Second Annual Oscars Talk with Local Film Critics!
Get ready for Academy Awards season with some of Pittsburgh’s finest film critics and experts!
February 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Lindsay’s first Oscars Talk was so fun and informative that we’re bringing it back in 2026!
Amanda Waltz, a local journalist and former Pittsburgh City Paper arts & entertainment editor, will once again moderate a wide-ranging discussion and Q&A with a panel comprising Pittsburgh Film Critics Association members Lindsey Bahr (Associated Press), Sean Collier (Shady Ave Magazine) and Megan McLachlan (The Contending). Josh Axelrod, The Lindsay’s Director of Communications and an active PFCA member, will also be on hand.
This free and non-ticketed event will take place in The Lindsay’s Community Room on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. These professional critics and journalists will provide their thoughts on this year’s Oscars race, films that seem to be over- or underperforming with voters, their ideal Oscars scenarios and much more. They’ll then take audience questions.
Lindsey Bahr has been an Associated Press film writer and critic since 2014. While based in the Pittsburgh area, Bahr is a regular at Hollywood’s glitziest awards shows. Just last year, she was on the West Coast covering the Oscars live from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.
Sean Collier is the editor-in-chief of Shady Ave Magazine. He spent 15 years with Pittsburgh Magazine, most recently serving as its managing editor. He’s also a stand-up comic, co-founder of Vigilance Theater Group, co-host of The Number One Movie in America podcast, and a regular on WDVE and Pittsburgh Today Live.
Megan McLachlan, a former Awards Daily contributor, recently co-founded the awards advocacy site The Contending. Her work also has appeared in Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, The Cut, Paste, Thrillist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Washington Post.
The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association, formed in 2023 by 15 Western Pennsylvania-based critics, announced its second annual film awards earlier this year. Their Best Picture prize went to Sinners, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s Southern vampire thriller that’s also a major Oscars contender.
Hearing from these film aficionados might prove helpful to anyone planning to enter The Lindsay’s Annual Oscars Contest. The film buff who most accurately predicts the highest number of winners—matching the Academy’s Best Picture—will earn a non-transferable pass for free, unlimited movies for the rest of 2026! Stay tuned for details about this year’s Oscars Contest.
