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Author of “The Films of Hirokazu Koreeda: An Elemental Cinema,” Linda Ehrlich (left) poses with Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (right).

Hirokazu Koreeda Film Series reflects on “The Truth”

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor • October 15, 2020
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda doesn’t speak French, but audiences watching his 2019 film “The Truth” might never know that.
Panelists discussed the George A. Romero archive, which is now fully open to the public, and the resources students can use on Oct. 9.

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.
The ReelQ LGBTQ+ film festival opens virtually Thursday with “Monsoon,” starring Henry Golding from “Crazy Rich Asians.”

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.
The Center for Creativity is hosting its first One Minute Film Festival, a competition designed to get Pitt students to create films of 60 seconds or less.

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

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
“All In: The Fight for Democracy” is available on Amazon Prime Video.

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.
“The Devil All the Time,” now streaming on Netflix, is directed by Antonio Campos and based on Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel of the same name.

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, a popular movie theater in Squirrel Hill, reopened Aug. 28 after being closed since mid-March.

Manor Theatre reopens with new renovations

By Annabelle Walter, For The Pitt News • September 15, 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

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.
Richard Ricci passed away on July 15 at age 80, almost exactly three years after the death of his friend, “Living Dead” director George A. Romero.

Remembering Richard ‘The Rev’ Ricci: Pitt alum and spiritual force behind ‘Night of the Living Dead’

By Charlie Taylor, Culture Editor • August 25, 2020
Ricci provided inspiration, friendship and the occasional spiritual guidance to his fellow filmmakers.
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