This week at the Cinema we are opening, a heart-warming new film starring Academy Award Nominated actors Judd Hirsch and Carol Kane, 'iMordecai'. We also continue our runs of the Oscar Nominated and Cannes Grand Prix winner 'Close', the brilliant period-drama 'Emily', as well as the Oscar nominated shorts.

Special events this week include a screening of Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles', which was recently voted as the greatest film of all time by the Sight and Sound poll. We will also be screening the classic Coen Brothers comedy 'The Big Lebowski', and presenting a wonderful Sky Room Talk on the most decorated woman in the Academy's history, Edith Head.

Make sure to check out our calendar for all of the screenings and special events coming up!

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iMordecai

Starring Judd Hirsch and Carol Kane

Based on a true story, iMordecai stars Oscar nominee and Emmy, Tony & Golden Globe winning actor Judd Hirsch (Taxi, Ordinary People, A Beautiful Mind, Dear John, The Fabelmans) as Mordecai Samel and Academy Award-nominated actress Carol Kane (Hester Street, Scrooged, The Princess Bride, Taxi) as his wife, Fela – both Holocaust survivors from Poland, who are now living in Miami. Their son, Marvin, played by Academy Award-nominated actor Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings, Stranger Things), is an ambitious cigar maker trying to support his own family while still being there for his aging parents. But when Mordecai's ancient flip phone breaks, his son buys him a brand-new iPhone and this sets off a series of unexpected events and magically changes both Mordecai and the people closest to him. Mordecai starts to take lessons from Nina (newcomer Azia Dinea Hale), a young employee of Ultratech. She tutors Mordecai on his new iPhone, opening him up to all kinds of novel experiences and adventures, which makes him feel like a kid again. An uplifting comedy and a love letter to the city of Miami, iMordecai urges us all to live the one life we have to the fullest. 

Trailer

Showtimes

Fri: 1:20; 3:45

Sat: 1:10 ; 3:25; 5:50

Sun: 12:10; 5:30

Mon: 1:35; 6:50 

Tues: 1:35; 6:50 

Wed: 1:40

Thurs: 1:40; 6:50

Emily

EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, Wuthering Heights. Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

Trailer

Showtimes

Fri: 1:00; 3:55; 6:20; 9:15 

Sat: 1:00; 3:55; 6:50; 9:10 

Sun: 2:35; 5:10 ; 7:55

Mon: 1:30; 4:25; 7:00 

Tues: 3:55; 7:05

Wed: 1:30; 4:25; 7:20

Thurs: 4:20; 7:05 

Close

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival & Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

AP Review: Cannes breakout ‘Close’ tells of innocence and grief

Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated 'Close'

 

Trailer

Showtimes

Fri: 4:35; 7:05

Sat: 3:35; 6:40; 9:45 

Sun: 2:40; 8:05

Mon: 4:00; 7:20 

Tues: 1:30; 4:05

Wed: 1:35; 4:10; 7:05 

Thurs: 4:05; 7:20 

Oscar Shorts: Live Action

An Irish Goodbye:

On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. (Ireland, 23 mins)

Ivalu:

Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. Where is Ivalu? (Denmark, 16 mins)

Le Pupille:

From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, LE PUPILLE is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas. (Italy/USA, 37 mins)

Night Ride:

It is a cold night in December. As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms the ride home into something she was not expecting. (Norway, 15 mins)

The Red Suitcase:

An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation. (Luxembourg, 17 mins)

Showtimes

Fri: 6:50

Sat: no show

Sun: 12:05

Mon: 1:40

Tues: 4:00

Wed: 4:05

Thurs: no show

Oscar Shorts: Animation

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse:

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a story of kindness, courage, and hope in traditional hand-drawn animation, following the unlikely friendship of the title characters as they journey together, in the boy’s search for home. Based on the book of the same name. (UK, 35 mins)

The Flying Sailor:

