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SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show 2025
DESCRIPTION:October marks the official start of spooky season. Once again\, The Lindsay is getting into the Halloween spirit right away. \n\n\n\nThe Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival‘s Thriller Picture Show will soon return to The Lindsay for the third consecutive year. Presented by Image 987 Productions and What Sleeps Beneath\, this annual event offers audiences a wide variety of thrilling features and short films from around the world. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Thriller Picture Show will take place from Oct. 2-5 and also include a Dark Date Night on Thursday\, Oct. 9. This year’s lineup includes everything from a twisted tale about influencers to a new horror comedy from Tina Romero\, George Romero’s daughter. \n\n\n\nTickets are currently on sale for each feature screening and short film block. Filmgoers can purchase All Festival Passes (including Dark Date Night access) for $35\, Single Day Passes for $15 or individual feature/short block tickets for $11. Queens of the Dead and Demons are not included in either the All Festival Pass or Single Day Passes. \n\n\n\nHere’s everything you need to know about this year’s seasonally appropriate Thriller Picture Show offerings: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 2 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBizarre Bazarre Block\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m. | 15min | Horror\, Thriller\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2025 Thriller Picture Show will open with a block of three character-driven shorts: \n\n\n\n• The Second Floor is a psychological thriller from director Jackson Bonds. It follows a young man facing extraordinary challenges during a brothel visit. \n\n\n\n• The Convent\, directed by Cole Rawson\, is a horror-thriller about a girl going through immense effort to convince a ritualistic cult that she still remains faithful. \n\n\n\n• Mallory is director Jaime Meyers’ portrait of a man who learns that some things should remain hidden while searching for his missing daughter. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Bizarre Bazaar Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrind\n\n\n\n8 p.m. | 1h 24min | Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Mark Cantu\n\n\n\nStars: Kelsey Rhea\, Brian Ceponis\, Molly Souza\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFans of locally made horror may recognize Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Mark Cantu as the director of 2021 slasher Massacre Academy and 2023 creature feature Wolf Hollow. \n\n\n\nHis latest project\, Grind\, is a horror-thriller about a group of college students who accidentally unleash cosmic horror after unearthing a cursed movie during a grindhouse film festival. All it took was pressing play on The Creeping Chaos to release uncontrollable mayhem. \n\n\n\nCantu co-wrote the script for Grind with Brian Bell and Brian Ceponis. Ceponis\, a local actor and co-founder of Western Pennsylvania production company RedSlate Films\, co-stars alongside a cast that also includes Kelsey Rhea\, Molly Souza and Stanton Rutledge. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Grind\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 3 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKick the Can\n\n\n\n11 a.m. | 1h 30min | Comedy\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Jim Menza\n\n\n\nStars: Kristin Auge\, Jack Burr\, Niko Caponigro\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKick the Can is a lighthearted crime comedy from writer-director Jim Menza. The title evokes both a classic children’s game and a renowned episode of The Twilight Zone. This Milknose Films production comes with a tantalizing tagline: “Some games\, you play for keeps.” \n\n\n\nThe film is centered around a man who sets out on a 24-hour adventure to save a woman’s life. Along the way\, he meets a plethora of chaotic characters and finds himself in consistently strange situations. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Kick the Can\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHitman: The Slaughter\n\n\n\n12:40 p.m. | 1h 28min | Thriller\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Seth Nardo\n\n\n\nStars: Ian Falcone\, Frank Ripoly\, Steve Nardo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis crime-thriller’s title is also a pretty good description of what’s in store for moviegoers. Director Seth Nardo’s film follows a group of dangerous individuals as they engage in … well\, the things hitmen do. \n\n\n\nNardo is a 24-year-old Ohioan making his directorial debut with Hitman: The Slaughter. Between the film’s content\, its setting and colorful characters\, a good alternate title for this film may have been Once Upon a Time in Ohio. