SLFS Newsletter February 2019

FEBRUARY 2019

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See what the staff of SLFS thought were the

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

FEBRUARY 2019 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E @ S L F S

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2018

STAFF PICKS JAMES RAMIREZ

MARA LEMESANY

GUY WHEATLEY

DERREK WALL

Front of House Staff

Assistant Theater Manager

Lead Projectionist

Venue Manager

1. The Favourite 2. The Rider 3. Shoplifters 4. Burning 5. Happy As Lazzaro 6. If Beale Street Could Talk 7. Suspiria 8. Roma 9. The House That Jack Built 10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

1. You Were Never Really Here 2. The Rider 3. Eighth Grade 4. At Eternity’s Gate 5. Roma 6. Suspiria 7. Sorry to Bother You 8. Can You Ever Forgive Me? 9. We the Animals 10. Wild Nights with Emily

1. First Reformed 2. Can You Ever Forgive Me? 3. 1945 4. The Insult 5. Beast 6. Fahrenheit 11/9 7. The Happy Prince 8. Sweet Country 9. The Favourite 10. Oh, Lucy!

1. Roma 2. The Wild Boys 3. God’s Own Country 4. Loveless 5. Mandy 6. You Were Never Really Here 7. The Favourite 8. Suspiria 9. Eighth Grade 10. McQueen

BARBARA MELLEN

JOSHUA STODDARD

ANNIE JENKINS

MARISSA BECKSTROM

Administrative Coordinator

Front of House Staff

Marketing Manager

Front of House Staff

1. Green Book 2. A Star Is Born 3. Bohemian Rhapsody 4. Sorry to Bother You 5. First Reformed 6. The Wife 7. You Were Never Really Here 8. The Death of Stalin 9. Blindspotting 10. Blackkklansman

1. Widows 2. Leave No Trace 3. Never Goin’ Back 4. Shoplifters 5. Annihilation 6. Paddington 2 7. Unsane 8. If Beale Street Could Talk 9. Happy as Lazzaro 10. Eighth Grade

1. Mandy 2. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

3. Annihilation 4. You Were Never Really Here 5. Shirkers 6. Eighth Grade 7. Paddington 2 8. Suspiria 9. Sorry to Bother You 10. Burning

1. Roma 2. Shoplifters 3. Eighth Grade 4. God’s Own Country 5. If Beale Street Could Talk 6. Annihilation 7. Blindspotting 8. Love, Gilda 9. A Star is Born 10. Black Panther

AVERI CROCKETT

TIMOTHY MORRISE

JASMIN XANTHOS

STEPHEN SIMMONS

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

Assistant Theater Manager

Operations Manager

1. Blindspotting 2. Shoplifters 3. Roma 4. Mandy 5. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7. If Beale Street Could Talk 8. You Were Never Really Here 9. Leave No Trace 10. At Eternity’s Gate

1. Halloween 2. Roma 3. Thoroughbreds 4. The Favourite 5. The House That Jack Built 6. The Death of Stalin 7. Isle of Dogs 8. Suspiria 9. Mid90’s 10. American Animals

1. Mandy 2. Eighth Grade 3. Roma 4. The Favourite 5. Zama 6. Sorry to Bother You 7. Shoplifters 8. Border 9. You Were Never Really Here 10. Vox Lux

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1. FAKE FRIENDS EP 2: Parasocial Hell 2. Eighth Grade 3. Leitis in Waiting 4. Vox Lux 5. Troye Sivan - Bloom 6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse 7. The Wild Boys 8. Sorry to Bother You 9. If Beale Street Could Talk 10. Crazy Rich Asians

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

FEBRUARY 2019

STAFF PICKS ( C O N T. ) WHITMAN HOWARD

DREW CHORTKOFF

WILEY ADAMS

AIDAN CROFT

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

1. Custody 2. Unsane 3. Roma 4. The Rider 5. Support the Girls 6. God’s Own Country 7. Sorry to Bother You 8. Shirkers 8. Shoplifters 10. Mandy

