Author: Sean Collier
Movie Review: The Valet
Hulu's refreshing romcom succeeds by avoiding some of the easy-laugh pitfalls.
Movie Review: Downton Abbey: A New Era
A lovely, well-made new chapter in the franchise makes for a pleasant night at the movies.
Things To Do This Weekend in Pittsburgh
Top Pick: Music all over the neighborhood in Millvale.
Collier's Weekly: In Pittsburgh – Air Conditioning Shouldn’t Be a Luxury
Summers are hot, and they’re getting hotter. It’s past time that air conditioning, like heating, was considered a requirement for Pittsburgh housing.
Movie Review: Firestarter
Stephen King adaptations are big at the moment. Unfortunately, this was the wrong story to revive.
Movie Review: Operation Mincemeat
This handsome but dull film isn't nearly as fascinating as the true story on which it's based.
On Location: Garden Theater
A monthly look at Pittsburgh’s starring role in the movies.
Places We Love: Noah's Ark at Kennywood
It is perhaps Kennywood’s most unlikely icon: a tilting, glowing funhouse based on Bible stories. And it’s the only one of its kind left in the world.
Collier's Weekly: Why Political Ads on TV Are a Waste of Your Time
No one among us — from endlessly informed political wonks to steadfastly uninterested social ostriches — is dumb enough to actually be convinced by these ads.
Movie Review: Along for the Ride
There's a place for teen dramas like this one, but do they have to be such a bummer?
Movie Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Director Sam Raimi returns to the superhero genre with a madcap, surprising caper.
Kenny Pickett to Steelers: Can It Get More Pittsburgh than That?
We’re trying to conceive of a more Pittsburgh moment than the Steelers’ first-round draft selection.
At 70, ‘Singing in the Rain’ Looks Better Than Ever
Patricia Kelly, widow of Hollywood legend Gene Kelly, talks about a new restoration of the timeless musical.
Local Sundance Hit ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Gets a Pittsburgh Premiere
The comedy, which was purchased by Apple, will have its hometown debut Thursday night as part of the JFilm Festival.
Movie Review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The spoof of Nicolas Cage's persona is exactly what you think it is, weirdness and all.
Places We Love: The Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill
Unlike many modern theaters, which are more than happy to bury you so deep in a recliner that you have to crane your neck to see your neighbor, the Manor offers a truly communal experience.
Spotlight: Going Back to the Plant at The Carnegie Museum of Art
An in-depth Carnegie Museum of Art exhibition of photography by Gordon Parks brings Pittsburghers inside a bustling grease plant — where your relatives may be waiting.
On Location: The Duquesne Incline
A monthly look at Pittsburgh’s starring role in the movies.
Movie Review: The Northman
The hotly anticipated Viking fable is a brutal and beautiful, if troubling, epic.
Wrestler Britt Baker is Back in the Ring and Back in Pittsburgh
She's also helping a local nonprofit combat an ongoing shortage of baby formula.
Collier's Weekly: The Pennsylvania Turnpike's Next Big Problem
Within a decade or so, the Turnpike will face an existential problem: It won’t be necessary. (It barely is now.)
Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
With a depressing, dull third chapter, the Harry Potter spinoff series has fully run out of steam.