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Hitman: The Slaughter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Muscle\n\n\n\n2:20 p.m. | 1h 20min | Thriller\, Crime\n\n\n\nDirector: Ryan Halasz\n\n\n\nStars: Ryan Halasz\, Stephen Caruso\, Eric Cerbo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Muscle is another-crime thriller that would make a great double feature with Hitman: The Slaughter. Ryan Halasz wrote\, directed and stars in this film about a guy with a big heart who gets caught up in a life of crime. \n\n\n\nRon (Halasz) witnesses a murder\, which eventually leads to him discovering the truth about his father’s death. It’s far beyond what Ron could have ever imagined. He must choose revenge or forgiveness—even as he grapples with some pretty extreme violations of trust. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for The Muscle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrenzy Moon\n\n\n\n3:50 p.m. | 1h 21min | Horror\n\n\n\nStars: Alyssa Grace Adams\, Aaron Krygier\, Kayla Malika\n\n\n\nDirector: Gregory Lamberson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou probably could’ve guessed by the title that this is an old-fashioned werewolf flick. Gregory Lamberson wrote and directed this creature feature about six graduate students and a mysterious stranger battling a pack of ferocious man-beasts in a secluded cabin. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Frenzy Moon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDark Funhouse Block\n\n\n\n5:20 p.m. | 2h 2min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHorror fans\, this is the short film block for you! \n\n\n\n• Bealtaine: Two otherworldly companions entertain a special guest as they celebrate their annual Celtic tradition of Bealtaine. Directed by Roland Keller. \n\n\n\n• Tasty Tongue (from Taiwan): A-Zhe\, who constantly curses others\, encounters a mysterious and beautiful woman. He soon realizes that something is amiss after she tries to feed him roasted tongues. Directed by Pearl Zheng. \n\n\n\n• The Dark: After a sudden tragedy\, a young woman purchases a candle that allows her to contact the dead. Directed by Brandon Diaz. \n\n\n\n• The New Blood: A woman starting a new job at a small town mall finds it complicated by a mysterious man who may have a connection to her past. Directed by Pittsburgh-area filmmaker Adam Morgan. \n\n\n\n• Trim the Barley: A photo shoot becomes a lesson on modern farming techniques. Directed by Joshua Thomas. \n\n\n\n• Real Dead: A whirlwind of bloody twists and turns await when a man comes home to propose on Valentine’s Day. Directed by Paul Pilcz.  \n\n\n\n• Pennsylvania Leaf Blower Massacre: In this film trailer parody\, three youngsters are helpless against the demented whims of a would-be landscaping company that turns roadside travelers into compost\, elaborate garden sculptures—and worse. Directed by John Morgan and Jonathan Frost. \n\n\n\n• Infernalis: In a remote 19th-century pioneer village\, suspicion spreads when a newborn vanishes under mysterious circumstances. Directed by Naomi Wildermuth. \n\n\n\n• Crisis Point (from Romania): A former soldier travels through a toxic post-apocalyptic environment in search of a cure for a virus that strips the afflicated of their humanity. Directed by Valentin Raileanu. \n\n\n\n• The Balloon: A downtrodden mechanic lives in a deteriorating paradigm\, but there is more than meets the eye when the past and present converge. Directed by local filmmaker Stephanie Swift. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Dark Funhouse Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQueens of the Dead\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m. | 1h 39min | Comedy\, Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Tina Romero\n\n\n\nStars: Katy O’Brian\, Jack Haven\, Jaquel Spivey\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis new horror-comedy was co-written and directed by zombie cinema royalty. Tina Romero\, a veteran filmmaker and vice president of the George A. Romero Foundation\, is the daughter of late Night of the Living Dead auteur George Romero. \n\n\n\nHer latest directorial effort recently won an Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival. Romero and comedian Erin Judge co-wrote this bloody romp about a zombie outbreak in Brooklyn. An eclectic group of drag queens\, club kids and frenemies at a warehouse party must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty\, scrolling undead. \n\n\n\nQueens of the Dead boasts a talented ensemble that includes Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)\, Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow)\, Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story)\, Riki Lindhome (Knives Out)\, Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls). \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Queens of the Dead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 4 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDead\, White and Blue\n\n\n\n10 a.m. | 1h 30min | Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: Mike