Paul Willistein
Program HostPaul Willistein is Editor of the Lehigh Valley Press Focus section, a position he has held since 2008. He has received more than 30 Keystone Media state newspaper journalism awards and an Allentown Arts Commission Arts Ovation Award. He reviews movies and theater and writes features stories about arts and entertainment, news stories about municipal and school topics and takes photographs for Lehigh Valley Press newspapers and websites.
He has taught screenwriting and media studies at Northampton Community College. He was marketing and public relations director at The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. For 22 years, he worked at The Morning Call, where he was Features Editor, Arts Editor and Entertainment Editor. He worked for the former Bethlehem Globe-Times as Arts Editor, Night Editor and News Reporter. He studied American Studies and film-making at Syracuse University and attended Southern Lehigh High School.
He has written, directed and produced documentary films, some of which have been telecast on public television stations, and narrative fiction films, some of which have been shown in film festivals. He was host and producer of “Hot Splices,” a movie review-interview show; producer and co-host with Michael Gontkosky of ”The Movie Show,” a movie review show, and “Valley Arts,” a Lehigh Valley arts interview show, all telecast on RCN. He is a songwriter, having co-written “Do The Dutch (Hey Now)” with Steve Brosky and Mike Krisukas.
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Released in theaters for the 10th anniversary of the Broadway musical, Hamilton follows the story of the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury. -
The 50th anniversary re-relase of Jaws in theaters is worth experiencing for the iconic performances, lines, and thrilling cinematography. -
When all but one child from a class disappear on the same night, a group of community members are left to figure out what happened. -
The comedy fantasy film tells the story of a 10 year old's drawings of monsters come to life and threaten her, her classmates, and her family. -
The sequel to the 2003 film sees the return of Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in another body-switching comedy. -
Liam Neeson portrays a bumbling police officer in the fourth film of the action crime comedy franchise. -
The super quartet made famous in Marvel comic books returns to the big screen, this time played by Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn. -
A stellar voice cast brings the familiar blue creatures back to the big screen, becoming the latest installment in the series based on a Belgian comic book. -
Bryn Mawr native David Corenswet is the newest Man of Steel, flying with the newest DC Studios movie to number one for the second week in a row. -
Scarlett Johansson plays the expedition leader who takes a team to extract dinosaur DNA and runs into prehistoric trouble.
