SLFS Newsletter July 2018

JULY 2018

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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Page 4

Meet Front of House staffer

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

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

WILEY ADAMS FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF How long have you worked for SLFS? Since October of 2017

What made you want to apply?

After my 3rd watch of Ruben Ostlund’s THE SQUARE, I made my 2nd attempt to apply, and I guess Stephen gave in.

What is your favorite part of your job?

My favorite part of the job is preparing people for films I truly love, like Good Time, Phantom Thread, or Lady Bird. Like when You Were Never Really Here was showing, I told everyone it’s like a puzzle the director wants you to solve. I didn’t have that mindset going in and I was foolishly disappointed after the first viewing.

How would you say film impacts your life?

Film acts as a portal into other people’s lives and situations for me to experience and empathize with. I think it’s important to seek out films made by people with lives very different from your own because it keeps you from being ignorant.

Tell us about your life outside of SLFS. What are some of your hobbies?

Outside of the SLFS, I’m a student and a filmmaker. I’ve been learning at SLCC, which has a fantastic production program; storytelling and theory, however, is something I’ve had to seek out on my own. At the moment, I’m in preproduction for a short film I’ve spent the last 15 months writing. It’s about two ghosts, Joe and Keith, who have their own special struggles with living up to Western masculinity, and the hatred, violence, and ignorance that

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sadly sometimes comes with that. I also love love love to draw.

What are your hopes for the future of SLFS?

I hope that people continue to come here and learn about the world outside Utah. It’s a very easy state to seclude your thoughts in. I love being able to walk into any of our theaters and have no idea what to expect. Rotten Tomatoes and the like have really clouded a lot of people’s judgement, and that’s dangerous for everyone because if we as conscious people can’t be malleable and experience new, uncomfortable, disturbing stories, then we won’t know how to deal with our own disturbances.

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What is your favorite movie and why?

My favorite films have been Rango, The Graduate, Magnolia, and now Daddy Long Legs. It was the first film directed by the Safdie brothers, who recently did the best film of 2017, Good Time. I love it because it is about a loving father who is clumsy, and unlucky despite his good intentions (like me!). He’s also tragically selfish, but the film is always observant, whimsical, and beautiful. Everyone should seek it out.

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JULY 2018

S A LT L A K E F I L M S O C I E T Y P R E S E N T S

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Directed by Morgan Neville USA | Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary

From the director of: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS

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Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen

USA | PG | 97 min | Documentary

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HEARTS BEAT LOUD Directed by Brett Haley USA | PG-13 | 97 min | Drama

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 11 PM / SUNDAYS AT NOON

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Starring: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, and Ted Danson Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

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JULY 2018

WHITNEY

CHURCH AND STATE

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

Directed by Kevin Macdonald USA/UK | Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and MARLEY

Directed by Holly Tuckett and Kendall Wilcox USA | Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

Directed by Boots Riley USA | Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy/Sci-Fi STARRING: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews, Steven Yeun, and Armie Hammer

Starts JULY 6 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts JULY 13 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts JULY 13 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts JULY 13 at TOWE

Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston.

Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

An inexperienced gay activist joins forces with a tiny Salt Lake City law firm to try and topple Utah’s ban on gay marriage. The lawsuit soon paves the way for a Supreme Court decision that legalizes same-sex unions nationwide.

In a dystopian not-too-distant future, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success and is propelled into a macabre universe.

After waking up in an ap was raging the night bef come to grips with realit and the living dead have Paris.

BLINDSPOTTING

DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT

Directed by Carlos López Estrada USA | R | 95 min | Comedy/Drama STARRING: Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal

Directed by Gus Van Sant USA | R | 113 min | Drama/Comedy STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: GOOD WILL HUNTING

Starts JULY 27 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts JULY 27 at BROADWAY CENTRE

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On the rocky path to sobriety after a lifechanging accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

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THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

SCOTTY AND TH HISTORY OF HOL

Directed by Desiree Akhavan USA | Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

Directed by Matt Tyrn USA | Not Rated | 98 mi

STARRING: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, and Forrest Goodluck

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In 1993 after teenage Cameron is caught in the backseat of a car with the prom queen, she is forced in gay conversion therapy by her conservative parents.

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Directed by Dominique R France | Not Rated | 93 mi

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Opening at Broadway Centre

Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

THE NIGHT EA WORLD

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A portrait of unsung Ho Scotty Bowers, whose chronicled his decades procurer to the stars.

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YELLOW SUBMARINE

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Directed by George Dunning UK/USA | G | 85 min | Adventure/Comedy STARRING: The Beatles

LEAVE NO TRACE

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Directed by Debra Granik USA | PG | 109 min | Drama FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: WINTER’S BONE

Directed by Tim Wardle UK | PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary

Starts JULY 13 at TOWER THEATRE

Starts JULY 20 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts JULY 20 at BROADWAY CENTRE

The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living in an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.

Identical triplets become separated at birth and adopted by three different families. Years later, their amazing reunion becomes a global sensation but also unearths an unimaginable secret that has radical repercussions.

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Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A about the new film from local Utah filmmakers.

BROADWAY CENTRE CINEMAS Friday, July 13th at 6:00 pm $9.25 General, $7.25 RCC Supporters

THE BOOKSHOP

Opening at Broadway Centre

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Directed by Isabel Coixet UK/SPA/GER | PG | 113 min | Drama

OF: CITIZEN JANE

STARRING: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS and MY LIFE WITHOUT ME Set in a small town in 1959 England, it is the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

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JULY 2018

2018 Sundance Favorites Opening this summer at Broadway SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Opening July 13

Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Film Nominee

LEAVE NO TRACE

Opening July 20

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS Opening July 20

Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Film Nominee

BLINDSPOTTING

Opening July 27

Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic FIlm Nominee

DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT Opening July 27

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

Opening August 17

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Film

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JULY 2018

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