Sundance Film Review: Plastic China

Sundance Film Review: Plastic China
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Plastic China features foreman Kun’s plastic-recycling facility. They reside among knolls of plastic waste and veritable mountains of work. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Killing Ground

Sundance Film Review: Killing Ground
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Taking a cue from fellow Aussie survival flick Wolf Creek, Killing Ground capitalizes on the beautiful yet foreboding landscape of his film’s setting. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Little Hours

Sundance Film Review: The Little Hours
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Jeff Baena’s debauched film The Little Hours makes us appreciate the fact that sex comedies have been funny for hundreds of years. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Family Life

Sundance Film Review: Family Life
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Directors Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez present Family Life as an anxious film: We watch Martín spin his lie to Paz while we become enamored of her. … read more

Sundance Film Review: The Workers Cup

Sundance Film Review: The Workers Cup
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Despite their various backgrounds, the men in The Workers Cup share a passion for football, and we feel how much it means to them on a palpable level. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Sami Blood

Sundance Film Review: Sami Blood
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Sundance chose well by including this film in the “Spotlight” section, as Sami Blood continues to delight and does the Sami people justice. … read more

The Tower Theatre: Keeping it Indie Since 1928

The Tower Theatre: Keeping it Indie Since 1928
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The Tower Theatre opened in 1928, and for the first 30 years of its operation, it looked more like a medieval fortress than it did a movie theater. … read more

Stepping Up: How the Utah Film Center Helps Turn Dreams into Reality

Stepping Up: How the Utah Film Center Helps Turn Dreams...
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In an effort to help films—like upcoming documentary STEP—with financial needs, the Utah Film Center pioneered the Fiscal Sponsorship Program. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Yoga Hosers

Sundance Film Review: Yoga Hosers
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My introduction to Kevin Smith began early in my life. My older brother rented Clerks and threw it into our VCR (yep. That long ago) without really considering the fact that his eighth-grade kid brother was in the same room. The Mallrats soundtrack was the first CD that I ever bought with my own money, and Weezer’s “Suzanne” still manages to fill me with high school nostalgia. … read more

Sundance Film Review: Captain Fantastic

Sundance Film Review: Captain Fantastic
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Regardless of a filmmaker’s talent, making a meaningful drama about a quirky family is like navigating a minefield. Celluloid families are typically plagued with some degree of syrupy sweetness or sappy tragedy, but Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic captures the emotional core of what makes all families tick and his stellar cast promptly follows suit. … read more