Davis\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDead\, White and Blue is a fascinating moviemaking experiment. Director Mike Davis recycled footage from more than 300 stock and public domain films and injected his creation with brand new storylines and dialogue. \n\n\n\nThis sci-fi satire follows a rogue FBI agent who is forced to partner with the United States Army to defeat the Ku Klux Plan. In an attempt to go mainstream\, the KKK has modernized and gone high tech with flashy new promotional videos\, clothing and an evil plot to plunge the country into a race war—with a shrink ray. \n\n\n\n“I made this film as if it was the last one I’d ever do\,” says Davis. “It’s a comedy\, a satire\, a surreal absurdity\, and ideally an inspiration to independent filmmakers and creators everywhere who are working with limited resources and great imaginations.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Dead\, White and Blue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeird Adventures Block\n\n\n\n11:40 a.m. | 1h 51min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis shorts block is a fun mix of live-action and animated fare: \n\n\n\n• Boxes for Rox (animation): Awareness is the first phase. Directed by Directed by Chelsey Raegen Knapp. \n\n\n\n•  Rusty Pipe: Four characters gather in an old dark warehouse to exchange a mysterious object in a high-stakes transaction. Directed by Robert Obin and Roberto Joy. \n\n\n\n• Lord of All Future and Space: When a duffle bag explodes int existence over the Nevada desert\, Dyson Wheeler—set to be hanged—seizes his chance at escape. Directed by Chris Paul Russell. \n\n\n\n• Waiting on You: When their world begins to crumble\, the characters in a sitcom realize their reality may not be all that it seems. Directed by Emilia Brewer. \n\n\n\n• The Itch: A young man awakens in an unfamiliar apartment only to find himself under surveillance—and decaying rapidly. Directed by Gordon Phillips. \n\n\n\n• Homie: When a man realizes his “smart home” device is manipulating him to commit murderous acts\, he must find a way to regain control over his life. Directed by Kevin John Henry. \n\n\n\n• Howl If You Love Me (animation): Jim is dating Jane\, who is a werewolf. Drama emerges when Jane is put in danger and Jim is forced to make a decision that will transform his life. From Academy Award-nominated director John Dilworth. \n\n\n\n• APT 44: A young woman moves into a new apartment but hears strange noises. She finally realizes what has been banging on the door all this time. Directed by Laura Musgrave. \n\n\n\n• Tina 7X4 (United Kingdom): A very unusual upgrade causes a robot to be inhabited by a spirit. Directed by Colin Swinfin. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Weird Adventures Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe School Duel\n\n\n\n1:40 p.m. | 1h 35min | Thriller\n\n\n\nDirector: Todd Wiseman Jr.\n\n\n\nStars: Kue Lawrence\, Christina Brucato\, Oscar Nunez\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAre you a fan of films like The Hunger Games or Battle Royale? Then you’ll be right at home with The School Duel\, a thriller set in a near-future Florida. \n\n\n\nSammy (Kue Lawrence)\, a tormented 13-year-old\, is recruited to participate in a deadly\, statewide competition known as “The School Duel.” As he takes the battlefield\, Sammy slowly starts to understand what’s at stake. The film’s cast also includes Christina Brucato (The Menu) and Oscar Nunez (The Office). \n\n\n\n\nTickets for The School Duel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwisted Treats Block\n\n\n\n3:25 p.m. | 1h 41min\n\n\n\nThese shorts are not for the faint of heart: \n\n\n\n• It Gets Closer: After spitting out his medications\, Todd comes face to face with the thing keeping him awake at night. Directed by Matthew “Gray” Strack. \n\n\n\n• Where the Shadows Feast: After decades of men\, women and children vanishing into the darkness\, a detective and mother must follow her child’s voice into the shadows. Directed by Aaron Cabrera. \n\n\n\n• Impish: A confused religious student wants to make sure he isn’t being misinformed about the supernatural. Directed by Eric von Laudermann\, a student at Community College of Allegheny County. \n\n\n\n• RIP Advisor (Switzerland): A man obsessed with rating every tiny detail of his life realizes he doesn’t truly feel anything. Directed by Ludovic Matthy. \n\n\n\n• What Hides in Us: Looking to rebuild their relationship\, Emma and Ben find themselves terrorized by what hides inside them. Directed by Derek Hughes and Samantha Garzon. \n\n\n\n• Devil’s Playground: In the quirky\, suburban neighborhood of Devil’s Playground\, multiple children—including Molly’s daughter—have gone missing. Directed by Halle Sullivan and John Steele. \n\n\n\n• Looker: Anna learns she is inexplicably cursed to melt away when not being perceived and must go to greater and greater lengths to be seen. Directed by Max Kaplan. \n\n\n\n• Sanitorium (Spain): Overview: In the world of entertainment and mass media\, ethics is sometimes just another obstacle. Directed by Bruno Martinez. \n\n\n\n• Dying of the Light: Two sisters tend to their mentally ill mother in the midst of an apocalypse. Directed by Justin Gorun. \n\n\n\n• Bishop’s Day: Two college coeds break into the long-abandoned Bishop’s Barbershop for a night of fun. However\, they’re not alone. Directed by Christopher Kelly. