SLFS Calendar August 2015

AUGUST 2015 calendar

broadway and tower

IRRATIONAL MAN Page 4

Meet

ELLEN LEWIS Page 3

MISTRESS AMERICA Page 5

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

AUGUST 2015

GLOBAL LENS 9.11.15 - 9.17.15 Adios Carmen

Halima’s Path

The Pardon (Imbabazi)

Bad Hair

Image Threads

Voice Of My Father

Excuse My French

K & Ali

From Two Worlds As A Keepsake

Ninah’s Dowry

Morocco

Venezula Egypt

Croatia/Bosnia/Slovenia India

Rwanda Turkey

Turkey

Cameroon

Armenia/Russia

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to go to a few record shops and catching a movie that you just couldn’t find anywhere else. After graduating and moving closer to downtown, I started attending the Summer Late Nights screenings at the Tower almost religiously and started making dressing up and going to Rocky Horror a holiday tradition in my friend circle. The programs we have were such a big part of me finding my niche and realizing my love of film, so why wouldn’t I want to try and be a part of that?

Film has an enormous impact on how we see the world and how we view other people.

ELLEN LEWIS FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF How long have you worked here? I started at the Film Society in November, immediately after the grand unveiling of the Broadway remodel and right when award season was starting to hit full-swing. There were a lot of big changes happening all at once and it was very exciting to get to be part of this newness.

What drew you to start working for the Film Society?

I just love the Film Society! My family relocated to Salt Lake from Las Vegas when I was 15, and I kind of stumbled across the Broadway on accident. All throughout high school there was no better way to spend a weekend than making the trek downtown

What is your favorite thing about working here?

I admire all of my coworkers so much. Usually when someone describes their work environment as a “family” my eyes roll all the way into the back of my head, but I’m definitely grateful to work somewhere where I’m constantly surrounded by such intelligent, progressive, cool people who care about the same weird things I care about. Even when I’m having a rough day I’m always happy to come into work and be among friends.

What are your hopes for SLFS? I’m hoping we’ll continue to reach a wide audience with our programs and continue to foster an interest in film as an art form for younger audiences. I had the opportunity to help out with Big Pictures Little People recently, and it meant a lot to me to see all of these sweet children getting so excited about movies. We’ve also had a pretty good track record this year with screening films millenials can relate to made by young up-and-coming filmmakers, so I hope that we continue to give these young artists a place to share their art.

How does film affect your life?

I’m actually double majoring in film and gender studies up at the university right now. Art and media, especially film, has an enormous impact on how we see the world and how we view other people. Right now most mainstream movies still have relatively racist and misogynistic undertones, but independent film tends to be a way for people from all walks of life to share their stories and ideas, making film a way for people to open their eyes and spark discussion on social issues as well. I’m hoping to see film continue to develop as a place for more equal representation than it has been in the past and continue to be something that gives outsiders a voice for their experiences and opinions.

What are some of your hobbies outside of SLFS? I’ve been on a DIY project kick lately, especially sewing.

My favorite thing to do right now is to go to thrift stores to look for old bedsheets with crazy patterns to use as the fabric to create something completely new with.

I’ve also been big on baking lately. I make a pretty mean Nutella buttercream frosting.

What is your favorite movie and why?

I am forever obsessed with The Virgin Suicides.

The book and the movie as a cohesive unit are near perfection to me. Sofia Coppola is one of my idols, and I especially admire the way that she can delicately handle such dark subject matter and themes of isolation while still producing something so ethereal and lovely and visually stunning. It’s the kind of art that I wish I could make, and something that is incredibly inspirational and important to who I am as a person.

STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT

TANGERINE

Directed by Maya Forbes USA | R | 90 min | Comedy/Drama

Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez USA | R | 122 min | Drama

Directed by Sean Baker USA | NR | 88 min | Comedy/Drama

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana

Starring Billy Crudup, Olivia Thirlby, Ezra Miller, and Thomas Mann

Starring: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and Karren Karagulian

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SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

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AUGUST 2015 IRRATIONAL MAN

THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Directed by Woody Allen USA | R | 96 min | Mystery Starts August 7 @broadway

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

At the small town college campus Braylin, philosophy professor Abe Lucas finds himself in an existential crisis, but he discovers a new purpose in life when he enters into a relationship with Jill Pollard, one of his students.

