SLFS Newsletter January 2016

JANUARY 2016

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CAROL Page 5

Meet Front of House Staffer

MARISSA BECKSTROM Page 3

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

JANUARY 2016 L I V E S TA G E P E R F O R M A N C E @ B R O A D W AY ADMISSION: General - $20 SLFS Members - $15 Students - $10

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN ROOM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 @ Noon

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Ireland/Canada | R | 118 min | Drama

Starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay

MACBETH Directed by Justin Kurzel UK/USA/France | R | 113 min | Drama

COMING THIS SPRING @TOWER

Starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard

SPOTLIGHT Directed by Tom McCarthy USA | PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

30 TH ANNIVERSARY Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Rachel McAdams

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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.

JANUARY 2016 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E @ S L F S

MARISSA BECKSTROM

What is your favorite part about working for SLFS? I don’t even have to think on this one!

Definitely the people I work with. There is such a wonderful feeling of family and community at SLFS. Everyone is so different from each other, but we all respect and embrace that. I feel like I learn something new every time I work.

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF

How long have you worked for the Film Society?

I started just before Sundance in January, so almost a year!

What made you want to work here?

Whenever I would come see a movie at the Broadway or Tower, I had the best time! Everyone was so friendly and had such vast film knowledge. So I said to myself, why not spend as much time here as possible?

If you weren’t working at SLFS, what would you be doing?

Actually, by day I do social work at The Road Home. I work in the Family Housing program. But other than work, I am a big fan of eating delicious food and spending time with the wonderful people in my life.

I also love to read and, of course, watch great films.

What’s the most memorable experience you’ve had with film?

This is so hard because films can provide such a transformative experience, and I

Marissa working the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Tower Theatre

am always seeing movies that give me a new outlook on life. But looking back, I have to say seeing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for the first time. I think I was only in 5th grade when it came out, so I felt so cool to be seeing a midnight showing. Midnight! The experience was magical because I was seeing something from my imagination appear on the big screen. I went home and waited for my Hogwarts acceptance letter for...a few years.

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

What are your hopes for the future of SLFS? I want everyone in Salt Lake City to see the Tower for the gem that it is. The theater was built in 1928 and is so fun to watch movies in. I’d like to see a bigger repertory collection and also new movies that are doing well, so they bring in the crowd the Tower deserves. Plus if you can’t find a specific movie anywhere? Guess what!

We have an incredible collection of rentals at the Tower as well.

What is your favorite movie and why?

Ah, the dreaded question! I would probably say Roman Holiday. Every time I watch it I am captivated by the story, even though I know what’s going to happen. And my favorite part is the very end where your heart is breaking, and Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck share this look. This great look. This look that both shatters your soul and makes you feel like you are there with them, falling in love. I’d also like to add Raiders of the Lost Ark, because well....

Harrison Ford.

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HEART OF A DOG

ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS

YOUTH

THE DANISH

Directed by Laurie Anderson France/USA | NR | 75 min | Documentary Starts December 18 @broadway

Directed by Luchino Visconti Italy/France | NR | 180 min | Drama Starts December 18 @broadway

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino IT/FR/Swizterland/UK | R | 118 min | Drama Starts December 25 @broadway

Directed by Tom Hoo UK/USA/Germany | NR Starts December 25

Artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband, mother, beloved dog and subjects such as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.

In Italian with English subtitles

From the director of: THE GREAT BEAUTY

Starring: Eddie Redmay

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.

Fred, a retired composer and conductor, vacations at a Swiss Spa with his longtime friend Mick. As Mick crafts what may be his final screenplay, Fred is given the opportunity to perform for the Queen.

The remarkable love sto lives of artists Lili Elbe Lili and Gerda’s marriag they navigate Lili’s grou a transgender pioneer.

CAROL

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

RIVER OF FUNDAMENT

ANOMALISA

Directed by Todd Haynes UK/USA/France | R | 118 min | Drama Starts December 25 @broadway

Directed by Kent Jones France/USA | PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary Starts January 8 @broadway

Directed by Matthew Barney USA | NR | 350 min | Drama Starts January 8 @broadway

Directed by Charlie K

Duke Johnson

USA | R | 90 min | Com Starts January 22 @

Exclusive one-week-only presentation.

Set in 1950’s Manhatten, a young department store clerk forms an immediate connection with an alluring woman stuck in a loveless marriage. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.

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In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the miseen-scène in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting, this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time.

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

Inspired by American author Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel Ancient Evenings, set in pharaonic Egypt. This project is conceived as a nontraditional opera with a series of one-time-only live acts performed across the American landscape.

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PLAN 10 FROM OUTER SPACE Coming Soon

Directed by Trent Harris USA | NR | 80 min | Comedy/Sci-Fi FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: Rubin and Ed A woman accidentally discovers the Plaque of Kolob which leads her to discover an insidous alien plot for world domination documented by a disreputable early Mormon prophet.

I SAW THE LIGHT Coming Soon Directed by Marc Abraham USA | NR | 123 min | Drama STARRING: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Krumholtz, and Bradley Whitford.

The story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life.

IVORY TOWER @TOWER

THE FOUNTAIN MONDAY, FEBUARY 1 | 7 PM FREE ADMISSION

Presented By:

ECDOCHE, NEW YORK

hor of books on the rvice, struggles to One night, while on he meets Lisa, a voice.

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

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JANUARY 2016 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E @ S L F S

DALE STROBEL VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Interviewed by Erin Emerson, Volunteer Coordinator

What is your favorite movie and why?