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Twisted Treats Block\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMondo Hollywoodland\n\n\n\n5:15 p.m. | 1h 34min | Comedy\, Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirector: Janek Ambros\n\n\n\nStars: Chris Blim\, Alex Loynaz\, Alyssa Sabo\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJames Crowell\, the Oscar-nominated star of films like Babe and L.A. Confidential\, produced the sci-fi comedy Mondo Hollywoodland. \n\n\n\nDirector and co-writer Janek Ambros shot this entire film on an iPhone. A groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the fifth dimension journey through Hollywood to find the true meaning of “Mondo.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Mondo Hollywoodland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDemons\n\n\n\n8 p.m. | 1h 28min | Horror\n\n\n\nDirector: Lamberto Bava\n\n\n\nStars: Urbano Barberini\, Natasah Hovey\, Karl Zinny\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis Italian classic is celebrating its 40th anniversary! Demons\, directed by Lamberto Bava\, was produced and co-written by famed horror master Dario Argento. \n\n\n\nA random assortment of guests are given free tickets to a mysterious film screening. They quickly find themselves trapped in the theater alongside a horde of ravenous demons. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Demons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOCT. 5 SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpelonk\n\n\n\n11 a.m. | 1h 10min | Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirectors: Desmond Denton\n\n\n\nStars: Jenny Umbhau\, Greg Kriek\, Scot Cooper\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpelonk is a sci-fi feature from South African director Desmond Denton. The Cape Town-set film takes place in 2044\, after the world has been ravaged by climate collapse and social upheaval. It was heavily inspired by “Day Zero\,” a massive drought that led to a water crisis throughout South Africa during the late 2010s. \n\n\n\nAt the film’s heart is Dante\, a disillusioned bounty hunter grappling with moral dilemmas associated with hunting rebels. His fateful encounter with Ophelia\, a rebel leader with secrets that could change the world\, sets the stage for a thrilling\, emotional journey of redemption and revolution. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Spelonk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCultivated Chills Block\n\n\n\n12:20 p.m. | 2h 9min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis shorts block contains quite a few international thrills and chills: \n\n\n\n• The Alert (France): After a journalist receives dangerous political information from a coworker\, he faces a tough decision: broadcast it\, or run for his life. Directed by Pascal Gonçalves. \n\n\n\n• Hunter Loading: A social media post about a soldier’s homecoming party goes horribly wrong when his friend insists on telling him about his girlfriend’s infidelity. Directed by Sasa Numic. \n\n\n\n• Patterns (Canada): A woman struggling with intrusive thoughts attempts to solve a jigsaw puzzle. Directed by Tomasz Nunes.  \n\n\n\n• It Doesn’t Pass: A man manifests an entity to guide him through a difficult night. Directed by Dan Lopez. \n\n\n\n• Islander (Portugal):  On an isolated island\, a woman is followed by a mysterious figure that torments her as she tries to uncover the mystery behind her husband’s disappearance. Directed by Margarida Saramago. \n\n\n\n• The Burden of the Oath (Mexico): A dedicated and ethical doctor receives an unexpected visit that places him in a complicated situation. Directed by Alan Calderon-Villarreal. \n\n\n\n• Confrontation (France): Maxime\, a 17-year-old\, must face her greatest fear while visiting a police station. Directed by Marie Abbenanti and Sandy Pujol Latour. \n\n\n\n• Room Service: Victoria battles vivid intrusive thoughts as she comes off her antidepressants. Directed by Nieves Garcia Perchin. \n\n\n\n• Granted: A working-class student in a prestigious academic fellowship program forms a friendship with a privileged peer—until an unexpected turn of events turns their partnership into rivalry. Directed by Kaia Chambers. \n\n\n\n• The Invisible Finish Line: Is it possible to make 100 sales in nine hours? That’s for a cryptic boss to know and his employees to find out. Directed by Cyrus Choi. \n\n\n\n• The World’s Worst Porn Film: What was supposed to be a historic porn movie shoot turns into a disaster. Directed by Pat Battistini. