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Weekend Watchlist | Into The Future

By The Pitt News Staff • February 24, 2022

Film and television has looked to answer questions about what the future will look like for decades, and today The Pitt News staff are listing our favorite depictions of the future, good, bad and weird.

Author Tina Horn discusses representation of sex work in post-apocalyptic fiction

By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer • November 11, 2020

Horn said she hopes "SFSX" is one of the many stepping stones that helps other sex workers into the media and film industry, where they can tell their own stories uninhibited.

Weekend Watchlist | Weird World of Science Fiction

By The Pitt News Staff • September 24, 2020

This weekend, our streaming recommendations all fall under the sci-fi umbrella. Maybe someone will shoot a Zoom blockbuster after quarantine’s over?

“Annihilation” renovates past sci-fi thrillers

By Derek Wagner | For The Pitt News • February 27, 2018

As my friend and I walked out of the theater after seeing Director Alex Garland’s new film “Annihilation” — both trying to wrap our heads around what we had just witnessed — my friend said, “I...