15 Questions With Brandon Streussnig

"there's something romantic about those hard seats in a shitty old theater, back row with the projector humming above you"

Name: Brandon Streussnig
Location: New York
Occupation: Film Journalist
Links: Brandon’s writing, Twitter

1. What’s your favorite day & time to go to the movies?

As much as I love seeing movies with a packed crowd and feeling the flow of that vibrate throughout the theater, I have to say, few things are better than going to see a movie midday, midweek, in a sparsely attended showing. Something about sneaking in out of the daylight, having the theater to yourself, and getting lost in a movie feels unlike anything else. 

2. What’s your favorite movie theater?

My favorite theater is the Manor Theater in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It's not the same since COVID; they've had to change their programming to reflect bigger and more popular trends to stay afloat, but for most of my life, this was where I discovered so many arthouse, indie, and international films that my multiplexes weren't getting. It's a little four-screen theater that's been in operation for 90+ years and it's a…