APRIL 2019
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showcasing the best in american independents, international films, and documentaries
APRIL 2019
PRESENTED BY SALT LAKE FILM SOCIETY
CZECH THAT FILM 2019 APRIL 23–25
FREE ADMISSION
BROADWAY CENTRE CINEMAS
VISITING FILM ARTIST TUESDAY, APRIL 23
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
THE GOLDEN STING - 7:00 pm (ZLATY PODRAZ) Dir. Radim Špaček
PATRIMONY - 7:00 pm (TATOVA VOLHA) Dir. Jiří Vejdělek
HASTRMAN - 7:00 pm Dir. Ondřej Havelka
Opening night Red Carpet reception with visiting film artist Radim Špaček
JAN PALACH - 9:00 pm Dir. Robert Sedláček
DUKLA 61 - 9:00 pm Dir. David Ondříček
Radim Špaček
In Collaboration with:
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All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.
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APRIL 2019
SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN ARCTIC
FRONT OF Penna HOUSE STAFF Directed by Joe Iceland | PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen
APOLLO 11 Directed by Todd Douglas Miller USA | G | 93 min | Documentary
In Collaboration with:
COMING SOON at SLFS
From the director of: DINOSAUR 13
EVERYBODY KNOWS Directed by Asghar Farhadi IRE/UK/USA | R | 119 min | Drama
BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
HAIL SATAN?
Directed by John Chester USA | PG | 91 min | Documentary
Directed by Penny Lane USA | R | 95 min | Documentary
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: LOST IN WOONSOCKET
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: OUR NIXON, THE PAIN OF OTHERS, and NUTS!
Opening May at SLFS
Opening May at Broadway Centre
Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
Starring: Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem
All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.
With unprecedented access, Hail Satan traces the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American history. The Temple and its enigmatic leader Lucien Greaves are calling for a Satanic revolution to save the nation’s soul. But are they for real?
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APRIL 2019
GLORIA BELL
WOMAN AT WAR
THE AFTERMATH
THE BEACH B
Directed by Sebastián Lelio Chile/USA | R | 102 min | Drama STARRING: Julianne Moore and John Turturro FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson ICE/FRA/UKR | Not Rated | 101 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: OF HORSES AND MEN
Directed by James Kent UK/GER/USA | R | 108 min | Drama STARRING: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jason Clarke
Directed by Harmony Ko USA/UK/SWIT/FRA | R | 9 STARRING: Matthew McC Isla Fisher, Jimmy Buffett FROM THE DIRECTOR OF:
Starts MARCH 22 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts MARCH 22 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts MARCH 29 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts MARCH 29 at BR
A free-spirited divorcee spends her nights on the dance floor at clubs around Los Angeles. She soon finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with the joys of budding love and the complications of dating.
Halla declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands-but all could change with the unexpected arrival of a small orphan in her life.
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
The Beach Bum follows Moondog, a rebellious r life by his own rules.
THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT
THE PUBLIC
TRANSIT
THE WIND
Directed by Emilio Estevez USA | PG-13 | 122 min | Drama STARRING: Emilio Estevez, Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, and Christian Slater
Directed by Christian Petzold Germany/France | 101 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: PHOENIX
Directed by Emma Tamm USA | Not Rated | 86 min |
Starts APRIL 5 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts APRIL 5 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts APRIL12 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts APRIL 12 at TOWE
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.
A plains-woman is drive a supernatural force hau where she resides.
Directed by Kim Nguyen USA | R | 111 min | Drama STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek
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BUM
APRIL 2019
HOTEL MUMBAI
THE MUSTANG
MAPPLETHORPE
95 min | Comedy Conaughey, Snoop Dogg, t, and Zac Efron : SPRING BREAKERS
Directed by Anthony Maras AUS/USA/India | R | 123 min | Drama/Thriller STARRING: Dev Patel and Armie Hammer
Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre USA/France | R | 96 min | Drama STARRING: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell, and Bruce Dern
Directed by Ondi Timoner USA | Not Rated | 102 min | Drama STARRING: Matt Smith
ROADWAY CENTRE
Starts MARCH 29 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts MARCH 29 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts APRIL 5 at TOWER THEATRE
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
From executice producer Robert Redford, a violent convict is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program centered around the training of wild mustangs.
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
AMAZING GRACE
LITTLE WOODS
THE BRINK
| Horror/Western
Directed by Alan Elliott and Sydney Pollack USA | G | 87 min | Documentary
Directed by Nia DaCosta USA | R | 105 min | Drama/Thriller STARRING: Tessa Thompson and Lily James
Directed by Alison Klayman USA | Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY and THE 100 YEARS SHOW
ER THEATRE
Starts APRIL 19 at BROADWAY CENTRE
Starts APRIL 19 at TOWER THEATRE
Starts APRIL 26 at TOWER THEATRE
Singer Aretha Franklin performs gospel songs at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972.
In North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.
Filmmaker Alison Klayman presents a fly-onthe-wall chronicle of embattled former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s global mission to spread extreme nationalism.
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the misadventures of rogue who always lives
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APRIL 2019
Les MisĂŠrables
ADVANCE SCREENING TUESDAY, APRIL 9 | 7:00 pm | Broadway Centre Join KUED and the Salt Lake Film Society for an advance screening of the first episode of Les Miserables, the new six-part Masterpiece series is a drama adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel.
presents with
KU ED 7 presents
We want YOU to sponsor SLFS SLFS Sponsorships are available st arting at $1,0 0 0. Learn m ore at SLFS.org Cont act Marcie at 801.503.9434 or m arciecollett@slfs.org
A NEW WEEKLY SERIES ABOUT UTAH PREMIERES TUE. MAY 23, 7PM
THIS IS UTAH, a new weekly series produced by KUED, celebrates the diverse people who call this place home. Each episode features stories about the arts, culture, food, events and the outdoors, told through the voices of the individuals who make Utah so unique.
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MONDAY, APRIL 1 | 7 PM FREE | TOWER THEATRE
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SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Noon Presented in partnership with Tanner Humanities Center
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