Spurred by the irony of the film’s subject matter, director Bruno Mourral persevered through unique challenges of filming in Haiti in order to finish the movie. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Kidnapping Inc.
Bold & Beautiful: Baby J
When Baby J was 19 years old, he convinced his older sister to go pole dancing for her birthday. He never expected it would lead him to a fulfilling career as a pole dancer, sensual movement artist and boylesquer. … read more
Queer Shakespeare: Plan-B Theatre’s Balthazar Reads Between the Scenes
On February 15, Plan-B Theatre Company will present the first ever showing of Balthazar, a riff on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. … read more
Sundance Interview: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex
British Writer-Director Molly Manning Walker brought her narrative feature debut, How To Have Sex, to Park City this year, where—despite the chilly weather—it received a warm reception. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Presence
Presence is less a movie than it is a gimmick, and while I’m all for Soderbergh making smaller films, this is the latest frustrating example of his tendency to go for volume above all else. … read more
Emerald Project Co-Founder Nora Abu-Dan is Proud to be Palestinian
Abu-Dan and Tashnizi founded Emerald Project to fight Islamophobia in Salt Lake City. … read more
Mike Farnsworth: Building Community Across Two Worlds
Though Farnsworth is hesitant to call himself a leader, he says that the most important thing in both the hardcore and NMD communities is to lead by example. … read more
People Over Property: Wasatch Tenants United Shows the Political Power of Community
Wasatch Tenants United (WTU), a volunteer-run organization advocating for dignified housing, exists to stop this pattern of discouragement in its tracks. … read more
A Different Kind of LDS Trailblazer: Sebastian Stewart-Johnson Confronts Ignorance through TikTok
After LDS leader Bradley Wilcox delivered a racist speech about Black church members, Sebastian Stewart-Johnson filmed a response video and posted it on TikTok. … read more
SLUG Mag’s 35th Anniversary Party
This year’s Anniversary Party artists couldn’t be more different from one another, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. Hope to see you there! … read more
Sundance Film Review: Ponyboi
Ponyboi is a bold and transcendent performance that is screaming out to be seen, and if Hollywood is willing to look at Gallo, it could be a game changer. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Brief History of a Family
What a vibrant debut this is, feverish with ideas and energy. Whatever Lin’s next project is, he’s got no shortage of infectious ingenuity to pull it off. … read more
