Review: ‘Time’ tells love story challenged by mass incarceration
By Nadiya Greaser, Staff Writer
October 19, 2020
The documentary, released Friday on Amazon Prime, follows Sibil Fox Richardson, a Black abolitionist, wife and mother of six as she fights to get her husband, Rob, released from prison.
Hirokazu Koreeda Film Series reflects on “The Truth”
By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor
October 16, 2020
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda doesn’t speak French, but audiences watching his 2019 film “The Truth” might never know that.
Honors College fights prejudice with the paranormal
By Sinead McDevitt, Senior Staff Writer
October 14, 2020
The Honors College is holding several events throughout the rest of the semester to celebrate its new “Horror Genre as a Social Force” scholar community.
Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ film festival celebrates 35th anniversary
By Beatrice McDermott, Staff Writer
October 6, 2020
ReelQ opens virtually Thursday with “Monsoon,” starring Henry Golding from “Crazy Rich Asians,” and continues until Oct. 17.
Keeping it short with the Center for Creativity’s One Minute Film Festival
By Siddhi Shockey, Senior Staff Writer
October 6, 2020
With everyone living in physically confined spaces, filmmakers have to get creative in how they approach their project, something the Center for Creativity has decided to take advantage of.
Review: “Antebellum” is mostly wasted potential
By Sinead McDevitt, Senior Staff Writer
September 20, 2020
“Antebellum” wants to be about the past and the legacy of slavery, even going so far as to open on William Faulkner’s quote, “The past is never dead, it isn’t even the past.” Unfortunately, the film, while thought-provoking in some ways, doesn’t quite stick the landing.v
Review: “All In: The Fight for Democracy” is a necessary, but dated, PSA
By Nadiya Greaser, Staff Writer
September 20, 2020
The documentary uses the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election as a case study for the systemic discrimination and voter suppression that it claims is happening in every state across the country.
Review: No rest for the wicked, or the audience, in ‘The Devil All the Time’
By Matthew Monroy, Senior Staff Writer
September 20, 2020
“Fighting the devil” is a common saying, usually heard orated from behind preachers’ lofty pulpits on Sunday mornings.
Manor Theatre reopens with new renovations
By Annabelle Walter, For The Pitt News
September 16, 2020
Manor Theatre, a popular theater on Squirrel Hill’s Murray Avenue, reopened Aug. 28 after closing in mid-March.
Pride for a Panther: Pitt remembers Chadwick Boseman
By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer
September 6, 2020
Boseman — who portrayed King T’Challa of Wakanda — was the first Black superhero to have his own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.