This event is in the past.It took place on January 31, 2026 at Metrograph.


Billy Wilder's 1951 masterpiece flickers in 35mm as Kirk Douglas plays a washed-up reporter who turns a man's cave-in into a national spectacle. Brutal, prescient, and bleaker than noir—it's media cynicism at its most savage.
Classic film noir
35mm screening
Media satire
Darkly cynical
Tips
🎙️writer A. S. Hamrah introduces on Jan 31st
Ace in the Hole
Lower East Side


Billy Wilder's 1951 masterpiece flickers in 35mm as Kirk Douglas plays a washed-up reporter who turns a man's cave-in into a national spectacle. Brutal, prescient, and bleaker than noir—it's media cynicism at its most savage.
Classic film noir
35mm screening
Media satire
Darkly cynical
Tips
🎙️writer A. S. Hamrah introduces on Jan 31st
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