Authors: Patrick Gibbs
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
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
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
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
Film Review: Eleanor The Great
Eleanor The Great succeeds as a star vehicle for its lead and an opportunity for Johansson to cut her teeth behind the camera, but only marginally so as a movie. … read more
Film Review: The Baltimorons
The Baltimorons is a pleasant and likeable little film that provides a refreshing alternative to a lot of the dark fare that tends to hit theaters in the fall. … read more
Film Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is in many ways more of an event than it is a movie. I know I’m going easy on it, but for me, it’s still an event to celebrate. … read more
Film Review: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is a proper end to a proper English melodrama, and it’s an entertaining diversion that I thoroughly enjoyed. … read more
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney Talk Twinless with a Twin
Twinless is a moving story of loss and the fragility of what we have to leave behind, as well as what stays with us forever. … read more
Film Review: Caught Stealing
Still, it’s hardly a crime to skip this one, and most audiences will be just fine letting Caught Stealing go right on by and feel no need to chase it down. … read more
Film Review: Eden
Eden isn’t a bad film, and if you’re nostalgic for the stodgy yet sexy Oscar-bait period dramas of the ‘90s-2000s, and the widescreen style, it’s worth a look. … read more
Matthew Chuang’s Epic Journey Shooting Chief of War
Matthew Chuang seemed like an unlikely choice to lens this grand tale, and is now being hailed for some of the most strikingly epic work ever to grace the small screen. … read more
