Reel Steel News

Beyond the Cinerama Dome is a Pittsburgh-based publication and Pittsburgh, if you didn’t know, is the Hollywood of Appalachia.*

*This is a nickname I have given to the city, but I’m expecting it will catch on soon.

Tina Kakadelis 5/15/26 Tina Kakadelis 5/15/26

Solange Film Festival Kicks Off in Pittsburgh at Row House Lawrenceville

The second annual Solange Film Festival runs May 14-17 at the Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville.

Tina Kakadelis 5/13/26 Tina Kakadelis 5/13/26

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.

Tina Kakadelis 4/29/26 Tina Kakadelis 4/29/26

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.