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This Summer, we are excited to announce the inauguration of a brand-new series at the Cinema: This Just In! The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media.

Hosted by Wallace Matthews former columnist for Newsday, the New York Post and ESPN, the series will use the medium of film to examine the relationship between Hollywood and the News.

The series will start off looking at films from Hollywood's pre-code era, and move throughout history, examining films that depict newsrooms & journalists - and will analyze how they have been depicted in the movies throughout different periods of history.

Join us for the first program of this fantastic new series on July 13th! Featuring a film screening, introduction, discussion, and Q&A with Wallace Matthews!

This Just In! The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media

The Front Page

Hosted by Wallace Matthews former columnist for Newsday, the New York Post and ESPN

Chicago's reporter Hildy Johnson (Pat O’Brien) wants to quit newspaper work and get married, but his editor, Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou), is determined to keep him on the job. The court pressroom is full of lame reporters, all waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes custody, Hildy seizes the opportunity and bribes an insider to get the scoop on the escape. Can he keep Williams' whereabouts secret long enough to get the scoop, especially with the Sheriff and other reporters hovering around? 

Thursday, July 13th at 7:30 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

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This Just In! The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media

Five Star Final

Hosted by Wallace Matthews former columnist for Newsday, the New York Post and ESPN

Edward G. Robinson stars as Joseph Randall, the ruthless newspaper-editor who will go to any length to get a headline for the Five Star Final. Facing declining circulation, he decides to dig up a 20-year-old killing. He sends reporter Vernon Isopod (Boris Karloff) undercover to get a photograph of Nancy Townsend as she prepares for her daughter's wedding. Now a pillar of society, Townsend shot her lover decades ago. But there are tragic consequences when Randall publishes the photo of Townsend with the story of the shooting. 

Thursday, August 17th at 7:30 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

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This Just In! The love-hate relationship between Hollywood and the News Media

His Girl Friday

Hosted by Wallace Matthews former columnist for Newsday, the New York Post and ESPN

One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever, His Girl Friday stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson – who is matched only by her conniving but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter (Cary Grant), who attempts to use every tick in the book to keep her from remarrying. When adapting Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play The Front Page, Howard Hawks had the idea of turning reporter Hildy into a woman, and the result is an immortal mix of hard-boiled newsroom setting with ebullient remarriage comedy.

Thurs, September 14th at 7:30 PM

$10 Members | $15 Public

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