Review: ‘Love, Victor’ wants pat on the back for half-hearted representation
By Nadiya Greaser, Staff Writer
June 24, 2020
It feels like the showrunners of “Love, Victor” read a bad review of “Love, Simon” and decided the solution to a boring movie about a white, wealthy, gay guy was a boring TV show about a nonwhite, working class, maybe-gay guy.
Staff Picks: Shows and movies for Pride Month
June 2, 2020
Pride Month looks like it will come and go without much in-person celebration this year, with major Pittsburgh Pride celebrations postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the LGBTQ+ community and its allies can’t spend the month of June physically together, our staff has compiled a list of the shows and movies that help bring us closer to the community and the issues that matter.
Pitt staff member featured on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” helps single mothers in need
By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer
May 12, 2020
For most people, a lunch break at work is a time to relax, but Ray Nell Jones, an administrative assistant in Pitt’s Office of Student Life, spends many of those breaks diligently cutting out coupons. These coupons are only a small part of Jones’ local nonprofit, the Alignment Chapter, an orga...
Mikey Day talks social distancing, SNL at virtual event
By Anna Ligorio, Staff Writer
April 16, 2020
During the Pitt Program Council’s first-ever live virtual interview, Day answered a series of questions over the course of an hour to an audience of about 45 people.
A quick rundown of HBO’s free content
By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer
April 15, 2020
With many people social distancing at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, HBO has made almost 40 movies, shows and documentaries free for streaming during the month of April.
Netflix stars talk “I Am Not Okay With This”
By Siddhi Shockey, Senior Staff Writer
February 20, 2020
The Pitt Film and Media Studies program hosted Sophia Bryant and Richard Ellis, actors from the upcoming Netflix series “I Am Not Okay With This.” The actors answered questions about their experiences during the production of the show.
“Sex Education” season 2 brings realness to teen relationships
By Siddhi Shockey, Senior Staff Writer
February 13, 2020
With its raunchy and sometimes cringeworthy opening scenes of failed attempts at sex and nuanced relationships, “Sex Education” offers a hilarious and sometimes deeply moving view of adolescence.
Review | Figure skater debunks Netflix’s newest drama ‘Spinning Out’
By Sarah Connor, Contributing Editor
January 14, 2020
A poster for the new Netflix show “Spinning Out” reads, “It may be cold, but there is no chill.” This might be the perfect way to describe the show, a drama about a 21-year-old figure skater.
Dr. Yusef Salaam brings “When They See Us” to life
By Diana Velasquez, For the Pitt News
October 3, 2019
“When They See Us,” a miniseries directed by Ava DuVernay and released on Netflix in May 2019, tells the story of the Central Park Five, five teenagers of color who were wrongly convicted for the rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park in 1989. Each and every one maintained their innocence until a confession from the true perpetrator finally came out in 2001
Crack open a cold one with Amazon’s “The Boys”
By Thomas Wick, Staff Writer
August 28, 2019
It’s fair to call “superhero” its own genre. And, like any genre, there is always going to be a film or TV show that deconstructs it. This year we got one such deconstruction in the Amazon Prime exclusive show “The Boys."