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Cultivated Chills\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast Block on the Fest\n\n\n\n2:40 p.m. | 2h 5min\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDo you like a quirky short? Then step right up!  \n\n\n\n• The Act: A man makes an irrevocable choice after his daughter’s tragic death. Directed by Lance Parkin. \n\n\n\n• Saint James: A young man becomes obsessed with becoming a sailor after a failed suicide attempt. Directed by Luke J. McDonough. \n\n\n\n• Nemesis: A man tells his therapist about multiple incidents of being stalked by a masked figure who may be connected to his past. Directed by Dylan Cole Black. \n\n\n\n• Distant Blueshift (Singapore): A young boy ventures into the realm of AI-driven virtual communication\, believing his father to be on a faraway space station. Directed by Aloysius Ong. \n\n\n\n• The White Feather (Canada): In 1915 Belgium\, two Canadian soldiers are isolated and under attack by German snipers. Directed by Jacob Puiras. \n\n\n\n• Belleville: A phone call echoes through time\, weaving past and present into a chilling memory. Directed by Béla Baptiste. \n\n\n\n• Lavenza (Canada): When Lavenza\, a 19th-century noblewoman\, overhears her husband complaining about her looks\, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting body parts from all the women he desires. Directed by Lauren Eden. \n\n\n\n• Flat Song: Two drifters stumble into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle rustlers. Directed by Christiana Charalambous. \n\n\n\n• Plumber Landlubber: When a group of kids finds a treasure map\, they’ll play pirates for the last time. Directed. by Noah Weisel. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Last Block on the Fest\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUh…I’m Sorry\, Please Forgive Me\n\n\n\n4:55 p.m. | 1h 33min | Dark Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: Estevan Morin\n\n\n\nStars: Eva Prevost\, Luc-Olivier Boutet\, Julianne Boucher-Telmosse\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUh…I’m Sorry\, Please Forgive Me is the English title for the Canadian film Desole\, Pardon\, Je m’excuse. Eva Prevost stars in director Estevan Morin’s dark comedy as Ella\, who enjoys watching torture videos online. \n\n\n\nElla enjoys her hobby so much that she decides to kidnap someone herself. She quickly realizes\, though\, that the situation is more fraught (and much stranger) than she ever could’ve anticipated. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Uh … I’m Sorry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond the Drumlins\n\n\n\n6:30 p.m. | 1h 35min | Horror\, Sci-Fi\n\n\n\nDirector: Daniel W. Bowhers\n\n\n\nStars: Michael Kowalski\, Emma Jessop\, Morgan DeTogne\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBeyond the Drumlins is a sci-fi/horror extravaganza from director and co-writer Daniel W. Bowhers. Fellow co-writer Michael Kowalski also stars as Jonathan Rust\, a professor leading an expedition to find a suitable dig site for the archeology department’s latest field work course. \n\n\n\nThe trip presents a rare opportunity for Jonathan to get his hands dirty\, and success could result in publication—or even tenure. The plan is quickly derailed when a member of the team mysteriously vanishes. Soon\, the group finds themselves at the intersection of reality and the afterlife in a harrowing descent into madness. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Beyond the Drumlins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfluencers\n\n\n\n8:15 p.m. | 1h 50min | Horror\, Thriller\n\n\n\nDirector: Kurtis David Harder\n\n\n\nStars: Georgina Campbell\, Jonathan Whitesell\, Cassandara Naud\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nInfluencers is the pulse-pounding sequel to writer-director Kurtis David Harder’s 2022 psychological thriller Influencer. Cassandra Naud returns to the role of CW\, a murderous young woman with a particular disdain for social media stars. \n\n\n\nThe action in Influencers moves from Thailand to Southern France. Charlotte (Barbarian star Georgina Campbell)\, another social media sensation\, unwittingly finds herself in CW’s crosshairs after becoming a vacation irritant. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Influencers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDARK DATE NIGHT SHOWTIME AND TICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder My Skin\n\n\n\nOct. 9\, 7 p.m. | 1h 25min | Horror\, Drama\, Supernatural\n\n\n\nDirectors: Jonas Larson\, Caleb Marks\n\n\n\nStars: Carter Sirianni\, Alex Schultz\, Reagan Kelly\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDirectors Jonas Larson and Caleb Marks just completed Under My Skin in June. Their supernatural horror-drama begins with two brothers cleaning out their childhood home following their father’s death. While there with their wives\, they encounter parts of their past and present that haunt them. \n\n\n\n\nTickets for Under My Skin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me!
