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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The film brings back the characters of the first film nearly a decade after its release, which saw massive success and an Academy Award win. -
The second act of the hit Broadway musical adaptation sees the return of stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as the wicked and good witch. -
The biographical drama tells the story of the Nuremberg Trials, which held surviving Nazi leaders responsible for their actions. -
Guillermo del Toro directs the landmark piece of cinema based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist who faces the consequences of his monstrous creation. -
Emma Stone plays a high-profile CEO who's kidnapped by two men who believe her to be an evil alien. -
The film is based on a true story of a teenage resistance fighter opposing the Nazi regime in hopes of discovering what being a good German really means. -
The immersive experience of a film features Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges. -
Freedom High School graduate Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson portrays a mixed martial arts champion in this biographical sports drama. -
This thrilling film features big names like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro, brought together by director Paul Thomas Anderson. -
The sports drama based on the true story of a grandfather who tried out for his college football team received a theatrical release after its premiere in 2023.
