Parallel Lines: Comforting Discomfort

Posted on February 6, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Fiona Barney, “Ant Project: Park” from Comforting Discomfort.

Comforting Discomfort allows us space to reconsider the boundaries of self-care, the importance of empathy and the value of the familiar. … read more

Profound Pronouns: Jess Couser’s Pro Bono LGBTQ+ Legal Representation

Posted on February 6, 2020 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Jessica Couser practices being an active ally to the LGBTQ+ Community by using her law degree and experience to help trans people change their identity legally.

Jess Couser offers her legal services to LGBTQ+ individuals as they endure the tedious process of changing their identiy. … read more

Film Review: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Posted on February 7, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

As it stands, Birds of Prey is neither DC’s best or worst film—it’s just another disposable effort that fails to live up to its promises. … read more

Inclusion Experience Project: Why Utah leaders need to value vulnerabilty

Posted on February 6, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Inclusion Experience Project’s Sara Jones, James Jackson III, Shawn Newell and Sui Lang L. Panoke provide tools for local businesses and their leaders to champion diversity.

As Utah continues to boom, Inclusion Experience Project will carry on responding to the need for comprehensive, compassionate training in the community. … read more

The Present is Female: The 2020 Womxn’s March

Posted on January 23, 2020 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

This 2020 Womxn’s March saw people all over the country raising their voices against ongoing injustices against women, and Salt Lake was no different. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Bastards’ Road

Posted on January 27, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Bastards’ Road is a film portraying a sense of hope in veterans creating their own network, breaking down the stigma of struggling with PTSD and reaching out to one another. … read more

Slamdance Film Review: Murmur

Posted on January 24, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Murmur screens at the 2020 edition of the Slamdance Film Festival

Writer-director Heather Young approaches the themes of love, loneliness and dependence from a different angle in her award-winning feature debut, Murmur. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Killing of Two Lovers

Posted on January 27, 2020 (September 28, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Arri Graham, Ezra Graham, Clayne Crawford, and Jonah Graham appear in The Killing of Two Lovers by Robert Machoian, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Oscar Ignacio Jiminez. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

Really, all of the actors of The Killing of Two Lovers do a great job. The writing, however, keeps its semblances of story low to the ground and linear. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Ironbark AKA The Courier

Posted on January 31, 2020 (September 28, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Ironbark explores diplomacy, patriotism, virtue, and bravery, but above all else, the film reminds us of the simple humanity at the center of every conflict.

The audience shifted nervously in their seats as mushroom clouds blossomed and Cold War events unfolded in Dominic Cooke’s Ironbark. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Summertime

Posted on January 25, 2020 (September 28, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Raul Herrera, Jason Alvarez, Benet Benton, Amaya Blankenship, Tyris Winter, Gordon Ip, Lydia Ip, Maia Mayor, and Marquesha Babers appear in Summertime by Carlos Lopez Estrada, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by John Schmidt. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

Summertime Sundance Film Festival Director: Carlos López Estrada Opening with a girl wearing roller skates, singing poetry into her guitar on a pier in Venice Beach, Summertime establishes the plot as a snapshot in the day of a life of different teens and young adults around Los Angeles. There are many characters in the story,

Film Review: Dolittle

Posted on January 20, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. as the famously eccentric doctor and veterinarian.

Dolittle isn’t going to be winning any awards, but if you’re looking for a fun, fast-paced family movie, you could do a lot worse. … read more

Book Review: Recipe for Chaos

Posted on January 21, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Recipe for Chaos is Zack Matheson's fourth novel that features detective Lincoln Coulter as he investigates the murder of a celebrity chef.

In Recipe for Chaos, readers get another visit from protagonist Detective Lincoln Coulter as he investigates the murder of celebrity chef Renny Shepherd. … read more