In 1917, two ships collided in the Halifax Harbour, causing the largest accidental explosion in history. Among the tragic stories of the disaster is the remarkable account of a sailor who, blown skyward from the docks, flew a distance of two kilometres before landing uphill, naked and unharmed. The Flying Sailor is a contemplation of his journey. (Canada, 7 mins)

Ice Merchants:

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily. (Portugal, France, UK, 14 mins)

An Ostrich Told me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It:

When a young telemarketer is confronted by a mysterious talking ostrich, he learns that the universe is stop motion

animation. He must put aside his dwindling toaster sales and focus on convincing his colleagues of his terrifying discovery. (Australia, 11 mins)

My Year of Dicks:

An imaginative fifteen year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early 90’s. Created by Pamela Ribon from her critically-acclaimed memoir. (USA, 25 mins)

Showtimes

Fri: 9:35

Sat: 1:05

Sun: 8:00

Mon: 4:15

Tues: 1:35

Wed: no show

Thurs: 5:00

Oscar Shorts: Documentar

Haulout:

On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed. (UK, 25 mins)

The Elephant Whisperers:

The Elephant Whisperers follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival. (India, 41 mins)

How Do You Measure a Year?:

For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking the same questions. What results is a unique chance to watch time, to see a young woman come into focus physically, mentally and emotionally. (USA, 29 mins)

The Martha Mitchell Effect:

She was once as famous as Jackie O. And then she tried to take down a President. The Martha Mitchell Effect is an archival documentary portrait of the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: Martha Mitchell, a Republican cabinet wife who was gaslighted by the Nixon Administration to keep her quiet. It offers a female gaze on Watergate through the voice of the woman herself. (USA, 39 mins)

Stranger at the Gate:

After 25 years of service, a US Marine filled with hatred for Muslims plots to bomb an Indiana mosque. When he comes face to face with the immigrants he seeks to kill, the story takes a shocking twist toward compassion, grace, and forgiveness. (USA, 30 mins)

Showtimes

Fri: 1:05

Sat: 8:15

Sun: 4:30

Mon-Wed: no show

Thurs: 1:30

Night Owl Cinema

Ginger Snaps (2000)

New restoration!

Controversial upon its release and now a feminist cult favorite, Ginger Snaps is a supernatural coming-of-age story centering around two misfit sisters, 15-year-old Brigitte Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins) and almost 16-year-old Ginger (Katharine Isabelle), who are obsessed with dying and bound by a childhood pact to stay together forever. Their loathing of mind-numbing suburban existence quickly changes to a survival-first mindset when Ginger is savagely attacked by a werewolf while walking at night in the woods. She survives and her external wounds heal, but something is clearly not the same. Cleverly equating the onset of puberty with the unleashing of an implacable feminine id, screenwriter Karen Walton (Orphan Black) and director John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps is a critique of the dangers of conformity, a subversive delight, howling with laughs, screams and frightfully fun dialogue.

Friday, March 3rd at 9:30 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

Cult Cafe

Me You and Everyone We Know (2005)

Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

Saturday, March 4th at 10 PM

$5 Members | $7 Public

Cinema for Kids

Matilda (1996)

Based on the book by Roald Dahl

This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.

Sunday, March 5th at 12 PM

$7 Members | $12 Public | $5 Kids

Long Island LitFest Presents

Paulina Porizkova, in-person

Tickets include a copy of the book No Filter: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

In conversation with supermodel Christie Brinkley!

Born in Cold War Czechoslovakia, Paulina Porizkova’s first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover was in 1984. As the face of Estée Lauder in 1989, she was one of the highest-paid models in the world, and when she was nineteen, she fell in love with The Cars front man Ric Ocasek. The decades to come would bring marriage, motherhood, a budding writing career; and later sadness, loneliness, and eventually divorce. Following her ex-husband’s death—and the revelation of a deep betrayal—Paulina stunned fans with her fierce vulnerability and disarming honesty as she let the whole world share in her experience of being a woman who must start over.

