Month: October 2025
Local Review: The Midnite Judges — Verdict
Verdict by the Midnite Judges is a great soundtrack for Halloween decorating, costume prep or holding down the fort at the house and handing out candy. … read more
Film Review: Bugonia
With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos once again asserts his singular blend of absurdity, melancholy and moral inquiry, crafting a world where human behavior feels alien. … read more
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The Fashionable, Fabulous Phantasm That Is the Bodacious Bosco
Ahead of her frightfully fantastic performance at The Haunted Dollhouse show — hosted by Ms. Meredith — I talked to Bosco to uncover her center-stage persona. … read more
Hayden Pedigo @ The Parker Theatre 10.26.2025
Hayden Pedigo’s signature fingerpicking style has taken over my life again this year with the release of I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away. … read more
Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts
These films remind us that short doesn’t mean small and that big ideas can come from the unlikeliest places. … read more
Review: Ashes and Diamonds — Are Forever
Ashes and Diamonds is the new project from Daniel Ash, Bruce Smith and bassist Paul Spencer Denman. Are Forever is a record defined by driving rhythms. … read more
Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player doesn’t demand your attention like Conclave did, but there’s a big difference between not quite great and not good at all. … read more
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Film Review: Stitch Head
I don’t want to oversell this one and make anyone rush out expecting a “Pixar in its prime” level masterpiece by any means, because Stitch Head certainly isn’t on that level — but does it really have to be? Check your snobbery at the door and enjoy this utterly joyful little monster piece. … read more
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Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
The boldest choice that sets the film apart from so many others in the genre is that it puts more time into the quiet, thoughtful moments of artistic creation than on fitting in as many can’t-miss sequences that showcase energetic performances of classic songs. … read more
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Wednesday @ Soundwell 10.20.2025
Wednesday put on a show that culminated into a showcase of the best that alt-country and indie rock have to offer. … read more
Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead
If the Man of Steel himself can be rebooted, so can Brandon Routh, and while headlining two new films this year, his priority has been to make you laugh. … read more
Lord Huron @ UCCU Events Center 10.21.2025
Lord Huron’s show was wonderfully curated to their sound. It was a stage cleverly riddled with rock faces hearkening to their recent album’s iconography. … read more
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