SLFS Newsletter August 2017

AUGUST 2017

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Filmed in Salt Lake City.

Don’t miss the cameo by our very own TOWER THEATRE! BRIGSBY BEAR Page 5

Meet Front of House Staffer

JACK OTT Page 2

showcasing the best in american independents, international films, and documentaries

AUGUST 2017 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E a t S L F S

JACK OTT

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF How long have you worked for SLFS?

I’ve been working at the Film Society since early October, so about 10 months.

What made you want to apply?

I knew I wanted to apply before I even moved to Salt Lake City (which was in September) because it’s the coolest place in town! Also because I love movies and a friend from SLC told me about it.

What is your favorite part of your job?

I know its been said before but my favorite part of the job is spending time with my coworkers; joining such a cool community so soon after moving to a new city was really important to me.

How would you say film impacts your life?

ART HOUSE THEATRE WEEK

SEPT. 19-24 2017

I play the drums in a local garbage pop/comedy punk band, Fists in the Wind, I know this is shameless self promotion but check us out on bandcamp! I love food, specifically cheese, so I am a cheesemonger at Liberty Heights Fresh. I also love doing the NYT Crossword and obviously, watching movies!

I hope SLFS keeps being rad, which I’m sure it will. I would love to see more people using the Tower video archive; anyone who hasn’t should check it out as soon as possible ‘cause the Tower is my favorite spot in town.

WHERE CINEMA

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Tell us about your life outside of SLFS. What are some of your hobbies?

What are your hopes for the future of SLFS?

CELEBRATE LIVES

I don’t do as much academic reading now that I’m out of school so I gather most of my tools for engaging with social issues by watching movies. Film is such an accessible medium for most people today - by watching a variety of films, one can join a network of conversations. I believe that almost all films impact the ways viewers see the world in varying degrees, either through deliberate filmmaking motives or through our own subconscious, so we might as well try to understand how.

What is your favorite movie and why?

Right now, my favorite movie would have to be The Warriors or Playtime. They are very different films but both are extremely fun and visually pleasing. Growing up in New York City I’ve always had a soft spot for The Warriors, but sentimental attachment aside I think it’s a really good movie about youth surviving in a dilapidated city. Playtime is just pure 70 millimeter brilliance. Jacques Tati creates an entire fake city to film this perfect comedy!

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

AUGUST 2017

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN

Tickets now on sale at www.SLFS.org

THE BEGUILED Directed by Sofia Coppola USA | R | 94 min | Drama

STARRING: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, and Colin Farrell

THE BIG SICK Directed by Michael Showalter USA | R | 120 min | Comedy

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 | 7:00 pm | TOWER THEATRE $50 - Signed copy of Hail to the Chin, plus a chance to be Last Fan Standing! $100 VIP - Signed copy of Hail to the Chin, plus a chance to be Last Fan Standing! You’ll also meet and greet with Bruce personally!

Books provided by Weller Book Works COMING SOON at SLFS

STARRING: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, and Ray Romano

MAUDIE Directed by Aisling Walsh Ireland/Canada | PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

I DO... UNTIL I DON’T

TOWER OF TERROR

Directed by Lake Bell USA | R | 103 min | Comedy

Fan of creepy? Of the spooky and scary? Of the bloody and disgusting? Well join SLFS for another year of TOWER OF TERROR. A new horror classic, cult film, or hidden gem every weekend this October.

Keep a look out for a full line-up, we’ll be announcing in September.

Coming September 1

Coming This October

STARRING: Lake Bell, Ed Harris, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Reiser, Amber Heard, and Wyatt Cenac.

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: IN A WORLD...

A documentarian follows three couples in various stages of their relationships and assembles the meaning of matrimony.

STARRING: Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

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AUGUST 2017

CITY OF GHOSTS

LADY MACBETH

Directed by Matthew Heineman USA | R | 92 min | Documentary FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: CARTEL LAND and OUR TIME

Directed by William Oldroyd UK | Not Rated | 89 min | Drama STARRING: Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis

Starts JULY 28 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Syrian rebels who call themselves Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently risk their lives to document the atrocities committed by ISIS in their homeland.

AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL

LANDLINE

Directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk USA | Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Directed by Gillian Robe USA | R | 93 min | Comedy STARRING: Jenny Slate, E FROM THE DIRECTOR OF

Starts JULY 28 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 4 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 4 at BR

Set in 19th century rural England, young bride who has been sold into marriage to a middleaged man discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.

When two sisters suspe having an affair, it sends that reveals cracks in th

MENASHE

STEP

WIND RIVER

Oelbaum

Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein USA | PG | 82 min | Drama STARRING: Menashe Lustig and Yoel Falkowitz

Directed by Amanda Lipitz USA | PG | 82 min | Documentary

Directed by Taylor Sher UK/CAN/USA | R | 110 min STARRING: Jeremy Renn Jon Bernthal

Starts AUGUST 11 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 11 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 18 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 18 at B

Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.

The senior year of a girls’ step team in innercity Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest.

