Film Review: Roofman

Film Review: Roofman
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Roofman tells the wild but true story of a former U.S. Army paratrooper and devoted father who turns to an unusual life of crime in the early 2000s. … read more

Film Review: A House of Dynamite 

Film Review: A House of Dynamite 
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A House of Dynamite is a good film that is severely hampered by coming at a time when the world is stranger and scarier than doomsday fiction. … read more

Jennifer Lopez’s Spidey Sense is Tingling in Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jennifer Lopez’s Spidey Sense is Tingling in Kiss of the...
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Jennifer Lopez sees the story of Kiss of the Spider Woman as one of finding love and humanity in the most brutal of places. … read more

Series Review: The Summer Hikaru Died

Series Review: The Summer Hikaru Died
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The characters are unique and nuanced, the art is beautiful and the story pulls you in with each reveal. … read more

Man of Action Joshua McGillis and the Haymaker Film Festival

Man of Action Joshua McGillis and the Haymaker Film Festival
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Haymaker’s programming balances international submissions with Utah talent, something McGillis feels strongly about fostering. … read more

Play Review: Just Add Water

Play Review: Just Add Water
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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

Film Review: The Long Walk
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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

Film Review: The Smashing Machine

Film Review: The Smashing Machine
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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

Matthew McConaughey Drives The Lost Bus
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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’s Final Recitation of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”
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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

Inaugural Orem Film Festival Debuts Ten Local Shorts

Inaugural Orem Film Festival Debuts Ten Local Shorts
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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

Film Review: One Battle After Another

Film Review: One Battle After Another
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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