Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts

Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts
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These films remind us that short doesn’t mean small and that big ideas can come from the unlikeliest places. … read more

Review: Ashes and Diamonds — Are Forever

Review: Ashes and Diamonds — Are Forever
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Ashes and Diamonds is the new project from Daniel Ash, Bruce Smith and bassist Paul Spencer Denman. Are Forever is a record defined by driving rhythms. … read more

Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player

Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
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Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player doesn’t demand your attention like Conclave did, but there’s a big difference between not quite great and not good at all. … read more

Film Review: Stitch Head

Film Review: Stitch Head
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I don’t want to oversell this one and make anyone rush out expecting a “Pixar in its prime” level masterpiece by any means, because Stitch Head certainly isn’t on that level — but does it really have to be? Check your snobbery at the door and enjoy this utterly joyful little monster piece. … read more

 
 
Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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The boldest choice that sets the film apart from so many others in the genre is that it puts more time into the quiet, thoughtful moments of artistic creation than on fitting in as many can’t-miss sequences that showcase energetic performances of classic songs. … read more

Wednesday @ Soundwell 10.20.2025

Wednesday @ Soundwell 10.20.2025
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Wednesday put on a show that culminated into a showcase of the best that alt-country and indie rock have to offer. … read more

Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead

Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead
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If the Man of Steel himself can be rebooted, so can Brandon Routh, and while headlining two new films this year, his priority has been to make you laugh.  … read more

Lord Huron @ UCCU Events Center 10.21.2025

Lord Huron @ UCCU Events Center 10.21.2025
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Lord Huron’s show was wonderfully curated to their sound. It was a stage cleverly riddled with rock faces hearkening to their recent album’s iconography. … read more

Local Review: Jill Whit — I’ve Been Thinking About Me, Actually

Local Review: Jill Whit — I’ve Been Thinking About Me,...
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Whit’s newfound brand of radical tranquility indicates that she has found within herself the means to dance and groove a bit, while encouraging her listeners to do the same. … read more

Film Review: Blue Moon

Film Review: Blue Moon
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Blue Moon is a film for people who love words and the way they roll off the tongue to form a music of their own. … read more

Film Review: Frankenstein

Film Review: Frankenstein
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Del Toro’s Frankenstein draws inspiration from Mary Shelley’s novel but confidently deviates from it in major ways. … read more

SLUG Style: Litzi Estrada

SLUG Style: Litzi Estrada
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Aside from giving an in-depth look of SLC’s heavy metal scene as one of SLUG’s Senior Staff Writers, Litzi Estrada creates art in multiple mediums. … read more