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Newspapers, magazines, politics and DRAMA
This week is co-presented by the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, which is hosting Newsapalooza — a series of interactive events featuring local newsmakers, journalists, and public figures — September 27 at The Pittsburgh Playhouse.
His Girl Friday
- Fri, Sep 20
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- Thu, Sep 26
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Howard Hawks Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1939
Starring: Cary Grant, Clarence Kolb, Cliff Edwards, Ernest Truex, Frank Jenks, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Ralph Bellamy, Rosalind Russell, Roscoe Karns
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel star in this fast-talking newsroom rom com. When a divorced woman is about to remarry, her ex-husband frames her new man for a crime in order to win her back and tries to steer her back into her old job as an editor at his newspaper.
All the President’s Men
- Fri, Sep 20
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- Sun, Sep 22
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- Thu, Sep 26
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Alan J. Pakula Run Time: 138 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1976
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Hal Holbrook, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Robert Redford
The most devastating detective story of this century.
The French Dispatch
- Fri, Sep 20
- Sat, Sep 21
- Mon, Sep 23
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- Wed, Sep 25
- Thu, Sep 26
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Director: Wes Anderson Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Adrien Brody, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton
Wes Anderson’s journalism film centers on a magazine staff in a fictional French city. Anderson applies his visually playful and punchy style to a series of vignettes that include his usual cast of favorites like Bill Murray and Owen Wilson, with some new faces including Timothée Chalamet and Elisabeth Moss.
Almost Famous
- Fri, Sep 20
- Sat, Sep 21
- Mon, Sep 23
- Wed, Sep 25
- Thu, Sep 26
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Director: Cameron Crowe Run Time: 122 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Rating: R Release Year: 2000
Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit
Don’t miss this nostalgic, funny, and often poignant coming of age story of 15-year-old who finds himself on tour with an up and company 1970s rock band as a reporter for Rolling Stones. He navigates a world of groupies, drugs, and sex despite the objections from his overprotective mother.
Citizen Kane
- Sun, Sep 22
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Orson Welles Run Time: 119 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1941
Starring: Dorothy Comingore, George Coulouris, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ray Collins
Some called him a hero...others called him a heel.