Column | Shocked but not horrified at the Academy’s nominations
By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 16, 2020
This is another in a long line of horror movies getting completely ignored by one of the most prestigious awarding bodies in the world.
Review | Cat(s) fight : A movie that transcends critique
By Emily Wolfe, Contributing Editor
January 8, 2020
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Hooper’s film adapts has always been a bizarre creature of the ’80s — music and lyrics heavily inspired by a collection of T.S. Eliot poems, structured around an idea that’s referred to by some generous people as the show’s “plot.”
Review | Cat(s) fight: The scariest horror movie of 2019
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
January 8, 2020
What do you get when you cross Pittsburgh’s annual furry convention with an uninspiring cohort of vain and vacuous celebrities? Tom Hooper’s new “Cats” movie.
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” captures the spirit of Mr. Rogers
By Thomas Wick, Senior Staff Writer
November 21, 2019
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is a compelling film, featuring one of Tom Hanks’ best performances as the late television personality Fred Rogers.
Column: “Rent,” 23 years later
By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
“Rent” is, in many ways, the “Hamilton” of the ’90s. Like “Hamilton,” “Rent” contained themes of rebelling against a corrupt system, featured a purposely diverse cast, and was an incredibly popular show.
Don’t give “Last Christmas” your heart
By Matthew Monroy, Staff Writer
November 13, 2019
“Last Christmas,” named after the Wham! song of the same name, centers on Kate (Emilia Clarke, in her first post-“Game of Thrones” role,) a scattered, George Michael fangirl.
“Ford v. Ferrari:” not your average sports movie
By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer
November 11, 2019
In the same way that “Joker” is a comic book movie made with all the trappings of the types of films we’ve come to expect around awards season, “Ford v Ferrari” is a sports movie that is shot, acted and scored like an Oscar-bait film.
“Jojo Rabbit” says nothing new about Nazis
By Kieran Mclean, Senior Staff Writer
November 5, 2019
“There’s not much hope of us winning this war,” Rebel Wilson says to a group of Hitler Youth at summer camp at the start of “Jojo Rabbit.”
Dig deep with the Arkhaios archaeology film festival
By Charlie Taylor, Staff Writer
November 4, 2019
The Arkhaios Film Festival came to the Frick Fine Arts building Saturday and Sunday, screening a series of nine documentaries focused on archaeology and cultural heritage.
“Harriet” tells the story of Harriet Tubman — but little else
By Thomas Wick, Senior Staff Writer
October 28, 2019
It seems that the only way filmmakers are able to get nominated for an Academy Award is to release their film in the late fall, which only makes my job harder. One of those potential award nominees is the biopic “Harriet,” based on the life of the slave abolitionist Harriet Tubman.