FACE/OFF & CON AIR

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, Aug 8, 2015 10:30 PM

Description

Brett Sherris' Summer Camp Cinema Film Festival

FACE/OFF & CON AIR

Saturday, AUGUST 8

Double Feature - starts 10:30pm
$9 Members | $13 Public

  

NEWSDAY

June 3, 2015

Summer Camp Cinema marks 10 years with Huntington film festival

By RAFER GUZMÃN (rafer.guzman@newsday.com)

Summer Camp Cinema, the annual festival devoted to the high art of lowbrow movies, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a lineup of double features from years past. It's a "best of" edition comprising the kind of horror, sci-fi and action flicks that fans love more than critics.

"The 10 years have crept up on me," says festival founder Brett Sherris, of Northport. "When I started this thing, I never imagined we'd be at this point."

Summer Camp Cinema, which takes place Saturday nights starting June 6 through Aug. 29 at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, is a throwback to the golden age of late-night movie going with a spotlight on cult hits, questionable favorites and best-kept secrets. In keeping with that revivalist spirit, Sherris screens 35 mm film prints when he can, though they're increasingly rare in this age of digital projection.

"It's getting to the point where there are literally one-of-a-kind prints circulating," Sherris says. "If there's a movie you want to see and it's playing on film, don't wait. Because if the projector happens to chew it up, that might be it."