SLFS Newsletter February 2018

FEBRUARY 2018

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FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Page 4

See what the SLFS staff thought of 2017

STAFF PICKS Page 2

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

FEBRUARY 2018 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E @ S L F S

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2017

STAFF PICKS GUY WHEATLEY

MARCIE COLLETT Manager of

BARBARA MELLEN

Lead Projectionist

Sponsorship and Corporate Giving

Administrative Coordinator

1. Frantz 2. I, Daniel Blake 3. Paterson 4. Neruda 5. I Am Not Your Negro 6. Columbus 7. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 8. Kedi 9. Land of Mine 10. 13 Minutes

1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2. Get Out 3. The Shape of Water 4. The Exception 5. Wind River 6. Baby Driver 7. My Cousin Rachel 8. Lady Macbeth 9. The Wedding Plan 10. Blade Runner 2049

MARISSA BECKSTROM

ANNIE JENKINS

JAMES RAMIREZ

Front of House Staff

Marketing Manager

Front of House Staff

1. Lady Bird 2. The Shape of Water 3. Call Me By Your Name 4. The Florida Project 5. Get Out 6. I, Tonya 7. Coco 8. The Big Sick 9. Lost in Paris 10. Frantz

1. The Shape of Water 2. Lady Bird 3. Blade Runner 2049 4. The Big Sick 5. Paterson 6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 7. The Beguiled 8. Get Out 9. mother!

10. The Lure

1. Phantom Thread 2. Good Time 3. The Square 4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 5. I, Tonya 6. The Shape of Water 7. Blade Runner 2049 8. The Other Side of Hope 9. Ava 10. Free and Easy

STEPHEN SIMMONS

SUSAN TIVE

RACHEL GETTS

Operations Manager

Director of Philanthropy

Website/Social Media Coordinator

1. Phantom Thread 2. Twin Peaks: The Return 3. Thoroughbreds 4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 5. The Shape of Water 6. Good Time 7. Nocturama 8. The Square 9. Baby Driver 10. Song to Song

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1. Patti Cake$ 2. The Shape of Water 3. Get Out 4. I, Tonya 5. Lady Bird 6. The Florida Project 7. Lady Macbeth 8. Phantom Thread 9. Call Me By Your Name 10. Dunkirk

1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Land of Mine 3. Columbus 4. Maudie 5. The Florida Project 6. Wind River 7. mother!

8. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 9. Paterson 10. Wonder Woman

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1. Dunkirk 2. Paterson 3. Lady Bird 4. Get Out 5. Baby Driver 6. Wonder Woman 7. The Little Hours 8. Whose Streets 9. Thelma 10. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

FEBRUARY 2018

STAFF PICKS (continued)

AIDEN CROFT

DERREK WALL

BARB GUY

Front of House Staff

Theatre Manager

Director of PR

1. Phantom Thread 2. The Shape of Water 3. The Square 4. Good Time 5. Killing of a Sacred Deer 6. Lady Bird 7. Baby Driver 8. Dunkirk 9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 10. Call Me By Your Name

1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Lady Bird 3. Get Out 4. The Shape of Water 5. I, Tonya 6. Blade Runner 2049 7. The Square 8. Phantom Thread 9. The Florida Project 10. Tom of Finland

1. The Big Sick 2. Lady Bird 3. Dolores 4. I Am Not Your Negro 5. Rumble 6. Human Flow 7. Whose Streets 8. Kedi 9. Brigsby Bear 10. Victoria and Abdul

AARON KRAMER

CLEO RICKS

JOSHUA STODDARD

Front of House Staff

Theatre Manager

Front of House Staff

1. The Florida Project 2. mother!

3. Get Out 4. Good Time 5. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 6. Call Me By Your Name 7. Lady Bird 8. The Shape of Water 9. Thoroughbreds 10. Blade Runner 2049

1. Paterson 2. Person to Person 3. Good Time 4. Endless Poetry 5. Pussy 6. The Square 7. Human Flow 8. Get Out 9. Toni Erdmann 10. Phantom Thread

1. Paterson 2. The Square 3. Logan Lucky 4. Get Out 5. I, Daniel Blake 6. The Big Sick 7. God’s Own Country 8. I Dream in Another Language 9. A Quiet Passion 10. Junk Head

