SLFS Calendar October 2014

OCTOBER

broadway and tower

2014 calendar

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Rachel GETTS

keeps SLFS connected

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Vote to renew ZAP! (see page 3)

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

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SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN! LOVE IS STRANGE Directed by Ira Sachs

USA/FRANCE | R | 80 min. | Drama

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Starring John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, and Marisa Tomei

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY Directed by Ned Benson USA | R | 122 min. | Drama

WEEKENDS IN OCTOBER! Friday & Saturday Nights at 11:00 pm Sundays at Noon

www.slfs.org

Starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis

The Tower Theatre - 876 E. 900 S.

10/3-5 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 10/10-12 Fright Night (1985) 10/17 X96 Horror-Thon Double Feature w/ Friday the 13th (1980) & Scream 10/18-19 Night of the Living Dead (1968) 10/24-25 & 10/31-11/1 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (8:00 pm & Midnight) RHPS TIX - $10.00 (ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SLFS)

THE SKELETON TWINS Directed by Craig Johnson USA | R | 93 min. | Drama

2014 Starring Starring Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Luke Wilson

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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.

OCTOBER 2014 explore the culture

@SLFS

RACHEL

GETTS

How long have you worked here?

Nearly twelve years with breaks here and there. I was first hired in 2002 to work at the Tower.

Social Media and Website Coordinator. As a part of the marketing team, I communicate information on SLFS films, events, and programs through our website and social media streams such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.

A WORD ABOUT ZAP

from people all over. Also it’s great knowing that oftentimes the movies we screen are films that would not be shown in SLC unless we were around.

Is film an important part of your life?

How have you seen SLFS grow and what are your

What are some hobbies you enjoy outside of the Film Society?

What is your position with SLFS? Talk about the things you do for us.

I’d wanted to work at the Tower for a long time. It’s every SLC film-lover’s dream job. But back then it was a very tightly

knit group and they were rarely hiring. Luckily, I was going to school with a few of the staff who worked there so that helped.

YES! My parents loved movies, so I loved movies. From an hopes for its future? early age it was something that we could share as a family I’ve seen SLFS grow in so many ways over the years. Right every weekend. Working for the Film Society has spoiled now I look forward to our future in advance online ticketing me. My expectations for films are that I’ll and more retrospective be able to escape into a story with wellseries, now that we have ...it’s great knowing that developed, interesting characters. more films available thru oftentimes the movies we digital.

Rachel Getts

What drew you to start working for the Film Society?

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

The other part of my life is filled with books, zines, and being an Arsenal soccer fan. I also work for the Salt Lake City Public Library because I believe in public service and enjoy helping others.

screen are films that would not be shown in SLC unless we were around.

What is your favorite part of your job?

The direct interactions that I have with our supporters. It’s amazing how much support SLFS gets from the community.

Last year it was either convert to digital or close and we were able to keep our doors open because of generous donations

What is your favorite movie and why?

That is a hard question because there are so many different categories for a cinephile like me. It depends on what mood I’m in. I will say that my favorite films to watch are films from the Seventies. It just seems at that time there were filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors who weren’t afraid to take risks. Also, The Wizard of Oz is just all-around spectacular. You just want that poor farm girl to get home.

By Tori Baker

As a community arts organization, we are enthusiastic supporters of ZAP, the Zoo, Arts & Parks Program. Without ZAP funding, we would have a much harder time bringing independent cinema to Salt Lake City on a daily basis, all year long.

Salt Lake County voters first approved the program in 1996. County shoppers give one-tenth of a cent to ZAP for every dollar they spend. That’s a penny for every $10. ZAP is scheduled to expire in 2016 unless Salt Lake County residents vote to continue the program.

Our ZAP funding makes our mission more sustainable than ever before. We can now maintain a more robust staff and roster of programs. Last year when we had to fight for our lives to raise money for seven digital projectors, it truly was ZAP funding that kept our seven screens active and our popcorn popping.