An FBI agent teams up w tracker to investigate a on a Native American re

LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD Directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva UK/USA/FRA | Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

AUGUST 2017

DESERT HEARTS

13 MINUTES

GOOD TIME

y/Drama Edie Falco, and Abby Quinn F: OBVIOUS CHILD

Directed by Donna Deitch USA | R | 96 min | Drama STARRING: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, and Audra Lindley

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany | R | 114 min | Drama/Th STARRING: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, and Burghart Klaußner

Directed by Ben Safdie and Josh Safdie USA | Not Rated | 100 min | Crime/Drama STARRING: Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Jason Leigh

ROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 4 at TOWER THEATRE

Starts AUGUST 11 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 11 at BROADWAY CENTRE

A New York professor divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman in 1959 Reno.

In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city’s underworld in an increasingly desperate attempt to get his brother out of jail.

INGRID GOES WEST

THE EXCEPTION

WHOSE STREETS?

n | Crime/Mystery ner, Elizabeth Olsen, and

Directed by Matt Spicer USA | R | 97 min | Comedy/Drama STARRING: Aubrey Plaza amd Elizabeth Olsen

Directed by Dave McCary USA | PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy/Drama STARRING: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, and Greg Kinnear

Directed by Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis USA | R | 90 min | Documentary

BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 18 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 25 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts AUGUST 25 at BROADWAY CENTRE

An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and insinuates herself into the life of an Instagram star.

After being freed from the kidnappers he thought were his parents, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.

An account of the Ferguson uprising as told by the people who lived it. The filmmakers look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

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AUGUST 2017 SLFS a n d KUE D7 pres e n t

SUMMER LATE NIGHTS 2017

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AT 11 PM SUNDAYS AT NOON

CLUE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 6

AMÉLIE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

SNEAK PREVIEW

WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE

A Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Film

The Vietnam War Tue. Sep. 12, 7PM • Broadway Centre Cinemas Join us for live music and an exclusive screening of clips from the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never been told on film.

Discussion to follow. Visit kued.org/events for more information.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 20

THE BIG LEBOWSKI

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 SLFS.ORG

JOIN OUR SQUAD

Follow us on social media and keep updated with all things SLFS /SaltLakeFilmSociety @SaltLakeFilmSoc @SaltLakeFilmSoc

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

AUGUST 2017 N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E LI V E a t B R O A D WAY

SAT, August 19 at Noon TUE, August 22 at 7 pm

SAT, August 26 at Noon TUE, August 29 at 7 pm ADMISSION General - $20 SLFS Members - $17 Students - $10

TOWER THEATRE Tickets now on sale at www.SLFS.org All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

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AUGUST 2017 801.321.0310 | www.slfs.org

SUPPORT INDEPENDENT FILM INVEST IN SLFS

Support your home for independent film by joining Red Carpet Club

YOU LIKE MOVIES?

TOWER THEATRE & VIDEO 876 East 900 South Video Rentals: 801.359.5158

We have so much in common.

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T H A N K YO U t o o u r s p o n s o r s a n d g r a n t o r s

$125 Per Month or $1500 Per Year GRANTORS

Lindsey Ferrari

Partner, Wilkinson Ferrari & Co.

“SLFS is the heart and soul of our film community. I invest in SLFS because I want to preserve the only local cinema that brings people together to share an authentic and pure experience of what going to the movie can be.”

George Q. Morris FOUNDATION

ON-SCREEN UNDERWRITERS

MEDIA SPONSORS

$50 Per Month Or $600 Per Year

IN-KIND SPONSORS

Sheryl Gillilan

Executive Director, Art Access

“The Broadway and The Tower theaters are the only places I see films. I invest in Salt Lake Film Society because I know if I hear about a great movie, SLFS is going to show it. This is where the good movies are!”

INTERNET SERVICES DONATED BY XMISSION

SLFS b oa r d o f d i r e c to r s GOVERNANCE BOARD

Brian Rivette - Chair Phil Cooper - Treasurer Lisa Bickmore - Vice Chair Tori A. Baker Leigh Ann Bernal Kurt Bestor

Prescott Muir Richard Q. Perry Tamra Rieper Bridget Shears-Lee Sarah Sinwell

FOUNDER BOARD Peter Kelson Kris Liacopoulos Paul Liacopoulos

ADVISORY BOARD

$12.50 Per Month Or $150 Per Year

Claudia Benitez

Cultural Attaché, Consulate of Mexico

“I invest in Salt Lake Film Society because it changes the beat of our town. It deepens and enriches our sense of culture and makes Salt Lake City feel more cosmopolitan.”

Learn more about Red Carpet Club at slfs.org/join-us/become-a-supporter

Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Jackie Biskupski Jeffrey Breglio Robert Brown Michael W. Christopherson Sean Desilets Lori Feld Matt Frisbie Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab Seth Jarvis Chris Lippard Donna Lifsey-Foster Justina Parsons-Bernstein 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 Trevor Groth, Sundance Senior Programmer 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