Rafer Guzmán
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Cheers! LI movie theaters can now serve beer and wine
Is Long Island ready for merlot at the multiplex? The New York State Liquor Authority has issued a ruling allowing all movie theaters to apply for a liquor license to serve wine and beer for patrons t → Read More
'The Godfather' returning to LI theaters for 50th anniversary
The Corleone family will return to Long Island theaters next month in a newly restored rerelease of "The Godfather," Francis Ford Coppola’s acclaimed crime drama. The 50th anniversary edition of the P → Read More
LI stars in new holiday movie
‘Twas the holiday season of 2020, and thanks to the pandemic, not many film crews were stirring. But one independent production arrived on Long Island to shoot "Christmas vs. The Walters," a suburban- → Read More
The LIer behind Olivia Rodrigo's smash hit song 'Drivers License'
How does a songwriter find out he has a hit? For Long Island native Dan Nigro, co-writer and producer of Olivia Rodrigo’s ubiquitous debut single "Drivers License," he didn’t hear it playing in a sup → Read More
Sag Harbor Cinema to begin screening movies again on April 9
The Sag Harbor Cinema will begin operating April 9 ahead of its official reopening on Memorial Day weekend. "It is with quiet pleasure that we announce our soft reopening of the rebuilt, renewed, rebo → Read More
Coming to a screen near you: 20 new movies to stream this winter
This winter, only a few theaters will be open — but there’ll still be plenty of movies. With many cinemas still sitting dark because of the COVID-19 pandemic, moviegoing remains mostly a memory — and → Read More
Showcase, Regal reopening 6 LI theaters on Friday
At least a half-dozen movie theaters on Long Island plan to reopen Friday as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo lifts restrictions on cinemas outside New York City. Showcase Cinemas will reopen its Cinema de Lux lo → Read More
Regal theaters to suspend operations including several on LI
Regal, the second-largest theater chain in the United States, will suspend operations at all 536 of its locations as of Thursday, according to its parent company, Cineworld Group PLC. The chain’s Long → Read More
Former News12 anchor Carol Silva says she's cancer free
Former News 12 anchor Carol Silva says she is cancer free following last year’s diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer. "I’m back — big time," a happy and healthy-looking Silva said in a video posted to her Inst → Read More
LI movie theaters stay closed, owners feel 'abandoned'
For the first time in her life, theater owner Anne Stampfel, 60, is collecting unemployment. During the past five months of the pandemic, she and her husband, Henry, have seen virtually no income from → Read More
Patchogue theater joins pop-up drive-in trend
The Plaza Cinema and Media Art Center in Patchogue has joined the pop-up drive-in craze. The shuttered theater will hold four drive-in screenings on Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6. Each night wi → Read More
North Hempstead sets free drive-in movie series starting May 23
A free drive-in movie series will begin later this month, providing what could be the first communal moviegoing experience for Long Islanders since theaters were ordered to close in March due to the C → Read More
Free movie Friday: Lionsgate is offering a weekly film series on YouTube
“The Hunger Games” and other movies from Lionsgate will be offered free in a partnership between the film studio and the ticketing service Fandango. Jamie Lee Curtis will serve as host of the four-fil → Read More
Roslyn school-scandal movie to air April 25 on HBO
"Bad Education," the HBO movie about the Roslyn school scandal starring Hugh Jackman as former superintendent Frank Tassone, finally has an air date: Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m. the pay-cable channe → Read More
A film series for conspiracy theory fans
See film classics including John Carpenter's "They Live" and Sydney Pollack's "Three Days of the Condor" for $5 per. → Read More
Salad, steak and cocktails at the movies? LI's 'dine-in' theater offers eat-at-your-seat service
Dinner and a movie — at the same time? The concept has been around for decades but only recently made its way to Long Island. Two years ago, the AMC Theatres in Levittown rebranded itself as a “Dine-I → Read More
'Bohemian Rhapsody' singalong hits LI theaters after Golden Globes win
The Golden Globe-winning film includes some of Queen's most popular songs, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions." → Read More
LI Parkland victim Scott Beigel to be honored at Bellmore fundraiser-screening
LI filmmaker Charlie Minn examines the school shooting in a new documentary, "Parkland: Inside Building 12." → Read More
'Skate Kitchen' focuses on female skateboarders, including LI's Rachelle Vinberg
The movie is a glimpse into a subculture trying to claim some concrete of their own in NYC's male-dominated skate parks. → Read More
'The Week Of' review: LI is the best part of Chris Rock, Adam Sandler's unfunny, slapdash movie
WHAT IT"S ABOUT Two families, one wealthy, the other working class, come together for a wedding in the Adam Sandler comedy “The Week Of.” It’s Sandler’s fourth film for Netflix, and it boasts some maj → Read More