It’s not often that music legend Neil Young makes a stop in the red-state of Utah. It’s even more unusual that the 66-year-old Canadian came to Park City for two days, and didn’t even pick up a guitar. As part of this year’s Slamdance Film Festival, Young joined Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme in a lively, two-hour Q-and-A with indie filmmakers and fans to discuss their latest film, Neil Young Journeys. … read more
C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters @ Kingsbury Hall 01.28
If you’re familiar with the work of C.S. Lewis, then you’ve heard of The Screwtape Letters. It’s a classic tome based on a figurative book written by two demons. … read more
House of Party Rock Presents: Afrojack 01.19 @ Park City Live
Park City Live (located in the Main Street space formally known as Harry-O’s) opened their doors during the launch of Sundance Film Festival. Security in all black was at every corner, white flashes from photographers taking pictures and bright lights from the stage all set the mood for a special evening. Top of the line LCD screens, lasers and hot ass go-go dancers completed the mood. … read more
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Sundance-vet Stacy Peralta returned to the festival this year with his fourth documentary, Bones Brigade. Opening with a completely black screen and the sounds of polyurethane wheels again cement, Bones Brigade tells the story of the team by the same name, managed by Stacy Peralta, who eventually churned out some of the biggest and most influential names in skating. … read more
The Last Elvis
Part of the World Dramatic Competition, this Argentinian film was beautiful and complex. Set in Buenos Aires, “Elvis” Gutierrez (John McInerny) is a spot-on Elvis impersonator. … read more
Grabbers
Erin Island, a quaint little fishing village off the coast of Ireland, is a quiet place where everyone knows everyone and the cops have so little to do, they can get away with drinking on the job. … read more
Safety Not Guaranteed
“WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 91, Ocean view, WA. You’ll get paid after we get back. must bring your own weapons. SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED. I have only done this once before.” … read more
Bear
I’m not one to interject during movies, especially when I’m watching them alone, but I gasped a loud “Holy shit!” to the strangers in the audience as I watched Bear, the short film that preceded the screening of Safety Not Guaranteed at Sundance. … read more
Goats
In this coming-of-age story based on the novel Smart People by Mark Jude Poirier, Ellis Whitman (Graham Phillips) is a 15-year-old with a strange family dynamic. … read more
Room 237
Room 237 is Rodney Ascher’s experimental cinematic exploration into the mysterious theories and underlying messages buried within Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, The Shining. … read more
Black Rock
When three childhood friends who’ve grown apart over the years decide to spend a weekend camping together on a remote wooded island, it would appear their lives may have taken a turn for the better. But when an accident results in the death of a random acquaintance, the girls find themselves fighting for their lives far away from civilization. … read more
V/H/S
A group of pranksters who document their lives are hired via email to break into a home and steal a much desired VHS tape. Not ones to shy away from filming their illegal antics, the crew bring the audience along to witness the crime. However, upon arrival, a scattered collection of tapes are found, so, in order to locate the correct item, the criminals (and the members of the audience) must watch one horrifying tape after another. … read more
