Cinema Arts Centre brings co-director Dylan Skolnick back

The Cinema Arts Centre Board of Directors and former Co-Director Dylan Skolnick have reached an agreement under which he will be rehired with his former title and position, resolving a months-long battle over Long Island’s best-known independent movie house. The more-than-50-year-old cinema in Huntington on Nov. 6 issued a joint statement by its board and Skolnick, saying they came to “a mutually acceptable resolution following a mediation process” resulting in Skolnick’s return “to the Cinema Arts Centre and marking the beginning of a new chapter for one of Long Island's most treasured cultural institutions.” The board had dismissed Skolnick as co-director on Sept. 1, thrusting the cinema into a battle that led to protests, membership cancellations, presenters who ended their relationship and spawning a “Save Our Cinema” movement. “Today is the dawn of an exciting new day for the Cinema Arts Centre. We are pleased that Dylan Skolnick will be rejoining our organization,” the c