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SUMMARY:Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the release of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album at The Lindsay!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets Here!\n\n\n\n\nTaylor Swift has conjured another October surprise. Are you ready for it? \n\n\n\nWe will play Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl Friday through Sunday\, Oct. 3-5. Based on the crowds for The Eras Tour film\, we know all too well that sellouts are likely. \n\n\n\nTaylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl shares the exclusive world premiere of the music video for The Fate of Ophelia\, along with behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot\, brand new lyric videos\, and Taylor Swift’s never-before-seen personal reflections on songs from her 12th studio album\, The Life of a Showgirl.  \n\n\n\nTickets are on sale now at the pre-set price of $12 each. No passes will be accepted for this film. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay became a popular Taygating destination during The Eras Tour. This time\, expect music and photo opportunities either in The Lindsay’s Community Room or in front of the Theater\, weather permitting.
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/the-official-release-party-of-a-showgirl/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Robert Redford Classics
DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is celebrating a Hollywood legend by showing three of his most important films. \n\n\n\nRobert Redford passed away last month at age 89. Among his many accomplishments\, Redford starred in Best Picture winners The Sting and Out of Africa; directed Best Picture winner Ordinary People; appeared in a variety of beloved films\, from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to All the President’s Men; co-founded the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival; and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. \n\n\n\nTo celebrate his incomparable legacy\, The Lindsay will play three Redford classics multiple times between Monday\, Oct. 6 and Thursday\, Oct. 16. Here are quick primers on The Sting\, The Way We Were and Out of Africa: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sting\n\n\n\nPG | 2h 9min | Crime\, Drama\, Comedy\n\n\n\nDirector: George Roy Hill\n\n\n\nStars: Robert Redford\, Paul Newman\, Robert Shaw\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sting reunites the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid trio of director George Roy Hill and stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Redford plays con man Johnny Hooker\, who is out for revenge against mobster Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) for murdering his best friend. He and master con artist Henry Gondorff (Newman) construct an elaborate ruse to take Lonnegan for all he’s worth. \n\n\n\n“The Sting is pure gold\, the kind of movie that dreams of sophisticated entertainment are made on\,” declares New York Magazine. The film’s central con “makes for some of the funniest\, most outrageous\, suspenseful and surprising moments” in cinema history\, raves the Los Angeles Times. \n\n\n\n“It’s a triumph of quality Hollywood craftsmanship. … The Sting overflows with warmth and nostalgia. Newman\, Redford and Shaw are in top form.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for The Sting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Way We Were\n\n\n\nPG | 1h 58min | Romance\, Drama\n\n\n\nDirector: Sydney Pollack\n\n\n\nStar: Robert Redford\, Barbara Streisand\, Bradford Dillman\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Way We Were is one of seven collaborations between Redford and director Syndey Pollack. It stars Barbara Streisand as Katie Morosky\, a politically active young woman who strikes up a relationship with Hubbell Gardiner (Redford). Despite their differences\, they marry and desperately try to keep their love alive. \n\n\n\nThis searing romantic drama “stays afloat because of the chemistry between Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford\,” praises The New Yorker. \n\n\n\nPollack’s film\, featuring Oscar-winning Marvin Hamlisch music\, “says things that no one else has dared to say in a major Hollywood movie\,” The Hollywood Reporter proclaimed in 1973. The always game Redford exudes “icy\, dangerous charm.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for The Way We Were\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOut of Africa\n\n\n\nPG | 1h 58min | Epic\, Drama\, Romance\n\n\n\nDirector: Sydney Pollack\n\n\n\nStar: Robert Redford\, Meryl Streep\, Klaus Maria Brandauer\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOut of Africa won seven Oscars at the 1986 Academy Awards\, including Best Picture\, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Based on the life and memoirs of Danish author Isak Dinesen\, this epic drama set in early 19th-century Kenya follows the blossoming romance between a wealthy baroness (Meryl Streep) and rugged big-game hunter (Redford). \n\n\n\n“Never has a country been more lovingly photographed” than Kenya in director Sydney Pollack’s “vibrant\, lush movie\,” applauds the New York Daily News. Pollack’s multi-Oscar winner is “an old-fashioned\, intelligent\, thoughtful love story\,” Roger Ebert wrote in 1985. \n\n\n\n“Out of Africa is a great movie to look at\, breathtakingly filmed on location. It is a movie with the courage to be about complex\, sweeping emotions\, and to use the star power of its actors without apology.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for Out of Africa
