SLFS Newsletter April 2019

APRIL 2019

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experienCe the finest seleCtion of new CzeCh films

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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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en mad by isolation, as unts the untamed lands

All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.

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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.

kued.org/thisisutah

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THE PRODUCERS 50 TH ANNIVERSARY RESTORED DCP

MONDAY, APRIL 1 | 7 PM FREE | TOWER THEATRE

N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E L I V E a t B R O A D W AY ADMISSION General - $20 SLFS Donors - $17 Students - $15

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Noon Presented in partnership with Tanner Humanities Center

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Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Matt Frisbie Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab Chris Lippard Donna Lifsey-Foster George Pence Dan Purjes Miles Romney Thomas Sobchack Jonathon Tichy Scott Ulbrich

Film Professionals Barbara Boyle, Producer Kevin Hanson, Film & Media Arts Department, U of U David Cummins, Post Production Stephen Katz, Cinematographer Chapin Cutler, Digital Media Guru Kelly Loosli, BYU Animation Lance Williams, Producer/Actor Film Directors Richard Dutcher Keith Gordon Trent Harris Jared Hess Jerusha Hess Tyler Measom Diana Whitten