March 27th at 7:30pm
35mm Screening!
Introduction by Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University
$16 Public | $10 Members
Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events, and Red Desert, his first color film, is perhaps his most epochal. This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological age—about a disaffected woman, brilliantly portrayed by Antonioni muse Monica Vitti, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power plants and environmental toxins, and tentatively flirting with her husband’s coworker, played by Richard Harris—continues to keep viewers spellbound. With one startling, painterly composition after another—of abandoned fishing cottages, electrical towers, looming docked ships—Red Desert creates a nearly apocalyptic image of its time, and confirms Antonioni as cinema’s preeminent poet of the modern age. (Italy, 1964, 117 min., color, 35mm)
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Stand Up / Sit Down
Comedian CHRIS MONTY
Thursday, March 28th at 8 PM
$40 Public | $30 Members
With over 20 years of stand-up comedy and television under his belt, Chris Monty continues to delight audiences worldwide. His latest projects include his stand-up special titled “What’s the Worst That Could Happen” (Amazon Prime), Vinyl (HBO), Red Oaks (Amazon Prime), Paul Bart: Mall Cop 2 (Sony Pictures), Kevin Can Wait (CBS), and Orange is the New Black (Netflix). In his stand-up, Chris channels the style of the 1960’s cool funnyman mixed with a modern chic. His unique take on current topics and storytelling are reminiscent of the comics that would keep The Rat Pack in stitches for weeks. He spans generations in that older crowds love his cool, retro style and younger crowds see a cadence that they haven’t seen on stage. It is truly something unique to experience. Chris’s experience as a stand-up comic also lends itself to his wide ranging acting work. He uses his quick improvisational skills and ability to use physical slapstick and timing to enhance his lead and supporting actor’s roles. After his set he’ll share stories about his comedy career and many acting roles.
Night Owl Cinema
CANDYMAN
Friday, March 29th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a supernatural killer. Now, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his girlfriend (Teyonah Parris) have moved into a luxury loft condo in a now gentrified Cabrini. A chance encounter with a Cabrini Green old-timer (Colman Domingo) exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman and unleashes a wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny. (USA, 2021, 91 mins, R, English | Dir. Nia DaCosta)
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Cult Café
LOST SUBURBIA / UN-REAL
Saturday, March 30th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Lost Suburbia
17 years after its premiere at the Cinema Arts Centre – Five Long Island, New York independent filmmakers have come together to produce this labor of love feature anthology based on local haunted legends that have plagued their childhood nightmares. The four short films are based on the hangings at Sweet Hollow Road, the “lady in white” ghost of Mary’s grave, the abandoned Kings Park psychiatric facility, and the Native American tale of Lake Ronkonkoma. The fictional films are preceded by documentary segments that explore the legend’s origins and feature interviews with experts on the subject such as a paranormal investigator, and the authors of ‘Weird NY’ and ‘Ghosts of Long Island: Stories of the Paranormal’ along with historical photos, location footage, and testimonials by locals who have been effected by the legends; supernaturally or otherwise. LOST SUBURBIA is not just for Long Island natives, but a must see for anyone interested in history and the supernatural. (USA, 2007, 101 mins, NR, English | Dir. Pete Bune, Sean King, Paul Natale, Elizabeth Smith, Terrence Smith)
Un-Real
20 years after it was conceived and shot by the Cinema Arts Centre’s own employees. UN-REAL stars Sean King as a horror filmmaker whom after receiving yet another film festival rejection letter, plots to shoot realistic murder scenes for his next movie by actually killing people while taping it with his digital camcorder. But, in an attempt to capture realism, reality is the one thing he loses touch with, and he’s left with blood on his hands and murders caught on tape. (USA, 2004, 28 mins, NR, English | Dir. Paul Natale)
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Cinema for Kids
MUPPETS FROM SPACE
Sunday, March 31st at 12 PM
$5 Kids | $7 Members | $13 Public
The Muppets are back in a new zany comedy, MUPPETS FROM SPACE. The Muppets embark on a hilarious extraterrestrial adventure in hopes of finding out about Gonzo’s past, and discover that Gonzo’s family members are aliens from a distant planet! Gonzo then gets a message that his relatives are coming for a visit from outer space! But when word gets out on Miss Piggy’s talk show, “UFOMania” that the friendly aliens are coming, a secret government agency let by K. Edgar Singer (Jeffrey Tambor) captures Gonzo and goes to great lengths to learn when his extra-terrestrial family will arrive. Now only the Muppets, led by Kermit and Miss Piggy, can save Gonzo and make the world safe for a friendly alien invasion! MUPPETS FROM SPACE (featuring Andie MacDowell, Ray Liotta and David Arquette, among others) is a star-studded close encounter with far-out fun! (1999, 87 mins)
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