text: With the closure of the nearby Squirrel Hill Theatre the Manor has become one of the few remaining neighborhood cinemas in Pittsburgh and about the only one showing a mix of mainstream movies and indie flicks The nearby Regent Square which I also like shows art indie and foreign flicks too but they do not show mainstream releases nnMy mom and I come here quite a lot Whereas my dad and I bond over music sports and bad jokes mom and I enjoy books museums cinema Notice I said cinema and not movies Now my girlfriends and I like action flix but that is another story Anyway Mom and I went here last night to see Beginners a terrific story starring Ewan MacGregor Melanie Laurent and Christopher Plummer Directed by Mike Mills no not he of REM fame the story is about how Oliver MacGregor meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna Laurent only months after his father Hal Plummer has passed away After years of marriage Hal had come out as a gay man nnThe Manor Theatre will not win any architectural awards especially on the inside It is an older theatre cut up into several auditoriums Still its Tudor exterior is charming But it is a good place to see a movie and the atmosphere here is far more relaxed than at the local megaplex