From the director of: The Act of Killing (In Indonesian with English subtitles)

THE END OF THE TOUR

DK/FI/ID/NO/UK | PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary

Starts August 7 @broadway

Directed by Shari Springer Berman, and Robert Pulcini USA | R | 113 min | Comedy/Drama Starts August 14 @broadway

Directed by Stevan R UK | Not Rated | 95 min Starts August 14 @b

A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

With exclusive access t unseen and unheard pe including hundreds of h over the course of his li Marlon Brando cinema

SUNDANCE SHORTS

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MISTRESS AM

Directed by Directed by Various Directors USA/JP/SG/RU/UA/FR/PL | NR | 83 min Starts August 21 @tower

From the director of : The Spectacular Now and Smashed

Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is an 83-minute theatrical program of six short films that won awards at this year’s Festival. It includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world.

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LISTEN TO ME

Follows three screwed up young people and their equally screwed up parents in the age of CBGB’s, yuppies and the tinderbox of gentrification that exploded into the Tompkins Square Park Riots in New York’s East Village in the 1980s.

Directed by James Ponsoldt USA | R | 106 min | Drama Starts August 21 @broadway

A magazine reporter recounts his travels and conversations with author David Foster Wallace during a promotional book tour.

10,000 SAINTS

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Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi India/USA | R | 87 min | Documentary Starts August 29 @broadway

Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

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Directed by Noah Ba USA | R | 84 min | Come Starts August 29 @b

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A lonely college freshm upside down by her imp soon-to-be stepsister.

Whose eyes are these? The first right answer on our Facebook page wins a pair of tickets.

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COP CAR

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Directed by Jon Watts USA | R | 86 min | Thriller Starts August 14 @tower

Directed by Conor Long USA | Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy/Sci-Fi Starts August 14 @tower

to his extraordinary ersonal archive hours of audio recorded ife, this is the definitive a documentary.

When two good-natured but rebellious young boys stumble across an abandoned cop car hidden in a secluded glade they decide to take it for a quick joyride. Their bad decision unleashes the ire of the county sheriff and leads to brutal consequences.

Four friends and graduate students discover their clean energy machine actually works as a crude teleportation device. Through experimentation, adjustments and some misuse-use of the device, it’s quickly discovered that the machine holds many consequences.

MERICA

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man’s life is turned petuous, adventurous

SLFS STAFF DIRECTOR DEBUT

BEST OF ENEMIES Directed by

Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville USA | R | 87 min | Documentary Starts August 21 @broadway

In 1968, ideological opposites William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal hold a series of riveting, nationally televised debates that usher in a new era of public discourse and pundit TV.

8.19.15 | 7:00 PM

Exclusive one night only screening.

Live streamed Q&A with director and cast immediately following A bone, a gun, and a weekend mystery.

A film about everything and nothing.

Directed by: Joe Swanberg Cast: Jake Johnson, Rosemarie Dewitt, Sam Elliot, Jenny Slate, Orlando Bloom, Sam Rockwell, Mike Birbiglia, Melanie Lynskey, Brie Larson, Ron Livingston, Chris Messina and Judith Light.

Tickets: $10

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AUGUST 2015

COME TO CUBA WITH SLFS! December 5-12

For more information, visit SLFS.org/cuba-2015 or contact Erica Koenig at: ericakoenig@saltlakefilmsociety.org

L I V E S TA G E P E R F O R M A N C E S @ broadway

Everyman August 15

Merchant of Venice August 22

$18 General Admission $12 SLFS Members $9.25 Students

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AUGUST 2015 COMING SOON @ SLFS

GRANDMA

PROPHET’S PREY

Coming September 4

Coming September 25

Coming October 2

Directed by Ken Loach UK/IRL/FR | PG-13 | 109 min | Drama

Directed by Paul Weitz USA | R | 79 min | Comedy

Directed by Amy Berg USA | Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

STARRING: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, and Aileen Henry

STARRING: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, and Marcia Gay Harden

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: Deliver Us From Evil, West of Memphis and An Open Secret

During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help.

The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.

Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.

K U ED 7 p re s e n ts

JIMMY’S HALL

The Best Place for Drama is on Your Own Screen Coming to Masterpiece Indian Summer Mercy Street Watch online at video.kued.org

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PANAFLEX

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ALL SUPER 8 BENEFITS, PLUS $2.00 off all regular admissions FREE Tower video rentals year ‘round FREE SLFS T-Shirt (2 with DUAL)

CHRONIK

Entry in drawing to attend 1 Sundance Film Fest private screening (2 entries for DUAL)

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ALL PANAFLEX BENEFITS, PLUS FREE admission to ALL films ALL year!

1 FREE small popcorn per visit (2 with DUAL) FREE admission to ALL member events Entry in drawing to attend 2 Sundance Film Fest private screenings (2 entries for DUAL)

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