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Night of the Living Dead (1968) newspaper spread.

A spooky history of the Steel City

By Charlotte Hurt, Staff Writer October 29, 2025

Pittsburgh would not be what it is today without its rich history of horror. The City’s spooky notability started after it became the backdrop for director George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living...

Maurice Greene and Tyriq Withers in ‘Him’ (2025).

Review | ‘Him’ fumbles its potential as a new classic of Black horror

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer October 29, 2025

In 2017, Daniel Kaluuya’s horrified gaze in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” captured audiences and critics and spurred what some call the Golden Age of Black Horror. “Us,” “Nope,” “Candyman”...

Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Jayme Lawson, and Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners (2025)

The best and worst of this year’s horror movies

By Sage Rosenfeld, Culture Editor October 29, 2025

2025 has been a huge year for the horror genre. With recent releases holding some of the top spots on the box office charts, there is some intense competition for new horror movies. It wasn’t just blockbusters...

Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another (2025).

Review | Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ is a modern declaration of the revolution

By Mia Carbone, Staff Writer October 14, 2025

Released to theaters nationwide on Sept. 26, “One Battle After Another” is the newest work from legendary American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is far and away his most ambitious. Loosely...

Dakota Johnson in "Materialists" (2025)

Heat check: This summer on screen

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer September 2, 2025

The sun’s out — why not sit in a dark theater?  As summer rolled by, studios filled the warm months with some of their biggest and boldest releases of the year. From what feels like the umpteenth...

Summer obsessions: a roundup of last season’s popular media

Summer obsessions: a roundup of last season’s popular media

By Sage Rosenfeld, Culture Editor September 2, 2025

The summer of 2025 brought along new songs we can’t stop singing, shows we can’t stop binging and controversies we can’t stop gossiping about. A few trends, both positive and negative, popped up...

Walnut Street in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh

A new student’s guide to Pittsburgh neighborhoods

By Grace Longworth, Managing Editor August 11, 2025
Pittsburgh is home to 90 distinct neighborhoods. While we can’t hope to cover them all, this helpful guide introduces new students to a few notable areas nearby their new homebase of Oakland.
Review | ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is enchanting in theaters and defies labels of ‘good’ and ‘bad’

Review | ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is enchanting in theaters and defies labels of ‘good’ and ‘bad’

By Thomas Riley, Contributing Editor April 8, 2025

I had been sitting in an IMAX theater at AMC Waterfront for an hour and ten minutes, watching Steve and his gang of Idahoan misfits journey to the Woodland Mansion, when it happened. Garrett, played...

Review | ‘Opus’ feels like a rush job

Review | ‘Opus’ feels like a rush job

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer March 30, 2025

Mark Anthony Green's “Opus” displays a lackluster plot despite brilliant performances. “Opus” leaves a confusing impression — a mix of awe and disappointment. With a cast led by stars Ayo Edebiri...

97th Academy Awards post-mortem: Should we replace the Academy voters with a poll on Letterboxd?

97th Academy Awards post-mortem: Should we replace the Academy voters with a poll on Letterboxd?

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer March 12, 2025

While blockbusters like “Dune: Part Two” and cultural phenomena like “Challengers” dominated at the box office and in the public’s hearts and minds, when placed in between years chock-full of...

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