1. Roma 2. Suspiria 3. Blindspotting 4. Shoplifters 5. Custody 6. Leave No Trace 7. Mandy 8. Widows 9. Border 10. Annihilation

1. A Fantastic Woman 2. Roma 3. Shoplifters 4. We the Animals 5. Blindspotting 6. Hereditary 7. Border 8. 1945 9. Mandy (Tie: Eighth Grade) 10. Museo

1. Roma 2. Blindspotting 3. If Beale Street Could Talk 4. Shoplifters 5. Mandy 6. Eighth Grade 7. You Were Never Really Here 8. Custody 9. Happy as Lazzaro 10. The House that Jack Built

GENTRY LOGHRY

JACOB HALL

RACHEL GETTS Website

TIMO HATZIATHANASIOU

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

and Social Media Coordinator

Front of House Staff

1. Eighth Grade 2. Blindspotting 3. The Favourite 4. Suspiria 5. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 6. Hereditary 7. The Sisters Brothers 8. Roma 9. If Beale Street Could Talk 10. Mandy

1. Mandy 2. Burning 3. You Were Never Really Here 4. Hereditary 5. Suspiria 6. Support the Girls 7. Roma 8. First Reformed 9. Isle of Dogs 10. The House that Jack Built

1. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

2. The Favourite 3. Shoplifters 4. Love, Simon 5. Eighth Grade 6. Blackkklansman 7. Sorry to Bother You 8. Black Panther 9. The Rider 10. Hearts Beat Loud

1. Mandy 2. Annihilation 3. Paddington 2 4. You Were Never Really Here 5. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

6. Thoroughbreds 7. Suspiria 8. Sorry to Bother You 9. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda 10. Shirkers

AMBER GENTRY

AARON KRAMER

MARCIE COLLETT

TORI BAKER

Front of House Staff

Front of House Staff

President/CEO

1. Assassination Nation 2. Mandy 3. Avengers: Infinity War 4. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

5. Eighth Grade 6. Roma 7. Hereditary 8. The Decline of Western Civilization 9. Blindspotting 10. Spider-Man: Enter the Spider-Verse

1. Roma 2. You Were Never Really Here 3. Mandy 4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 5. The Favourite 6. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

7. If Beale Street Could Talk 8. Eighth Grade 9. Hereditary 10. Blindspotting

Manager of Sponsorship and Corporate Giving

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

1. Sorry to Bother You 2. The Favourite 3. Roma 4. We the Animals 5. The Rider 6. Can You Ever Forgive Me? 7. Shoplifters 8. Border 9. Minding the Gap 10. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

1. The Favourite 2. Orlando on 35mm for THE GREATEST 3. Blackkklansman 4. Dumb Girl of Portici from THE GREATEST 5. First Reformed 6. Sorry to Bother You 7. Blindspotting 8. FILMexico opening night shorts from 68 VOICES 9. One Flat Thing, opening short for SCREENDANCE 10. The Death of Stalin

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FEBRUARY 2019

OSCAR SHORTS

CAPERNAUM

ARCTIC

Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski POL/FRA/UK | R | 88 min | Drama STARRING: Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: IDA, MY SUMMER OF LOVE, and LAST RESORT

Directed by Various Directors

Directed by Nadine Labaki Lebanon/USA | R | 121 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: WHERE DO WE GO NOW? and CARAMEL

Directed by Joe Penna Iceland | PG-13 | 97 min | D STARRING: Mads Mikkelse

Starts FEBRUARY 1 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 8 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 15 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts FEBRUARY 22 at B

Set against the backdrop of the 1950s Cold War in Poland, two people of differing backgrounds and temperaments begin an almost impossible romance.

This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts.

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

A man stranded in the Ar crash must decide wheth relative safety of his mak embark on a deadly trek in hopes of making it out

NEVER LOOK AWAY

BIRDS OF PASSAGE

EVERYBODY KNOWS

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany/Italy | R | 186 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: THE LIVES OF OTHERS

Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra COL/DEN/MEX | Not Rated | 125 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT

Directed by Asghar Farhadi Spain/France/Italy | R | 132 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: A SEPARATION, THE SALESMAN, and THE PAST

RUBEN BRAN COLLECTOR

Starts FEBRUARY 22 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts MARCH 8 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts MARCH 8 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts MARCH 15 at BRO

When two German art students fall in love, the girl’s father, who has a devastating secret, vows to end their relationship.