Porizkova has starred in 16 movies and a slew of TV shows as an actress, and she has served as part of the judging panel on Cycle 10 of America’s Next Top Model. Her debut novel, A Model Summer, was published in 2007. This is her nonfiction debut.

Sunday, March 5th at 2:30 PM

$40 Members | $45 Public

Tickets include a copy of her book No Filter: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

Movie Trivia Night!

Hosted by Daniel French

Show off your film knowledge and get a chance to win a cash prize!

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, or join a team!

1st Prize – $100 cash to the winning team!

2nd Prize – Up to 4 CAC gift cards! (a value of $24 each)

Monday, March 6th at 8:00 PM

$10 Public | $7 Members

Tai Chi in the Sky Room!

Enjoy some Tai Chi, Chi Gung, & Meditation classes in the Sky Room, every Tuesday at 10 am! Improve your balance, strength, and peace of mind. Free of charge! 

Tuesdays at 10 AM in the Sky Room!

FREE!

International Cinema

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Recently voted the greatest movie ever made in the BFI’s decennial poll, Chantal Akerman’s masterpiece is a singular work that meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow (Delphine Seyrig) — whose chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick. Akerman’s film seems simple, but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting character study or one of cinema’s most hypnotic depictions of space and time, this is an astonishing, compelling movie. 

Revealed: the results of the 2022 Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll

NY Times: Chantal Akerman’s ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Named Greatest Film of All Time in Sight and Sound Poll

Tuesday, March 7th at 7:00 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

FMSH & NOOM Present

Open Mic Night!

Join us most Wednesdays in the Sky Room for our new Open Mic Night! Hosted by the Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) and Northshore Original Open Mic (NOOM), open mic is welcome to performers of any kind!

Wednesday, March 8th at 7 PM

Sign-up at 6:30 PM

Free!

Comic Gems

The Coen Brother's

The Big Lebowski (1998)

with inroduction by film historian Glenn Andreiev

Call him the Dude, His Dudeness, Duder, or El Dudorino, Jeff Bridges stars as the man who spearheaded a new way of life. A case of mistaken identity takes an unforgettable laidback White Russian aficionado on a hilariously hazy and hallucinatory spiral through Los Angeles. All Jeff ‘the Dude’ Lebowski wants to do is go bowling, but when he’s mistaken for LA millionaire big Lebowski and a pair of thugs pee on his rug — “it really tied the room together!” — he’s forced to take action, and so the laziest man in Los Angeles County takes on nihilists, ferrets, and empire tycoons, guzzling White Russians all the while. The dude abides, aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak (John Goodman), a Vietnam vet, and Donny (Steve Buscemi), master of stupidity. The Coen Brothers’ unstoppable cult classic has inspired countless bowling parties and drinking games, and even its own festival, and we’re happy to bring it back to the Cinema Arts Centre. Part slacker comedy, part neo-noir, you’ll want to skip bowling night for the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece.

Wednesday, March 8th at 7:00 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

Sky Room Talk

Forever Timeless: The Legacy Of Edith Head

Hosted by film historian and costume desginer Jolene Marie Richardson

Join costume designer and fashion historian Jolene Marie Richardson as she takes a dive into the life and legacy of the famed Costume Designer Edith Head this women's history month. Covering her films, her techniques, and her relentless push for making the field of costume design what it is today.

Jolene Marie is a New York based costume designer, fashion historian, and writer. She got her start in theatre as a wardrobe supervisor and seamstress in 2011. From there she has worked almost every job as a wardrobe professional. Her work can be found in feature films, TV Streaming, and the stage. From design and love of history, Jolene propelled herself into the world of fashion history. Creating a lecture series with Cinema Arts Centre, her blog Hanging By A Thread, and the print/online-scape of the premier horror magazine Fangoria. Follow Jolene on social media to keep up to date on upcoming lectures, podcasts, writings, and design work.

Thursday, March 9th at 7:30 PM

$12 Members | $17 Public