Author name: Steven Haines

Her name was Priscilla Comden, but everyone knew her as Tippi. She lived a cool life. As a filmmaker, she adopted the mononym “Ostishenko.” She and her husband Larry moved to Pittsburgh in 1967. Inspired by the expanded cinema of Expo ’67, the philosophies of Marshall McLuhan, and by the cresting tide of the counterculture […]

We present a program we’ve been talking about since the beginning of PSI, one which simply must be experienced on 16mm: an afternoon with films by Rose Lowder! Our friends at Light Cone write, “Lowder concentrated on the different ways one can modify the graphic and photographic visual features of the image as it transforms

Join us for a rare and resonant cinematic experience at The Frick Pittsburgh, inspired by “The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore” exhibition. We’re thrilled to present Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1925 silent masterpiece, “Master of the House.” A sharp-witted portrait of domestic life, brought to life with live musical accompaniment and a luminous 16mm film presentation.

Legendary psychedelic animator Jodie Mack visits Pittsburgh for the first time to share her films, sing karaoke, and blow your mind! Join us for a sampler platter of her filmmaking career: On 16mm prints from Canyon Cinema. It all takes place on Friday, September 19th at Carnegie Museum of Art at 7 PM! Total duration

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

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 Sky exhibition this summer. Taking the exhibition’s inquiry into atmospheres and

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,

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 ways of

“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