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding.

However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

A psychotherapist who h patients is plaqued by vio works of art. When his pa the works, he becomes a who will dare to catch hi

COLD WAR

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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.

Directed by Milorad Krst Hungary | R | 96 min | Crime

FEBRUARY 2019 N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E L I V E a t B R O A D W AY ADMISSION General - $20 SLFS Donors - $17 Students - $15

Drama en

BROADWAY CENTRE

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN STAN & OLLIE Directed by Jon S. Baird UK | PG | 97 min | Drama/Comedy

Starring: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, and Shirley Henderson

rctic after an airplane her to remain in the keshift camp or to through the unknown alive.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Noon

ON THE BASIS OF SEX Directed by Mimi Leder USA | PG-13 | 120 min | Drama

COMING SOON at SLFS

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OADWAY CENTRE

has a roster of criminal olent dreams of famous atients offer to steal a wanted criminal, but im and his gang?

Starring: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, and Justin Theroux

THE FAVOURITE

THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT

TRANSIT

Directed by Kim Nguyen USA | R | 111 min | Drama

Directed by Christian Petzold Germany/France | 101 min | Drama

STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: PHOENIX

Opening March at Broadway Centre

A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

Opening March at Broadway Centre

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos IRE/UK/USA | R | 119 min | Drama

When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he meets a young woman desperate to find her missing husband - the very man he’s impersonating.

Starring: Olivia Coleman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone

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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FEBRUARY 2019 IVORY TOWER

THE HITCH-HIKER CELEBRATE DIRECTOR IDA LUPINO’S 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH THIS NEW RESTORATION

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 | 7 PM FREE | TOWER THEATRE

ANDREI RUBLEV MONDAY, MARCH 4 | 7 PM FREE | TOWER THEATRE

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We want YOU to sponsor SLFS SLFS Sponsorships are available st arting at $1,0 0 0. Learn m ore at SLFS.org Cont act Marcie at 801.503.9434 or m arciecollett@slfs.org

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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.

IVORY TOWER

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FEBRUARY 2019

Presents

W

e are, all of us, defined by our stories. They are the stuff of our empathy, our hope, our ambitions. Our evolution. They give us our consciousness, our soul. We tell these stories, we all do; we all should. And some few can show them, conjure them visually through language, art, and motion.

The tools and techniques for doing this are wildly different today than they were twenty years ago, or even ten. And they call for a new kind of artist: the artist entrepreneur, the artist technologist.

Salt Lake Film Society’s MAST exists to discover artists, then connect, nurture, and empower them, grow them into techsavvy artist entrepreneurs. These artist entrepreneurs will then be better equipped to create their art from where they are, raising a diaspora of accessible art in every city across the globe. A diverse and democratic art. A free art.

This is our dream. This is our mission. And it’s going to be a whole lot of fun.

The program is made possible by an endowment from the Robin M. Woods Legacy Fund for Future Initiatives. MAST’s kick-off consists of three contests: The VOICES SEEN contest will focus around animation.

Entrants may submit alone, or in groups, a short animated piece highlighting a distinctive visual voice and style, and an aptitude for visual storytelling.

The second is PEOPLE OF EARTH, which is a writing and photography contest. Entrants are encouraged to collaborate in pairs, and should submit an original photograph depicting one person, or multiple people, accompanied by an engaging character profile describing the person or people in the photograph.

The last is MICRO-DOCS, a documentary contest. Entrants are encouraged to collaborate in groups, but may work alone, in producing micro-documentaries on subjects touching the history, reality, challenges, progress, and solutions to racism and inequality.

All submissions must be received before noon MST on 15 February, 2019 and winners will be announced on March 4.

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

Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Matt Frisbie Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab Chris Lippard Donna Lifsey-Foster 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 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 Diana Whitten