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/robert-redford-classics/
CATEGORIES:Classics
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SUMMARY:Alfred Hitchcock Classics
DESCRIPTION:There’s a chill in the air\, and The Lindsay is leaning into spooky season vibes with two films from the Master of Suspense himself. \n\n\n\nAlfred Hitchcock is a Hollywood legend with a filmography that includes all-timers like 1940’s Rebecca\, 1954’s Rear Window\, 1959’s North by Northwest\, and 1963’s The Birds. His films earned 46 Academy Award nominations\, including five Best Director nods. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay is playing the Hitchcock classics Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960) multiple times between Friday\, Oct. 17 and Thursday\, Oct. 30. Here’s everything you need to know about these gripping psychological thrillers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVertigo\n\n\n\nPG | 2h 8min | Thriller\, Mystery\, Romance\n\n\n\nDirector: Alfred Hitchcock\n\n\n\nStars: James Stewart\, Kim Novak\, Barbara Bel Geddes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVertigo stars Indiana\, Pa.\, native James Stewart as John “Scottie” Ferguson\, a San Francisco detective with a crippling fear of heights. An old friend hires Scottie to trail his wife\, Madeleine (Kim Novak)\, on suspicions of strange behavior. Scottie becomes increasingly obsessed with Madeleine over the course of his investigaton. \n\n\n\n“Alfred Hitchcock tops his own fabulous record for suspense with Vertigo\,” declares The Hollywood Reporter. “To watch this movie as it should be seen is too primal an experience to miss\,” The Washington Post wrote of viewing Vertigo in a movie theater. \n\n\n\n“Do yourself an aesthetic favor: Take the plunge. You’ll love the fall all the way down.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for Vertigo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPsycho\n\n\n\nR | 1h 49min | Horror\, Thriller\, Drama\n\n\n\nDirector: Alfred Hitchcock\n\n\n\nStar: Anthony Perkins\, Janet Leigh\, Vera Miles\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPsycho remains the gold standard for cinematic horror. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is a secretary on the run with stolen money. She checks into a motel run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)\, a seemingly innocuous guy harboring a twisted secret. \n\n\n\nHitchcock’s most famous film is also his “most brilliantly directed shocker\,” proclaims the Los Angeles Times. Nobody thought The Guardian was exaggerating in 2010 when it called Psycho “the best horror film of all time.” \n\n\n\n“After half a century of terror\, Psycho is still ensuring that no one feels safe in the shower.” \n\n\n\n\nTickets and Showtimes for Psycho
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/alfred-hitchcock-classics/
CATEGORIES:Classics
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SUMMARY:Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay’s next Emerging Filmmakers Showcase will celebrate one of this region’s longest-running creative collectives. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase will take place at The Lindsay on Sunday\, Oct. 19\, from 1-5 p.m. Carnegie Screenwriters first formed in 1998 and since has grown to include writers\, filmmakers\, film artists\, actors\, teachers and students from Western Pennsylvania\, Ohio and West Virginia. These days\, Carnegie Screenwriters has participants based in California and as far away as Australia. \n\n\n\nTheir 2025 showcase will feature 10 short films created by Carnegie Screenwriter members. This event is free\, and The Lindsay recommends that all prospective attendees use the form below to RSVP in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 10 shorts that will be shown on Oct. 19 are: \n\n\n\n• The Glass Hour: While on a missing persons case\, a Pinkerton detective quickly learns that you are never truly alone while traveling in the American Old West. Directed by Clayton Petrella. \n\n\n\n• Odyssey: In the wake of a global pandemic\, a young soldier struggles through a hostile landscape to reunite with his wife. Directed by Bob Scott. \n\n\n\n• Amy: