SLFS Newsletter November 2015

NOVEMBER 2015

broadway and tower

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LABYRINTH OF LIES Page 4

Meet Board President

KEVIN HANSON

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

NOVEMBER 2015 HOLIDAY FUN - B R I N G T H E F A M I LY

Saturday, December 12 10 AM | Broadway

Free Holiday Film Screeing

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN THE ASSASSIN Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou TW/CN/HK/FR | NR | 107 min | Action/Drama

(ANd WAffles!)

Starring Qi Shu, Chen Chang, and Satoshi Tsumabuki

THE KEEPING ROOM Directed by Daniel Barber USA | R | 95 min | Drama

LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCES @ broadway

HAMLET

Starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, and Sam Worthington

TRUTH Directed by James Vanderbilt Australia/USA | R | 121 min | Drama

November 7 & 14 | Noon

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November 21 | Noon All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

Starring: Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid

NOVEMBER 2015 e x p lo r e t h e c u lt u r e

KEVIN HANSON

@SLFS

And you’ve made some films as well, right?

My first two films were both in festivals and in graduate school I did two videos that were both in festivals as well. Then I also got to do an internship at Sundance during its second year – the Screenwriters Lab. I think that’s what got me my first tenure track job [in Ohio].

BOARD PRESIDENT

An Interview with Kevin Hanson, President of the Board of Directors for Salt Lake Film Society and Chair of the Film and Media Arts Department at the University of Utah.

Interviewed by Barb Guy, Director of Public Relations for SLFS Kevin became Head of the Division of Film Studies in February of 2007. In January of 2010, under his leadership, the division became the Department of Film & Media Arts. Kevin’s teaching career has included teaching Film production at Wright State University, Ohio University, and the University of Utah and teaching history/theory courses for the Masters of Professional Communication program at Westminster College. He began his teaching career as an NEA Artist in the Schools and served as Director of Graduate Studies for the U’s Film Division. He holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Westminster College and an M.F.A. in Art (filmmaking) from the University of Utah. Kevin brings an eclectic mix of professional film credits to the position including video production work for business and industry, promotional videos for arts, management, and high tech organizations, as well as narrative, documentary, and experimental production credits.

I think the Film Society is profoundly important because most cities the size of Salt Lake do not have an art theater and they certainly don’t have two real art theatres and seven screens. That’s just unheard of in a place this size.

What brought you to us as a board member?

I came to the board because Tori [Baker, Executive Director] asked me to. I thought I should be supportive because I don’t think I could feature living in a town that had no foreign films at all and precious few independent films so that’s initially why I showed up at SLFS. I haven’t been disappointed at all because Tori has a great vision for what the place can be and she made a leap of faith early on in the game that I think everybody out there in those other towns needs to make and that is that a place like SLFS is not really the same thing as a commercial cinema. They’re not in the same business.

I think what Tori’s done already that’s remarkable is she really has managed to put Salt Lake Film Society on the same footing with other enterprises like it, like the symphony and the ballet and public television and all those things that our culture prizes but has to find unusual ways to pay for. I think she’s done that better than anyone could have expected her to do.

How did you begin being involved in film?

I always liked movies, particularly foreign films; I never had a large desire to make one – or even thought about it – until I took Tom Sobchack’s Intro to Film class in college during my long, protracted years as an undergraduate student and I saw Chris Marker’s film La Jetée.

We are lucky in that every now and then one of those films that those of us that favor the independent and foreign film market like becomes popular and SLFS is able to make a little cash, but that’s just luck.

There has to be a way to keep the place going so the cinema continues to exist. Tomorrow morning if all the commercial movie theaters in town closed, I would be mildly sad, not heartbroken. If Salt Lake Film Society closed, I would be heartbroken. It’s about the part of cinema that I truly care about.

When I was in graduate school, projecting the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Blue Mouse Theater was one of my major ways to make a living. I think I projected it more than a hundred times.

What are your wishes for SLFS going forward?

Well, there’s a lot of things I wish. Since we’re sitting here by the Tower, I could say that I wish that a bunch of us could get together and get the community riled up

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

Kevin Hanson (left) visits with Marcus Salem at Tower Theatre

about turning the Tower back into the strange looking beast it was years ago and kind of reviving its essence.

