The screening of Elaine May’s "Mikey and Nicky" will include an introduction by Todd Berliner, Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Berliner is the author of "Hollywood Renegade: Elaine May, MIKEY AND NICKY, and the Making of a Masterpiece," and will be available to sign copies of his new book in the lobby following the event. Professor Berliner is also the founding chair of UNCW’s Film Studies Department and a recipient of two Fulbright Scholar awards.

Mikey and Nicky with Todd Berliner (Author)

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…