Archives: Movies

Moundsville is the biography of a classic American town in the age of Trump. Told through the voices of residents, it sidesteps clichés — like opioids, coal, and Trump — and traces the town’s story from the Native American burial mound it’s named after, through the rise and fall of industry — including giants like Fostoria glass and the Marx toy plant (Rock’em Sock’em robots!) — to the age of WalMart and shale gas, and a new generation figuring it all out. By reckoning with deeper truths about the heartland and its economy, without nationalist nostalgia or liberal condescension, Moundsville plants seeds for better conversations about America’s future.

Jamario, Jaquan, Jailen, and Teague are teammates on the J.O. Johnson High School wrestling team in Huntsville, Alabama. Led by their passionate coach, they are trying to qualify for the State Championships but the pressures outside of the ring – emotional breakdowns, racial profiling by the police, teenage pregnancy – are mounting for each of the young men.

Legendary filmmaker Godard pieces together fragments and clips them from some of the greatest films of the past, then digitally alters, bleaches, and washes them, all in the service of reflecting on what he sees in front of him and what he makes of the dissonance that surrounds him.

A collection of live-action shorts that have been nominated for The 2019 Oscars.

A collection of animated shorts that have been nominated for The 2019 Oscars.

A collection of documentary shorts that have been nominated for The 2019 Oscars.

Day of the Western Sunrise is an animated documentary telling the true story of the crew onboard a fishing vessel who survived the Castle Bravo thermonuclear bomb test in the Pacific Ocean in 1954. This movie includes survivor interviews, beautiful animation, and was made by Pittsburghers!