Pittsburgh is Beautifully on Display in First “How to Rob a Bank” Trailer
“Odds of owning home? Four out of ten. Odds of earning a six-figure salary? Two out of ten. But the success rate of armed robberies is nine out of ten.”
Pittsburgh Film Office Executive Director Dawn Keezer Opens Pittsburgh to the World
One might think the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Film Office would describe themselves as a film buff, but Dawn Keezer doesn’t. To be fair, while Keezer may not describe herself as a movie buff, she has her favorites.
The Greek Ties to Pittsburgh’s Movie Theaters of Yesteryear
My dad has always said that his favorite moviegoing memory is the open-air cinemas of Greece. Some of my earliest moviegoing memories are of the drive-in theater of my mom’s hometown of Carmichaels, PA, located sixty miles south of Pittsburgh. Neither of them can fathom how these life experiences led to this career and this article, but what none of us considered was Pittsburgh’s rich history of Greek cinemas.
Melissa Martin & Jim Tucker Capture Pittsburgh’ Magical Darkness in “Basic Psych”
It’s special when Pittsburgh is allowed to be unapologetically Pittsburgh on film. The beautiful gold bridges against the green hills, the winding roads into the suburbs, the place Melissa Martin and Jim Tucker call home.
Hansen Bursic Talks Advocacy and Documentary Work in Pittsburgh and Beyond
Hansen Bursic’s path to filmmaking started in self-described “god-awful narrative student films.” He was studying at Temple University under the impression that fiction would be the focus of his film career, but Bursic’s natural inclination to advocacy changed that path.