A couple meets for coffee and a special date. Directed by Bob Scott and written by Bob Skywark as a tribute to his college sweetheart. \n\n\n\n• Edges: A wife grieves the loss of her husband while reminiscing about their favorite holiday tradition of building gingerbread houses. Written and directed by Delaney Hathaway. \n\n\n\n• Lucky Charms: A superstitious young man tells his best friend about an awkward first date. Directed by William Gleeson and written by Samir Tanay. \n\n\n\n• The Burglars: Two friends decide to rob a house\, but they aren’t prepared for what’s in store for them inside. Directed by Zack Miller. \n\n\n\n• The Hammer-Handed Hitchhiker: A group of teens encounter a deadly urban legend while on spring break—and find out what it means to really get hammered. Directed by Alyssa Pearson. \n\n\n\n• Midnight: A gay couple decide to experiment with an open relationship. Can their love survive it? Written and directed by T.R. Wilkinson. \n\n\n\n• A Little Glass of Rum: After grieving the murder of his wife and son\, a prison guard dines with the killer during his last meal. Directed by Lauren Keller. \n\n\n\n• Dick Dong in the Mysterious Case of the Voluptuous Vampire: Special Agent (and overall cool guy) Dick Dong is called in to solve a string of mysterious murders—while looking very cool\, of course. Directed by Josh Poe. \n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        \n                            Carnegie Screenwriters Showcase October 19\, 2025 Reservation Sign Up\n                             \n                        \n                        FacebookThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        Number of Tickets(Required)Phone Number(Required)Email(Required)\n                            \n                        Any Special Accommodations (Seating Accessibility\, etc.)?\n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me!
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/carnegie-screenwriters-showcase-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Film Festivals,Free Events
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SUMMARY:Emerging Filmmakers Showcase: 'BATSH*T'
DESCRIPTION:The Lindsay is celebrating Halloween this year with an Emerging Filmmakers Showcase that’s chock-full of locally made frights and delights. \n\n\n\nBatsh*t is an indie horror-comedy that was inspired by genre favorites like Evil Dead\, Beetlejuice and A Nightmare on Elm Street. It follows an alcoholic who accidentally takes a hallucinatory drug and enters a nightmarish new world. \n\n\n\nThe Lindsay will be showing Batsh*t on Thursday\, Oct. 30\, at 7 p.m. This screening will be immediately followed by an in-person Q&A with director and co-writer Todd Wolfson\, star Jerry Pietrala and editor Karl O’Janpa. The event is free\, and The Lindsay recommends that all attendees use the form below to RSVP in advance due to space limitations. \n\n\n\nWolfson\, a Pittsburgh native and founder of production company Just Buried Entertainment\, is making his feature directorial debut with Batsh*t. The film stars Pietrala as Felix Darby\, a lost soul on a mind-altering journey. Along the way\, Felix encounters oddities such as a friend talking in tongues\, his roommate turning into an 8-bit character\, a talking killer cherry pie\, being haunted by his own ghost and much more. \n\n\n\nWolfson has been working on BatSh*t since 2018. He co-wrote the script with David Ogrodowski\, a veteran local filmmaker and actor who also appears in the film. The largely Western Pennsylvania-based cast also includes Tiffany Kemp\, Mikhail Tot\, Edward Pfeifer\, Nexus Lyons\, Samantha Ainsworth\, Brian Ceponis and Ben Dietels. \n\n\n\nBatsh*t is a mostly live-action film that also contains wild sequences involving both 2D and 3D animation\, stop-motion effects\, claymation—and even puppets! Be prepared for what Wolfson describes as a “very zany and original” cinematic experience. \n\n\n\n“This is a very important film to me\,” Wolfson says. “It’s jam-packed with a lot of Pittsburgh’s most talented actors. Batsh*t is a wildly entertaining dark comedy with a fantasy twist\, and it’s extremely independent to the core!” \n\n\n\n\n                \n                        \n                            Emerging Filmmakers Showcase BATSH*T October 30\, 2025 Reservation Sign Up\n                             \n                        \n                        NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        Number of Tickets(Required)Phone Number(Required)Email(Required)\n                            \n                        Any Special Accommodations (Seating Accessibility\, etc.)?\n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick Me!
URL:https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/emerging-filmmakers-showcase-batsht/
CATEGORIES:Community Partnerships,Emerging Filmmakers,Free Events,Guest Speaker
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