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The People’s House

As the state of New York enters a new era of reform, energetic and popular figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and Charles Evan Hughes seize the reins of power. Yet, less scrupulous men still wait in the shadows, hoping for an opportunity to turn back the clock and line their own pockets- along with those of their benefactors.

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The Mansion on Eagle Street

A chronicle of the political wars waged in the state of New York, and a history of the grandiloquent mansion in which the winners lived during the Gilded Age and the following Progressive Era, 1875 - 1913. The first of two installments.

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Chicanery, 1960 Part VI

The final installment of our Chicanery, 1960 series. Vice President Nixon certifies the controversial vote tally after months of fraud allegations. JFK is inaugurated, and the United States enters a new, strange era.

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Chicanery, 1960 Part V

Southern “Dixiecrats” plot a faithless coup as certification of the 1960 U.S. presidential election approaches. At the same time, in the newly confirmed state of Hawaii, confusion complicates the final tally.

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Chicanery, 1960 Part IV

Back in Chicago, Sam Giancana’s murky career in organized crime is put under a microscope, as is his potential connection to Kennedy’s electoral victory in November, 1960.

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Chicanery, 1960 Part III

Prior to his electoral victory in the fall, JFK out-maneuvers Senator Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic nomination in June 1960. Within Johnson’s past, questions are raised about the ethics of the Texas Democratic Party.

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Chicanery, 1960 Part II

In the decades of American history leading up to the election of 1960, Richard J. Daley fights his way up from the working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport, Chicago to the mayor’s office. Meanwhile, the Republicans start digging for any sign of voter fraud in Illinois following Nixon’s narrow defeat.

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Chicanery, 1960

At the start of the 1960s, Richard Nixon lost a presidential election to John F. Kennedy. Not told as often, and rarely in any significant detail is the story of what happened immediately after. Exhausted from the grueling campaign, the candidates took a back seat while their party leaders battled it out on the national stage. Allegations of fraud, handshake deals made in smokey back rooms- fifteen years after the end of World War II, the United States of America takes its first shaky steps into an uncertain future.

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The Possessed

A writer spends his winter vacation in a small lakeside town where he once had relations with a hotel maid. When the locals tell him that's she's committed suicide under suspicious circumstances, he begins his own investigation.

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Winter’s Children

All alone in a harsh, frozen land, a former slave attempts to outrun her past. Meanwhile, an aging soldier with an insaitable lust for vengeance nips at her boot heels.

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Funny Ha Ha

After graduating from college, Marnie (Kate Dollenmayer) struggles to find her purpose while dealing with unrequited feelings towards her friend Alex (Christian Rudder), a soul-crushing desk job and the general mundanities of young adulthood, all while fending off advances from her neurotic co-worker Michell (Andrew Bujalski).

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The Asphalt Jungle

Released from prison, an aging criminal mastermind (Sam Jaffe) gathers a team of small-timers, including “hooligan” Dix Handley (Sterling Hayden), a safecracker (Anthony Caruso) and a crooked lawyer (Louis Calhern). The heist goes off without a hitch until someone catches a stray bullet and the gang finds themselves entangled in a web of deceit and murder…

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The Internet: Feel Good

The Internet, an R&B band that spawned out of L.A. rap collective Odd Future, has released four studio albums to date. Their bold debut, Purple Naked Ladies, their follow-up Feel Good, Ego Death, which earned them a Grammy nomination, and their triumphant return after a brief hiatus, Hive Mind.

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Challengers

Challengers is a 2024 sports drama, directed by Luca Guadagnino, written by Justin Kuritzkes, and starring Zendaya, Josh O’ Connor and Mike Faist. The plot concerns Tashi Duncan, a former tennis player turned coach, who helps her husband, Art Donaldson make his career comeback by becoming a Grand Slam Champion.

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