On November 4, Salt Lake City residents will get the opportunity to Vote For County Proposition #1 to continue ZAP support for arts and recreation organizations. I hope you’ll join me in voting YES. Your YES vote will help Salt Lake Film Society and other beloved community non-profits stay strong and viable.

Thank you, Tori 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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OCTOBER 2014

BIRD PEOPLE

HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

KILL THE MES

Directed by Pascale Ferran FRANCE | NR | 127 min. | Romance Starts October 3 @broadway

Directed by Peter Chelsom GERMANY/CANADA | R | 120 min. | Comedy Starts October 4 @broadway

Directed by Iain Forsyth and

Directed by Michael C USA | R | 112 min. | Dram Starts October 10 @broa

Jane Pollard

UK | NR | 97 min. | Documentary Starts October 4 @tower

DIRECTING AWARD

SUNDANCE

In French with English subtitles

FILM FESTIVAL

In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up in his room.

Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together.

THE LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM

A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.

Starring Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, and Rosamund Pike

PRIDE

Starring Nick Cave

WALKING THE CAMINO: SIX WAYS TO SANTIAGO

Directed by Matthew Warchus UK | NR | 120 min. | Comdey Starts October 17 @broadway

Directed by Rory Kennedy USA | NR | 98 min. | Documentary Starts October 17 @tower

Writer and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth.

Directed by Lydia Smith USA/SPAIN | NR | 84 min. | Documentary Starts October 24 @tower

A reporter becomes the ta campaign that drives him after he exposes the CIA rebels in Nicaragua and California. Based on the Gary Webb.

From the director of 12 AND

Starring Jeremy Ren Winstead, and Michael S

DEAR WHITE

Directed by Justin Sim USA | NR | 100 min. | Co Starts October 24 @broa

QUEER PALM

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront the same moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate U.S. citizens only--or to risk treason and save the lives of as many South Vietnamese citizens as they can.

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A satire that follows the s dents at an Ivy League col out over a popular African thrown by white students.

UK gay and lesbian activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

Starring Andrew Scott, Bill Nighy, and Dominic West

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

A profile of six pilgrims taking the Camino De Santiago pilgrimage.

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

Starring Tessa Thompson and Dennis Haysbert

home of

dependent film in SLC

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

SSENGER

THE NOTEBOOK

ONE CHANCE

Cuesta

Directed by János Szász HUNGARY/AUSTRIA/GERMANY/FRANCE | R | 109 min. | Drama Starts October 10 @broadway

Directed by David Frankel UK/USA | PG-13 | 103 min. | Comedy/Drama Starts October 10 @tower

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MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN Directed by Jason Reitman USA | R | 116 min. | Comedy/Drama Starts October 17 @broadway

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

arget of a vicious smear m to the point of suicide A’s role in arming Contra importing cocaine into true story of journalist

The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- “Britain’s Got Talent”.

A look at the sexual frustrations that young teenagers and adults face in today’s world.

Twin siblings enduring the harshness of WWII in a village on the Hungarian border hedge their survival on studying and learning from the evil surrounding them.

From the director of MARLEY & ME, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AND HOPE SPRINGS

From the director of JUNO, UP IN THE AIR, AND YOUNG ADULT

Starring James Corden, Jemima Rooper, Colm Meaney, and Julie Walters

Starring Rosemarie Dewitt, Jennifer Garner, and Judy Grier

E PEOPLE

LAGGIES

THE BLUE ROOM

ART AND CRAFT

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Directed by Lynn Shelton USA | R | 99 min. | Comedy Starts October 24 @broadway

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Elizabeth

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In Hungarian with English subtitles

Directed by Sam Cullman & Jennifer Grausman

Directed by Mathieu Amalric FRANCE | NR | 76 min. | Thriller Starts October 24 @broadway

USA | NR | 89 min. | Documentary Starts October 31 @broadway

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

stories of four black stullege where a riot breaks n American-themed party

n, Tyler James Williams,

In French with English subtitles

A woman stuck in permanent adolescence lies to her fiancé about going on a retreat and spends the time hanging out with friends instead.

Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley, and Sam Rockwell

A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?

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

When one of the most prolific art forgers in US history is finally exposed, he must confront the legacy of his 30-year con.

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

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OCTOBER 2014 @ tower

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

T O W E R

DANNY BOYLE’S SMASH-HIT PRODUCTION

Frankenstein

THE

BY NICK DEAR, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY MARY SHELLEY

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

TIX

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All proceeds go to SLFS

Suggested for Mature Audiences!

JONNY LEE MILLER

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rocky hoRror Picture show WITH LIVE SHADOWCAST!

capt ur ed l i ve Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the

Friday, October 24 - 8:00 pm & Midnight Saturday, October 25 - 8:00 pm & Midnight Friday, October 31 - 8:00 pm & Midnight Saturday, November 1 - 8:00 pm & Midnight

SATURDAY, OCT 18 & 25 @ NOON October 18th Jonny Lee Miller will play The Creature and Benedict Cumberbatch will play Dr. Frankenstein. October 25th their roles will be reversed.

friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and

ADMISSION:

General - $18 SLFS Members - $12 Students - $9.25

vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Theatre - 876 E. 900 S. 2014 L I V ETheSTower www.slfs.org TA G E P E R F O R M A N C E @ broadway

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TWELFTH NIGHT From the Home of William Shakespeare captured live at

The Globe Theatre

SATURDAY, OCT 4 @ NOON

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night is a moving comedy of loss and misplaced love and includes some of the most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.

An Arts Festival In Your

Friday nights Every Friday night you have a front row seat for the best performances on television.

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ADMISSION: General - $18 • SLFS Members - $12 • Students - $9.25

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

Living Room

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

OCTOBER 2014

BROADWAY REMODEL PROJECT Thanks for your patience as we update our lobby. Come by and see our progress!

IVORY TOWER @tower

Presented by Westminster College

Monday, October 6

7:00 pm @tower free admission

Our thanks to RustedWave. com for these awesome Wet Hot American Summer T-shirts, modeled by Annie Jenkins and Riley Ashton (at right). They have kept our spirits high during our remodeling.

Thanks to Kelly Loosli, a member of our Advisory Board, who shot our commemorative staff photo.

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BIRDMAN

WHIPLASH

THE OVERNIGHTERS

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Coming October 31

Coming November 7

Coming November 7

Coming November 21

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.

Directed by Damien Chazelle Starring: Miles Teller and JK Simmons A young musician struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer.

Directed by Jesse Moss From the Director of: Full Battle Rattle and Speedo Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.

Directed by James Marsh Starring: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, and Emily Watson A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

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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$1.00 off all regular admissions FREE small popcorn on Mondays FREE tix to 6 exclusive members-only events

PANAFLEX

2 FREE Tower video rentals 25% discount on SLFS merch

$120 Individual | $180 Dual

ALL SUPER 8 BENEFITS, PLUS $2.00 off all regular admissions Entry in drawing to attend 1 FREE Tower video rentals year ‘round Sundance Film Fest private FREE SLFS T-Shirt (2 with DUAL) screening (2 entries for DUAL) FREE tix to 6 exclusive members-only events

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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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Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Jackie Biskupski Jeffrey Breglio Craig Cleveland Levi Elder Lori Feld Seth Jarvis Justina Parsons-Bernstein George Pence Ken Pollard Dan Purjes Miles Romney Thomas Sobchack Scott Ulbrich

Film Professionals Barbara Boyle, Producer Trevor Groth, Sundance Sr. Programmer Dave Cummins, Post Production Stephen Katz, Cinematographer Chapin Cutler, Digital Media Kelly Loosli, BYU animation Chris Lippard, Film Professor Lance Williams, Producer/Actor Film Directors Richard Dutcher Keith Gordon Trent Harris Tyler Measom