Month: January 2024
![Sundance Film Review: Hit Man](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hit_Man-Still1-1-1024x576.webp)
Sundance Film Review: Hit Man
If you can tell yourself “it’s only a movie” and take it with a grain of salt, Hit Man is likely to be the most enjoyable two hours you’ll spend at the movies. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: Kidnapping Inc.](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kidnapping_Inc.-Still1_Samuel_Andri_and_Rolaphton_Mercure-1-1024x576.webp)
Sundance Film Review: Kidnapping Inc.
Spurred by the irony of the film’s subject matter, director Bruno Mourral persevered through unique challenges of filming in Haiti in order to finish the movie. … read more
![Sundance Interview: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SLUG-2024-How-To-Have-Sex-film-still-2-2-1024x576.webp)
Sundance Interview: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex
British Writer-Director Molly Manning Walker brought her narrative feature debut, How To Have Sex, to Park City this year, where—despite the chilly weather—it received a warm reception. … read more
![Sundance Film Review: Presence](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Callina-Liang-Presence.webp)
Sundance Film Review: Presence
Presence is less a movie than it is a gimmick, and while I’m all for Soderbergh making smaller films, this is the latest frustrating example of his tendency to go for volume above all else. … read more
![Emerald Project Co-Founder Nora Abu-Dan is Proud to be Palestinian](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/422-Ed-Nora-Abu-Dan-John-Barkiple-9407-e1706307921162-1024x759.webp)
Emerald Project Co-Founder Nora Abu-Dan is Proud to be Palestinian
Abu-Dan and Tashnizi founded Emerald Project to fight Islamophobia in Salt Lake City. … read more
![Mike Farnsworth: Building Community Across Two Worlds](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/422-Ed-Mike-Farnsworth-Evan-Hancock-10-1024x683.webp)
Mike Farnsworth: Building Community Across Two Worlds
Though Farnsworth is hesitant to call himself a leader, he says that the most important thing in both the hardcore and NMD communities is to lead by example. … read more
![People Over Property: Wasatch Tenants United Shows the Political Power of Community](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/422-Ed-Wasatch-Tenants-United-SRO-1024x683.webp)
People Over Property: Wasatch Tenants United Shows the Political Power...
Wasatch Tenants United (WTU), a volunteer-run organization advocating for dignified housing, exists to stop this pattern of discouragement in its tracks. … read more
![A Different Kind of LDS Trailblazer: Sebastian Stewart-Johnson Confronts Ignorance through TikTok](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sebastian-Stewart_9562-1024x683.webp)
A Different Kind of LDS Trailblazer: Sebastian Stewart-Johnson Confronts Ignorance...
After LDS leader Bradley Wilcox delivered a racist speech about Black church members, Sebastian Stewart-Johnson filmed a response video and posted it on TikTok. … read more
![SLUG Mag’s 35th Anniversary Party](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SLUG-2024-Annivarsary-Facebook-Header-820px-312px.jpg)
SLUG Mag’s 35th Anniversary Party
This year’s Anniversary Party artists couldn’t be more different from one another, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. Hope to see you there! … read more
![Sundance Film Review: Ponyboi](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ponyboi-Still1-1-1024x576.webp)
Sundance Film Review: Ponyboi
Ponyboi is a bold and transcendent performance that is screaming out to be seen, and if Hollywood is willing to look at Gallo, it could be a game changer. … read more