Year: 2025
Series Review: The Summer Hikaru Died
The characters are unique and nuanced, the art is beautiful and the story pulls you in with each reveal. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
Man of Action Joshua McGillis and the Haymaker Film Festival
Haymaker’s programming balances international submissions with Utah talent, something McGillis feels strongly about fostering. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Interviews
Play Review: Just Add Water
What would we be without the Great Salt Lake? Matthew Ivan Bennett and Elaine Jarvik’s Just Add Water educates its audience on this reality, with a twist. … read more
Film Review: The Long Walk
Has the veil of the American Dream finally been destroyed? We walk the Long Walk. Others are left behind and we are punished for going back for them because they weren’t strong enough. … read more
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Review: Taylor Swift — The Life of a Showgirl
The Life of a Showgirl suffers from a bad case of shock-factor-laced lyrics, an unwelcome surprise for a woman who has wielded the English language like a sword. … read more
Film Review: The Smashing Machine
Though it often subverts your expectations of a sports film, The Smashing Machine devolves into a textbook sports picture as it nears its conclusion. … read more
Matthew McConaughey Drives The Lost Bus
McConaughey stars as a school bus driver whose personal life is overshadowed by the life-or-death task of shepherding 22 children through a raging inferno. … read more
Alex Caldiero’s Final Recitation of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”
Alex Caldiero has performed Ginsberg’s seminal long poem, “Howl,” every five years since 1995. This 30-year tradition will unfortunately terminate on Oct. 7. … read more
Local Review: Modifiers — Well Oiled Machine
This is a fast, tight and ultimately groovy punk record that gives a lot of reasons to be excited for whatever Modifiers does next and wherever that might bring them. … read more
Film Review: One Battle After Another
We may not be fighting a literal war today, the tension and division feel as real — and One Battle After Another is the film that speaks directly to this moment. … read more
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SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Nights of Secondhand Screenings
Your only salvation hums in the neon lights of the marquee. So lock the doors, check your candy and be very afraid… This is 31 Nights of Secondhand Screenings! … read more
Inaugural Orem Film Festival Debuts Ten Local Shorts
Ten films were screened at the Orem Film Festival, making up an impressive range of narrative and documentary shorts from both local and out-of-state artists. … read more
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