Why should staff have all the fun in each newsletter? Here’s a chance to meet some of our wonderful volunteers, at long last. For our very first volunteer spotlight, we are over the moon to introduce one of our star volunteers, and SLFS surrogate mom, Dale L Strobel. Not only does she remember and celebrate each and every staff member’s birthday, she even attends our school recitals and honors our accomplishments. We hope you are as thrilled to “meet” her as we are to have her be a part of our family.

This is such a hard question! I should really make a list. I love so many films it’s really hard to narrow them down. I’ve always been meaning to figure this out. It’s bad for a film person not to know this. Let’s see… One of my favorites is Harold & Maude. Its quirkiness appeals to me. I also really liked Beasts of the Southern Wild. I saw it like ten times. I actually made a list of my least favorite movies, can I tell you those? There’s The Brown Bunny, Trash Humpers—which I sat through on a dare, Bellflower Boys (which I absolutely hated)… those were such horrible films. That is what being a true supporter of film is: sitting through all the films, especially the bad ones and not walking out.

What brought you to volunteering here at SLFS?

What are your future hopes for Salt Lake Film Society?

I’ve always loved film. I haven’t missed a single film since the day the Broadway became part of SLFS. I will reach ten years of volunteering here next month. I came here because I love film and I’ve never been so excited about anything else in this city. SLFS has been a godsend in this community.

I hope it can continue to grow. SLFS is a vibrant part of our community. I’d like us to continue to express care about our patrons. I just want SLFS to stay here; it would be a huge tragedy for our community if [SLFS] were no longer here. I think I’d have to move away if this place ever closed. As a social worker, having worked with people who are largely sick or dying, volunteering at the Broadway is the biggest reprieve in my life. This keeps my life in balance.

Outside of film, what are your hobbies?

I love the arts in this community. I love going to the symphony. I am a member of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. I love supporting local art and music. I have season tickets to Salt Lake Acting Company and Plan B Theatre. I love theatre, which is one of the reasons I love film so much, in terms of the acting. I also love to sing. I sought out my church because of the music and I sing there now.

What is your favorite aspect of volunteering here?

My favorite thing here is the people. I love the kids who work here. They’re like my own, they’re like family. Also, the people who are

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the Friday night regulars are some of my favorite reasons I love the Friday night shift.

One of those regulars gave me this beautiful scarf I’m wearing right now. Overall, it’s a wonderful group of people here that just mesh, and I just love them. The staff all love film so much. It’s really fun to be in a place where everybody loves the same thing you love.

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

Thank you, Dale, for your continuing contributions to our organization and our community. You make us better with your presence, enthusiasm and love.

If you are interested in volunteering with us, please sign up and register at: www.shiftboard.com/slfs/register.html or contact our Volunteer Coordinator at erinemerson@saltlakefilmsociety.org or 801-503-9434.

JANUARY 2016

WA S S A I L A N D WA F F L E S

You never know who’s watching you during the holidays!

Wassail and Waffles has been a fun tradition at SLFS for eleven years now. Anyone can come and join in for free waffles with millions of toppings, wassail, a chat with Santa, and a free screening of a great holiday film. Thanks to everyone who came and helped us have a merry time!

Apple Store employees showed up en masse to vounteer at Wassail & Waffles. They were such fun to have around! Here they are cutting up with Santa and his helper.

Meadow and Hazel enjoyed a mother-daughter movie-waffle date.

Levi Elder, our director of programming, smiles bravely while Cayman Thomas, SLFS volunteer, pretends to be afraid as the Broadway lobby is filled with kids wielding spray cans of whipped cream!

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

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We believe that sharing the best in cinema, whether classic or contemporary, well-known or under-theradar, is a powerful way to enrich and enlighten our community. For 15 years Salt Lake Film Society has been the home of independent film in our city. We operate seven screens, 365 days a year at Broadway Centre Cinemas and the historic Tower Theatre.

The magic of the big screen and the value of the communal cinema experience is more important than ever in our world of media overload. We are dedicated to showing high quality, diverse, relevant cinema.

What we do is about more than movies. We create community, share stories, educate, and enlighten.

SLFS changes lives one film and one filmgoer at a time.

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

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SLFS is proud to be a Sundance Film Festival venue once again in 2016.

With seven screens to serve you, Broadway Centre Cinemas and Tower Theatre welcome Sundance ticketholders and SLFS patrons alike during January.

Download the Sundance app and stay tuned to SLFS.org for up-to-the-minute updates to our January screening schedule.

Kevin Hanson - Chair Robert Brown Prescott Muir - Vice Chair Phil Cooper Gavin Payne - Treasurer David Emmitt Lisa Bickmore - Secretary Richard Q. Perry Tori A. Baker Tamra Rieper Leigh Ann Bernal Brian Rivette Hal Widlansky

FOUNDER BOARD Peter Kelson Kris Liacopoulos Paul Liacopoulos

ADVISORY BOARD Salt Lake Community Leaders Bill Allred Jackie Biskupski Jeffrey Breglio Michael W. Christopherson Craig Cleveland Lori Feld Donna Lifsey Foster Rachel Hodson Thomas Francis Jakab Seth Jarvis Chris Lippard Justina Parsons-Bernstein George Pence Dan Purjes 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 Sarah Sinwell, U of U Film & Media Arts Film Directors Richard Dutcher Keith Gordon Trent Harris Tyler Measom