I think it would be great if we could find a way to make it look more like it used to and make it behave more like the flagship weird part of the organization where the sketchiest stuff happens. I remember my first moments at the Tower were coming with my big brother and the sort of Boheme crowd would hang out there and buy cups of coffee made in a percolator and stand in the lobby and smoke cigarettes and talk about existential philosophy et cetera. Being introduced to virtually all the great foreign filmmakers at the Tower made me pretty fond of it and living in the neighborhood doesn’t hurt either.

Sundance is coming right up.

Do you still get excited about it?

Because I have such a weird Sundance experience every year which consists of a lot of schmoozing in my role as Chair of the Film Department I don’t really get to do Sundance the way I did when I was a normal person, so I depend on SLFS to show me the films that did well at the Festival. I’ve become lazy in recent years because I’ve realized that most of them will show up at SLFS and the truth is, I can see them for much less money that way.

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NOVEMBER 2015 LABYRINTH OF LIES

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TAB HUNTER C

Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli Germany | R | 124 min | Drama Starts November 6 @broadway

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke UK | PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy/Drama Starts November 6 @broadway

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Ireland/Canada | R | 118 min | Drama Starts November 6 @broadway

Directed by Jeffrey Sc USA | NR | 90 min | Do Starts November 6 @

A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.

From the director of: THIRTEEN, LORDS OF DOGTOWN, and TWILIGHT

From the director of: FRANK and WHAT RICHARD DID

*In German with English subtitles

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman and her 5-year-old son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is A Nothing, it seems, can dama Nothing, that is, except for t secretly gay. Now, Tab Hunt documentary we will meet, shares with us the whole sto survivor of Hollywood’s rolle

LEGEND

TRUMBO

Directed by Brian Helgeland UK/FR | R | 131 min | Crime/Drama/Biography Starts November 25 @broadway

Directed by Jay Roach USA | R | 124 min | Drama/Biography Starts November 25 @broadway

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I SAW THE LIGHT Coming

The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

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From the director of: AUSTIN POWERS, MEET THE PARENTS, and THE CAMPAIGN The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he is blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist.

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

MACBET

Directed by Marc Abraham USA | NR | 123 min | Drama

Directed by UK/France/U

STARRING: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Krumholtz, Bradley Whitford, and Cherry Jones

STARRING: M Cotillards

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.

Macbeth, a T from a trio o King of Scot spurred to a his king and

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December 4

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SUFFRAGETTE

THE 33

LOVE

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Directed by Sarah Gavron UK | PG-13 | 106 min | Drama Starts November 13 @broadway

Directed by Patricia Riggen USA/Chile | PG-13 | 120 min | Drama Starts November 13 @broadway

Directed by Gaspar Noé FR/BE | NR | 135 min | Drama/Romance Starts November 13 @tower

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meryl Streep

From the director of: UNDER THE SAME MOON and GIRL IN PROGRESS

From the director of: ENTER THE VOID and IRREVERSIBLE

The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.

A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It’s a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.

*Opening night Q & A

ocumentary

@tower

America’s Boy Next Door. age his skyrocketing career. the fact that Tab Hunter is ter’s secret is out. In this the real Tab Hunter as he ory of a happy, healthy er coaster.

OMING SOON @ SLFS

TH Coming

December 11

KUED7 presents

THE DANISH GIRL Coming December 25

Justin Kurzel USA | NR | 113 min | Drama

Directed by Tom Hooper UK/Germany/USA | NR | 120 min | Drama

Michael Fassbender and Marion

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: The King’s Speech and Les Miserables

Thane of Scotland, receives a prophecy of witches that one day he will become tland. Consumed by ambition and action by his wife, Macbeth murders takes the throne for himself.

The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

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

The Pilgrims

From Filmmaker Ric Burns

Discover the harrowing and brutal truths behind the Pilgrim's arrival in the New World and the myths of Thanksgiving.

Tue. Nov. 24, 7PM

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Join or upgrade your current membership or purchase one as a gift Come see us at the Membership Desk in the lobby or visit us online at SLFS.org

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Bring a Friend Membership Drive kick-off event SLFS Members bring a non-member friend and pick the movie of your choice. Join on the 17th and enjoy a free gift.

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

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