Arts
Sundance Film Review: Tigerland
Tigerland Sundance Film Festival Director: Ross Kauffman In both Eastern and Western imaginations and art, the tiger has always been a symbol of beauty and power. As their numbers dwindle in the wild, many people are moved to help their cause. Tigerland follows two parallel tiger conservation efforts: in far east Russia where Pavel Famenko
Sundance Film Review: Judy and Punch
Judy and Punch (Australia) Sundance Film Festival Director: Mirrah Foulkes In 16th century Seaside, a town that is nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) are the main source of entertainment. Their puppet shows require synchronized choreography, but Punch seems to be the one taking all the credit
Sundance Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
This documentary explores (some of) his love of Marianne Ihlen, with whom he was in an open relationship for many years and who is thought of as his muse. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The opening scenes of The Last Black Man in San Francisco were enough to take my breath away. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Infiltrators
The Infiltrators is the stirring documentary cum dramatization about how members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) helped aid in halting various deportations from the U.S. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Sister Aimee
Sister Aimee Sundance Film Festival Director: Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann The story of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, as told by the film Sister Aimee, claims to have 5 1/2% truth to it. The historically accurate 5 1/2% is this: Sister Aimee was a wildly popular evangelist who founded the Four Square Church in the
Content Shifter: 8 Sober TV Series to Stream
Here are eight series that deal with the concept of sobriety to stream in February while sucking down shaky tumblers of club soda. … read more
Gathering Music: The Library’s Process of Preserving Local Histories
The SLUG local music archive, along with the Downtown library’s own collection of local music, is now available to the public via the Main Library. … read more
Cities and The Sky – Yang Yongliang’s salt 14
Utah Museum of Fine Arts exhibition, fully titled salt 14: Yang Yongliang, is a series of six internally lit landscape photographs and one huge 4K video. … read more
Ririe-Woodbury Breaks New Ground: the live creature and ethereal things
This piece has truly been a local collaboration, and a chance to create a multi-genre happening that is truly of Salt Lake. … read more
Creature Feature: Brook Neilson (Is Garbage)
Brook has spent years working to understand herself and has continually pushed herself to connect with others through her art, the unique way in which she experiences the world. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Gathered in a theater in Staten Island, members rap group Wu-Tang Clan reminisce the circumstances that brought them into fame. … read more