TIMOTHY MORRISE

AMBER GENTRY

TORI BAKER

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

Executive Director

1. Mudbound 2. The Ornithologist 3. The Shape of Water 4. Lady Bird 5. I, Daniel Blake 6. Blade Runner 2049 7. Your Name 8. Paris 05:59 Théo and Hugo 9. The Florida Project 10. Princess Cyd

1. Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2. The Florida Project 3. Barbarella 4. Paterson 5. Amelie 6. Lady Bird 7. Multiple Maniacs 8. Lost in Paris 9. Dancer in the Dark 10. Hausu

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

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1. A Ghost Story 2. Wind River 3. Brigsby Bear 4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 5. The Big Sick 6. The Beguiled 7. The Promise

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FEBRUARY 2018

PHANTOM THREAD

HAPPY END

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson USA | R | 130 min | Drama STARRING: Daniel Day-Lewis FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: THERE WILL BE BLOOD, INHERENT VICE, and PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

Directed by Michael Haneke FRA/AUT/GER | R | 107 min | Drama STARRING: Isabelle Huppert FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: AMOUR, THE PIANO TEACHER, and FUNNY GAMES

Starts JANUARY 19 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 9 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 16 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 16 at

Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Although a middle-class family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks, they pay little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.

Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame finds romance and happiness with a younger man, but her life changes forever when she is diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1970s.

A minor incident betwee and a Palestinian refuge explosive trial that ends communities.

FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Directed by Paul McGuigan UK | R | 105 min | Drama STARRING: Annette Bening and Jamie Bell

THE INSULT (

Directed by Ziad Doueir FRA/BEL/CYP/LEB/USA | R STARRING: Kamel El Bash

COMING SOON at SLFS

THE LEISURE SEEKER

A FANTASTIC WOMAN

LOVELESS

FOXTROT

Directed by Paolo Virzì Italy/Fran | R | 112 min | Comedy/Drama

Directed by Sebastián Lelio CHILE/GER/SPA/USA | R | 104 min | Drama

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev RUS/FRA/GER/BEL | R | 127 min | Drama

Directed by Samuel Mao ISR/SWI/GER/FRA | R | 109

STARRING: Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: HUMAN CAPITAL (2013) and THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING

STARRING: Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: GLORIA

STARRING: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, and Varvara Shmykova FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: LEVIATHAN

STARRING: Lior Ashkenazi, Yonaton Shiray

Coming March 2

Coming March 9

Traveling in their family Leisure Seeker vintage recreational vehicle, John and Ella Spencer take one last road trip from Boston to the Hemingway House in the Florida Keys before his Alzheimer’s and her cancer can catch up with them.

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Coming March 30

Marina, a transgender waitress who moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.

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

An estranged Russian couple going through a brutal divorce both have new partners and want to start over, until their 12-year-old son disappears after witnessing one of their fights.

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Coming April 13

Michael and Dafna experie grief after learning their so war. Michael becomes inc by overzealous mourning r meaning army bureaucrats wife rests, Michael spirals of anger only to experienc unfathomable twists - a tw rivaled by the surreal milita his son.

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FEBRUARY 2018

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March 9 -10 | Broadway Centre Cinemas

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GRANTORS

“I come to SLFS venues to be entertained and I end up being inspired.

SLFS makes life in our city vastly more interesting and enjoyable.”

Brian Rivette - President, Focal Concept Inc.

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MEDIA SPONSORS

IN-KIND SPONSORS

“I support SLFS because it brings people together to experience one-of-a-kind programs in eclectic and historic venues. SLFS enriches all of our lives.” - Bridget Shears Lee, Clinical Services Director at Intermountain Health Care

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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 Sarah Sinwell - Secretary Tori A. Baker Claudia Benítez

Leigh Ann Bernal Kurt Bestor Bernardo Flores-Sahagun Prescott Muir Tamra Rieper Bridget Shears-Lee

FOUNDER BOARD Peter Kelson Kris Liacopoulos Paul Liacopoulos

ADVISORY BOARD

“We are lucky to have SLFS exhibiting classic films and new works by independent filmmakers.” - Cassandra Loveless

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

Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Robert Brown Matt Frisbie Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab 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