SLFS Newsletter May 2016

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Meet Assistant Theatre Manager

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

ISRAEL LAWTON ASSISTANT THEATRE MANAGER

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Seeing movies at SLFS and just staying home listening to records and writing. I also read, I collect records, I try not to stagnate creatively.

What is your favorite part about working for SLFS?

Well, my first shift was June 26th, so almost a year!

Many things, but the people. I love everyone I work with. I also am in a passionate open relationship with the Tower.

What made you want to work here?

What are your hopes for the future of SLFS?

How long have you worked for SLFS?

Israel dressed as ‘Lolita’ for our SLFS Kubrick-themed holiday party

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

Pretty much everything. I’m not from Utah, I moved here last June. The summer before, however, I was visiting Salt Lake for a few months and I just fell in love with the Tower and the Broadway, though I had no idea they were connected. I think it’s a pretty classic SLFS employee story to try to apply at the Tower and get sent to the Broadway. On the way there, I was thinking “Oh, I’ll never get hired here, only cool people work here. I’ll only get hired if the application is a film quiz or something”. And lo and behold, the application was a quiz of sorts!

All those lonely nights in high school staying home watching three movies in a row finally paid off.

Well, there are both practical goals that I am working towards, such as making the Tower more event based, podcasting, blogging and creating a tight knit collective of artists around SLFS (Cashiers of Cinema), but there is also the dream of SLFS being this artistic empire, a “Deathstar” of aesthetic force that I think many others also want it to be. I honestly feel like SLFS is bigger than all of us.

What’s one of your favorite movies and why?

ONE?! How hierarchical! In rebellion I will have to narrow it down to five unthinkable options: PINK FLAMINGOS: a classic, powerful, all-out aesthetic warfare on morals and ethicality. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: the greatest Why is film important to you? horror film of all time, grit and grime caked Well first: all art is important to me. I believe under all-American fingernails. BREATHLESS: in what I call Radical Aestheticism, that art the greatest film of all time. MULHOLLAND is the most important thing in the world; that DRIVE: David Lynch has directed three perfect the universe is devoid of inherent meaning or films, (ERASERHEAD and BLUE VELVET purpose and that art is humankind’s attempt to being the others), but MULHOLLAND DRIVE make something out of the void. So I’m really is something else. It is black magic, a short passionate about a lot of different mediums, glimpse into something much bigger, much more and have a passing interest and knowledge of most major art forms. Film, however, has always terrifying than our world or state of being. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Everything been part of my “big three”: mediums that I I am now I owe to this film; my gender identity feel I know and care the most about, literature (fluid as a waterfall, queer as a three dollar bill), and popular music being the other two. Film, in my belief in rock ‘n’ roll (that it should be played a way, is the perfect postmodern art form. It is both rooted in classical aesthetics but steeped loud and with abandon), my camp lifestyle (too extreme, even for this publication), and my in populist gimmicks from the start. Everything constant belief that film, (alone in the back row I love about theatre, rock ‘n’ roll, and literature at a science fiction double feature) can save meets in film. It’s the final frontier in art. your mortal soul.

Everything else is grave robbery.

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MAY 2016

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN

ELVIS & NIXON Directed by Liza Johnson USA | R | 86 min | Comedy

Starring: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Johnny Knoxville, and Colin Hanks

A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING Directed by Tom Tyker UK/USA/FRA/GER | R | 97 min | Drama

N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E L I V E @ B R O A D W AY

Starring: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, and Ben Wishaw

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Noon

Directed by Richard Linklater USA | R | 117 min | Comedy

ADMISSION: General - $20 SLFS Members - $15 Students - $10 From the Director of: DAZED AND CONFUSED, BOYHOOD, and SLACKER

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MAY 2016

GREEN ROOM

BLUE VELVET

LOUDER THAN BOMBS

SING STREE

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier USA | R | 94 min | Crime/Horror Starts April 29 @broadway

Directed by David Lynch USA | R | 121 min | Drama/Mystery Starts April 29 @tower

Directed by Joachim Trier NOR/FRA/DNK | R | 109 min | Drama Starts May 6 @broadway

Directed by John Car Ireland/USA/UK | PG-1 Starts May 6 @broa

After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.

In 1985, a Dublin teenag band to win the heart of

TOO LATE

PELÉ: BIRTH OF A LEGEND

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TOUCH OF ZE

Directed by Jeff & Michael Zimbalist USA | PG | 107 min | Drama/Biography Starts May 20 @broadway

Directed by King Hu Taiwan | NR | 111 min | Wuxia Starts May 20 @tower

Directed by King Hu Taiwan | NR | 180 min | Starts May 20 @tow

The story of Pelé, who rises to fame to become one of the greatest soccer players of all time.

