Author name: Steven Haines

We kick off a new full season of Essential Pittsburgh with an encore! Sheila Chamovitz is the Pittsburgh director behind two important but seldom screened 30-minute documentaries. In the 1970s, with Skokie: Rights or Wrong, Sheila examined free speech via the controversial events of the ACLU defending a Nazi march in a Jewish neighborhood. In […]

From mattress.org: Two public film screening series curated by Benny Shaffer and co-hosted by Pittsburgh Sound + Image will be presented as part of Summer School: State of the Sky, an interdisciplinary, arts-centered education program organized by artists Luke Stettner and Calista Lyon within the State of the Skyexhibition this summer. Taking the exhibition’s inquiry into atmospheres

Pittsburgh Sound + Image brings experimental filmmakers, performers and archivists Tara and Gordon back to Pittsburgh for a night of expanded cinema! In 97 minutes we’ll cross the multiverse of their bod(y)(ies) of work with works on Super 8, 16mm, and digital video. Experience How an apple kick is made The drama of a fruit

Kenji Mizoguchi’s UGETSU (雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari) is a ghost story with impeccable supernatural vibes and a hypnotic score. It’s been a canonical Japanese film for over 70 years. Does it hold up in 2025? Thanks once again to our friends at Kinonik in Portland, Maine, we’ll create the ideal experience for you to find out,

From mattress.org: Two public film screenings curated by Benny Shaffer and co-hosted by Pittsburgh Sound + Image will be presented as part of Summer School: State of the Sky, an interdisciplinary, arts-centered education program organized by artists Luke Stettner and Calista Lyon within the State of the Sky exhibition this summer. Taking the exhibition’s inquiry into atmospheres and

“We do not have cats, cats have us. Cats are our Gods, the most expansive and approachable of Gods, that goes without saying.” – Chris Marker Cats and short-form avant-garde film: a match made in heaven. The domain of avant-garde filmmaking is often a solitary one, with artists completing works by themselves or with a

“Queen of underground cinema” Sarah Jacobson’s lone feature-length film, Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore is THE essential 1990s riot grrrl b-movie sex ed flick. After an awful, uncomfortable first time, Mary Jane starts polling her movie theater coworkers about their own messy sex experiences. In the process, the film offers a sincere exploration of what virginity,

It’s long past time for PSI’s next game of FILMO! Let’s bring it back for our third anniversary! It’s a breakneck, 90-minute tour of the eclectic potential of our humble film archive. We’ll be speed watching films — 16mm, Super 8, and 8mm — and checking the titles off of our cards. With no film

Join PSI’s Director of Programming Steven Haines for a laid-back, down-home evening going through a mystery pile of 16mm films! Enjoy drinks and snacks and chat with fellow members at the same time. Ask questions, get involved in fixing issues, and maybe discover a masterpiece! At the Glitterbox Theater, 210 West 8th Avenue, West Homestead,

Over 90 years before Challengers, cinema audiences were treated to one of the more elegant and humane portraits of polyamory to ever grace the big screen. PSI favorite Ernst Lubitsch returns with another of his classics, Design for Living, presented from a 16mm print courtesy of our friends at Kinonik in Portland, Maine! Criterion writes,