Utah’s Filmmaking Future – The Artist Foundry

Utah’s Filmmaking Future – The Artist Foundry
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There’s a communal sense of work that goes into a film, whether it’s a short or feature, and the Artist Foundry is an eclectic mix of all the people who can help make that happen, from actors and writers to video editors and cinematographers. … read more

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program
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Salt Lake City’s Spy Hop is a nonprofit organization based around after school programs that promote high school students finding their voices. Whether it’s through video game design, music/audio or film, there’s something available for every student. … read more

Changing the Narrative – Diana Whitten of Film Fatales Utah

Changing the Narrative – Diana Whitten of Film Fatales Utah
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Vessel is one part of Whitten’s repertoire as a director, and she is also an influencer within the organization Film Fatales, whose Utah chapter she established. … read more

Ode to Ed’s – Publik Ed’s

Ode to Ed’s – Publik Ed’s
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Since Big Ed’s opened in 1968, more students have drowned their (over-) workloads into tap beers, fucked-up conversation and more bowls of chili than any human is capable of conceiving. … read more

Aquaman

Aquaman
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Aquaman is fun, but as I’ve said in the past, you have to modify your brain to sleep mode and enjoy the silliness, as it can be preposterously idiotic at others. No one walking into the theater should expect anything more than underwater soldiers riding sharks, seahorses and whales while engaged in heavy combat. … read more

Dualist – A Film-Production Company Keeping Art in Artists’ Hands

Dualist – A Film-Production Company Keeping Art in Artists’ Hands
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Dualist produces small-budget, independent films nationwide. Wigham is the founder of Big Cartel, a tech company based in SLC that helps independent artists create websites to sell and market their merchandise. … read more

Beer of the Month: Ferda

Beer of the Month: Ferda
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A tall 16-oz. aluminum can showcases Ferda’s sleek label design with the classy moniker T. F. Brewing. The proper glassware is a slam dunk. … read more

Slamdance Festival 2019 – Markie in Milwaukee

Slamdance Festival 2019 – Markie in Milwaukee
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This documentary follows Markie Wenzel, a transgender woman and former fundamentalist Baptist preacher, on her journey discovering her gender identity. It begins with her initial transition then, as the strain of rejection from church and family wear on her, the process of de-transitioning. … read more

Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat

Skate Photo Feature: Shylio Sweat
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Coincidentally, Shylio Sweat, Jerome Farrell and I ended up in Richfield on the same weekend. While showing them my old “spots,” we went to the now-closed Kmart to check out the old loading dock. … read more

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – The Vast of Night

Slamdance Film Festival 2019 – The Vast of Night
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Aside from radio, much of the film revolves around the exploration of then-newfound technology—tape recorders, broadband interference and fluorescent lights. This plot point provides The Vast of Night with a timely message. … read more

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker
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Rebecca Baker is a librarian and grad student. She is a paper and print maker, and has her own zine called That Smarts. … read more