SLFS Calendar July 2015

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Meet Director of Programming

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

JULY 2015

Member Screening - Tuesday, July 28 at @ Broadway

VISITING FILM ARTISTS SLFS SCREENWRITERS GET A VISIT FROM NOTED SCREENWRITERS CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO SLFS recently welcomed Ken Daurio (left) and Cinco Paul (right) as they came to mentor the writers in our Utah Screenwriters Project.

The duo are noted for writing screenplays for animated films, including Despicable Me, Hop, The Lorax, and Horton Hears a Who. The two have been collaborating since 1999 and have ties to Utah.

T O W E R SAVE THE CLOCK

Wednesday, October 21 at 4:29pm Tower Theatre - 876 E 900 S $20 for all 3 ďŹ lms Individual tickets on sale day of event.

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LEVI ELDER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

@SLFS

avenues that is crammed full of vinyl. I’m at the point now that every shelf is crammed. I tried to make an agreement with myself that I wouldn’t acquire any more records until I had a place to put them. It’s kind of working. I also like to play video games, garden, cook, and dabble at the brewing of the beers in the basement. I’m a Virgo and I LOVE the beach.

How long have you worked here?

I’ve only been working for SLFS for about four months, but Tori has been trying to recruit me for years. She finally won me over.

What are some of your hopes for the future of SLFS? My hope is that we can stay relevant and keep our place in the cultural landscape and community for decades to come.

What made you want to choose a career path in film?

It’s funny, I actually didn’t. Film kind of found me. I had moved to New York in my late twenties (late 90s) and was just kind of being aimless. After about a year I had a friend that was working in film and she had a project in the Hamptons that her company needed help with in production. At first I was like “that sounds terrible.”

Fortunately my friend was the voice of reason. She said “You’ve been living in New York for over a year; I don’t know what you’re doing for money and it’s none of my business but this could be a good option for you.” Needless to say I did the project and I’ve been working in film ever since, mostly. I’ve worked for a couple of film distributors and some festivals you may have heard of...

What is your favorite thing about working here?

I love discovering new methods of film presentation, filmmakers, and actors. I know this will sound like such a cliche but there really is something quite revelatory about seeing an outstanding performance or a new accomplishment in filmmaking. It doesn’t happen very often but when it does it completely affects how you interact with the world and your view of yourself within that world. And in that moment you have the opportunity to create change. That, my friends, is the beauty of film.

What are some of your interests outside of film?

I have a stupidly large music collection. It’s kind of a problem. I have an adorable little cottage in the

The sound design is almost a character on its own.

The aural cues play a very significant role in the advancement of the characters and the story. It’s really such an elegant interweaving of multiple story lines and restrained performances that the film as a whole is really quite astonishing. What’s it about?

It’s a science fiction love story about a charlatan, his victims, and a pig I love discovering farmer...but not really. new methods of You should go rent it film presentation, from the Tower.

filmmakers, and actors.

What is your favorite movie and why?

Can anybody ever really answer this question definitively? Speaking to the previous question, one of the films that has affected me recently is Upstream Color. The film completely defies description but once seen you are left with an intrinsic knowledge of what the film is about, although it can’t be articulated.

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

DOPE

Directed by Alan Rickman UK | R | 117 min | Drama

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon USA | PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa USA | R | 103 min | Comedy

Starring Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci

Starring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke

Starring: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons

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SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

A LITTLE CHAOS

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A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON

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Directed by Maxime Giroux Canada| R | 105 min | Drzama Starts July 3 @broadway

Directed by Patrick Brice USA | R | 79 min | Comedy Starts July 3 @broadway

Directed by Les Blank USA | Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary Starts July 3 @tower

Directed by Asif Kap UK | R | 128 min | Docu Starts July 10 @broa

From the director of: Jo pour Jonathan and Demain

Les Blank’s first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell’s Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).

From the director of: Se and Far North

An unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.

Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

THE TRIBE

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Directed by James Kent UK | PG-13 | 129 min | Drama Starts July 17 @broadway

Directed by Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Ukraine/Netherlands | NR | 132 min | Drama Starts July 17 @tower

Directed by Claudia Llosa Spain/Canada/France | R | 112 min | Drama Starts July 24 @broadway

Directed by Maya Fo USA | R | 90 min | Come Starts July 31 @broa

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, and Taron Egerton

A deaf teenager enters a specialized boarding school where, to survive, he becomes part of a wild organization - the tribe. His love for one of the concubines will unwillingly lead him to break all the unwritten rules within the Tribe’s hierarchy.

Accompanied by a documentary filmmaker, a falconer sets out across a frozen landscape to find his mother, a faith healer whom he hasn’t seen in many years.

A manic-depressive me to win back his wife by full responsibility of the daughters, who don’t m task any easier.

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of dark times.

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A documentary on the l Amy Winehouse, who d poisoning in 2011.

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

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THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN

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Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve France | R | 131 min | Drama Starts July 10 @broadway

Directed by Felix Herngren SE/RU/UK/FR/ES | R | 114 min | Comedy Starts July 10 @broadway

Directed by Bill Condon UK/USA | PG | 104 min | Mystery/Drama Starts July 17 @broadway

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From the director of: Father of My Children

From the director of: Every Other Week

late singer-songwriter died of alcohol

The life of a French DJ who’s credited with inventing “French house” or the “French touch,” a type of French electronic music that became popular in the 1990s.

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

Starring: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, and Hiroyuki Sanada

OLAR BEAR

THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT

TANGERINE

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Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez USA | R | 122 min | Drama Starts July 31 @broadway

Directed by Sean Baker USA | Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy/Drama Starts July 31 @broadway

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ess of a father tries attempting to take eir two young, spirited make the overwhelming

Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.

WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED

From the director of: Starlet, Prince of Broadway, and Take Out A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

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An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman.

Because we want to make independent film available to people with hearing impairment, we will have a weekly Tuesday evening screening featuring open captions or subtitles.

For more information on which titles will be available with captioning, please visit SLFS.org or contact our box office at 801.321.0310.

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COME TO CUBA WITH SLFS! December 5-12

For more information, visit SLFS.org/cuba-2015 or contact Susan Tive at: susan_tive@slfs.org L I V E S TA G E P E R F O R M A N C E S @ broadway

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JULY 2015 COMING SOON @ SLFS

IRRATIONAL MAN

THE LOOK OF SILENCE

LISTEN TO ME MARLON

THE END OF THE TOUR

Coming August 7

Coming August 7

Coming August 14

Coming August 21

Directed by Woody Allen USA | R | 96 min | Mystery

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer DK/FIN/IE/NO/UK | PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary

Directed by Stevan Riley UK | Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary

Directed by James Ponsoldt USA | R | 106 min | Drama

STARRING: Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, and Parker Posey

SXSW Film Festival, Venice Film Festival

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

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary.

Filmmaker Stevan Riley charts the career and personal life of actor Marlon Brando.

STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, and Anna Chlumsky A magazine reporter recounts his travels and conversations with author David Foster Wallace during a promotional book tour.

ALL SHOWS

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The Best Place for Drama is on Your Own Screen This Summer on KUED Poldark on Masterpiece The Crimson Field Watch online at video.kued.org

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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)

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

$300 Individual | $500 Dual

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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Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Jackie Biskupski Jeffrey Breglio Michael W. Christopherson Craig Cleveland Lori Feld Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab Seth Jarvis Chris Lippard Justina Parsons-Bernstein George Pence Miles Romney Thomas Sobchack Jonathon Tichy Scott Ulbrich

Film Professionals Barbara Boyle, Producer 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 Tyler Measom