During the Ming dynasty, the emperor’s minister of defense is framed and executed, and his family is pursued by secret police.

In the ensuing chase, a mysterious band of strangers begins to gather at the remote Dragon Gate Inn, where swords will cross.

A lady fugitive on the ru government officials is endeavors by an unamb skilled Buddhist monks.

Directed by Dennis Hauck USA | NR | 107 min | Drama Starts May 13 @tower

A private investigator scours the streets of Los Angeles to track down a missing woman from his past.

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30 ANNIVERSARY RE-ISSUE

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

THE INVITATION

DOUGH

THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY

Directed by Karyn Kusama USA | NR | 100 min | Horror Starts May 6 @tower

Directed by John Goldscmidt UK/Hungary | NR | 94 min | Comedy/Drama Starts May 13 @broadway

Directed by Matt Brown UK | PG-13 | 106 min | Drama/Biography Starts May 13 @broadway

ger forms a rock ‘n’ roll f an aspiring model.

While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man starts to believe that his exwife and her new husband have sinister plans for the guests.

An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

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LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

THE MEDDLER

| Wuxia

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos IRE/UK/GRC | R | 118 min | Comedy/Drama Starts May 27 @broadway

Directed by Whit Stillman IRE/USA/FRA/NLD | PG | 93 min | Drama Starts May 27 @broadway

Directed by Lorene Scafaria USA | PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy/Drama Starts May 27 @broadway

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

In the 18th century, the seductive and manipulative Lady Susan uses devious tactics to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy.

An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.

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MAY 2016

May 24 - 25 | Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E 300 S | Free Admission

MR. PIG

SHORTS PROGRAM

Tuesday 5/24 @ 7 pm

Wednesday, 5/25 @ 7 pm

An elderly pig farmer goes on a road trip to mexico, and is soon joined by his estranged daughter when his health begins to fail.

A collection of Mexico’s newest and best short films.

PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD (Loneliness Square) Wednesday 5/25 @ 9 pm

Inviting us into a world we would otherwise never know, this film explores the lives of several women who sell themselves on the streets of La Merced in Mexico City.

Presented by:

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

JAN WILLIS

VOLUNTEER EXTRAORDINAIRE

Interviewed by Erin Emerson, Volunteer Coordinator

Tell me about yourself.

What would you like to know? Let’s see, I’m from Utah, mostly Lehi. My family lives mostly in the Utah County area, with a bunch of cats, some rabbits, and (there used to be) some ducks too.

They were purchased specifically to keep the grasshoppers down, and then they just kind of became pets. I have an older sister, a younger brother and a younger sister. My younger sister is going to be coming up to the U in the fall, which I’m pretty excited about. I think she’ll have a great time. I went to BYU. It has its quirks, but I enjoyed it there. I studied Asian studies, so I learned some Korean, which was a lot of fun. I even got to take a film class about Korea which I really enjoyed.

Their TV shows are crazy and weird. They start out really good, and then they kind of peter out, but their movies are AMAZING! I’ve never been disappointed with a Korean movie. I work at a refugee nonprofit, which is great. I live here in Salt Lake and it’s wonderful! It’s the greatest place in Utah. And I like movies.

What brought you to volunteering with SLFS? I was just looking to become a little bit more involved after I moved to Salt Lake. I still don’t know a lot of people here, and so I just wanted to do something, and I’m a fan of movies so I figured the Film Society would be a great place to start.

What are your outside hobbies besides film?

I really like gardening. I’m also a volunteer at Red Butte Gardens, which is fun. I get to go wander around the gardens for free and look at all the plants. I collect the blooming dates of plants and take pictures. I also like reading and writing, and my dream is to one day write a TV show. I have several ideas, sitcoms and dramas . . . a sitcom drama . . . a “dramedy” would be fun. The idea I’ve been playing around the most with is in the same vein as Parks & Rec, but a bit more serious. I really like watching comedies, but also the things that have a more human aspect. I’ve been watching the show Elementary, which is so great. I love how it deals with addiction and really has a great human element to it.

What is your favorite film and why?

My absolute favorite movie is Jurassic Park. I don’t know why, partly nostalgia, but also because it’s just such a wonderful movie. When it came out in 3D, I went and saw it three times! I took a friend who had never seen it before. It was just great to see the reactions of someone who had never experienced it before. This friend had never seen Jurassic Park, and she was curled up in her seat,

terrified. It was great to see someone go through that for the first time.

What are your hopes for SLFS in the future?

I think it would be great to have people know more.

When I talk to some people, they don’t know really what the Film Society is about. Also the summer film series is awesome and it would be great to have more of that [throughout the year].

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.

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SUMMER LATE NIGHTS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AT 11 PM SUNDAYS AT NOON JUNE THROUGH AUGUST

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