Óliver Laxe and the Journey of Sirāt

Óliver Laxe and the Journey of Sirāt
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In Óliver Laxe’s film Sirāt, grief, spirituality, despair and hope all converge in one hypnotic desert odyssey. Sirāt serves as both a quest and a metaphor. … read more

Patience is A Virtue For Ernest Harden Jr, and There’s Virtue in Patients

Patience is A Virtue For Ernest Harden Jr, and There’s...
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Ernest Harden Jr. has spent decades building the kind of career where audiences often recognize the face before they remember the name. … read more

Inside the Mission of Utah Film Center: A Conversation with Mariah Mellus

Inside the Mission of Utah Film Center: A Conversation with...
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Mariah Mellus doesn’t just hope for the future of the Utah Film Center, she hopes people can feel like they can make their film from start to finish in Utah. … read more

Film Review: Hoppers

Film Review: Hoppers
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With Hoppers, Pixar delivers perhaps its most gleefully unhinged non-sequel in years — a high-concept eco-comedy that barrels forward on chaotic energy and heart … read more

Film Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Film Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
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Nirvanna The Band’s most recent scheme has them pretending to be from the future; only somehow, Johnson and McCarrol send themselves back in time to 2008. … read more

Director Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor

Director Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor
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The Perfect Neighbor chronicles the shooting of a Black woman by her white neighbor. For Gandbhir it’s been a fight for accountability and a vessel for healing. … read more

How Savannah Ostler Went Through Hollywood and Back with Buster Brooks

How Savannah Ostler Went Through Hollywood and Back with Buster...
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With Buster Brooks, Ostler tells a story about chasing Hollywood dreams while proving that those dreams don’t have to be confined to a single zip code. … read more

Film Review: Blades of the Guardians

Film Review: Blades of the Guardians
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Blades of the Guardians is a bracing reminder that we can get great action at a reasonable price, it’s just made in China. … read more

Film Review: How to Make a Killing

Film Review: How to Make a Killing
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How to Make a Killing is a splendidly entertaining film that requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief and some suspension of conscience — though the latter is allowed in at the right moment. … read more

Teresa Sanderson and the Spell Cast by Becky Nurse of Salem

Teresa Sanderson and the Spell Cast by Becky Nurse of...
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When Pygmalion Productions chose to stage Becky Nurse of Salem, it was more than a season selection — it’s part of an ongoing mission. … read more

The Belated Valentine’s Edition of Secondhand Screenings

The Belated Valentine’s Edition of Secondhand Screenings
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The films for this Valentine’s edition of Secondhand Screenings show some extent of the “moral imperative” that most lovers have in yearning for one another. … read more

Film Review: Send Help

Film Review: Send Help
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A hilariously gruesome gore-fest brought together with amazing leads and energetic direction makes Send Help the perfect film to fill this time of year. … read more