Authors: Max Bennion
SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings
Gather around the radiant glow of the box set and don your gay apparel, you little freaks, for a festive installment of Secondhand Screenings! … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
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
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
Secondhand Screenings Gone Wild!!!
I took a “by all means necessary” approach to this batch of Secondhand Screenings, as I tasked six writers to venture out and bring me back some bizarre showings. … read more
Slamdance Returns to SLC with Loud Love for Unstoppable Filmmakers
Though the Slamdance Film Festival has been programming the annual showcase of films made by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities since 2020, this is the first time they’re taking it on the road. … read more
A Word with Ellen Hopkins: Banned Together Film Highlights Banned...
My interview with Ellen Hopkins, the best-selling author of over a dozen YA novels, comes during yet another unprecedented moment in U.S. history. … read more
Film Review: Civil War
Civil War is intentionally unemotional, apolitical and apathetic toward the American identity. … read more
Film Review: Riddle of Fire
With so many charming kid performances, good vibes and slices of blueberry pie to go around, it’s disappointing that the ending leaves a bittersweet taste. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Skywalkers: A Love Story
Part-thriller, part-romance and part-heist film, Skywalkers performs a delicate balance of genres that pays-off with a climax that elicited two cheers and a standing ovation from its premiere audience. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead is a well-crafted re-contextualization of a familiar monster that ruminates on how to mourn loss when it’s staring you in the face. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Good One
Good One explores teenage girlhood as 17-year-old Sam embarks on a weekend in the Catskills with her father and his longtime friend. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Will & Harper
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele star in Will & Harper, where two lifelong friends embark on a cross-country road trip after one comes out as a trans woman. … read more
