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Film Review: Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Alton Barnhart

A man with chainsaw for a head and arms, riding a shark.

A triumph that was three years in the making, Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc is the complete cinematic experience: higher production value and top direction. … read more

Local Review: The Midnite Judges — Verdict

Posted on October 31, 2025 (November 13, 2025) by Braxtyn Birrell

Album art for Verdict by the Midnite Judges. Scraps of paper with srcibbles covering them on a dark background.

Verdict by the Midnite Judges is a great soundtrack for Halloween decorating, costume prep or holding down the fort at the house and handing out candy. … read more

Film Review: Bugonia

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Alton Barnhart

A women sitting up in a cot with a shaved head.

With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos once again asserts his singular blend of absurdity, melancholy and moral inquiry, crafting a world where human behavior feels alien. … read more

The Fashionable, Fabulous Phantasm That Is the Bodacious Bosco

Posted on October 30, 2025 (November 3, 2025) by Alton Barnhart

A lady standing in from of a white background.

Ahead of her frightfully fantastic performance at The Haunted Dollhouse show — hosted by Ms. Meredith — I talked to Bosco to uncover her center-stage persona. … read more

Hayden Pedigo @ The Parker Theatre 10.26.2025

Posted on October 30, 2025 (October 31, 2025) by Angela Garcia

Hayden Pedigo performed an intimate set at the Parker Theatre in Salt Lake City on October 26, 2025.

Hayden Pedigo’s signature fingerpicking style has taken over my life again this year with the release of I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away. … read more

Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Kyle Forbush

Four stills from some of the short films that premiered at the 2025 Utah Queer Film Festival.

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

Posted on October 29, 2025 (October 30, 2025) by Braxtyn Birrell

'Ashes and Diamonds' in white text followed by 'Are Forever' in red text on a black spiral background

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

Posted on October 29, 2025 (October 29, 2025) by Angela Garcia

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

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Kyle Forbush

A still from the 2025 animated film, Stitch Head.

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

Posted on October 28, 2025 (October 30, 2025) by Kyle Forbush

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the 2025 film, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.

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