SLFS Newsletter October 2018

OCTOBER 2018

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THE OLD MAN & THE GUN Page 5

Celebrate TOWER OF TERROR and find out what horror films captivate the SLFS Staff!

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

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“THE BABADOOK (2014) is one of my favorites in recent years. It brings me right back to feeling like a kid afraid to look in closets, underneath beds, or too closely in corners. I love how the mother is trying so hard with her problem child--but is he the problem or the hero?”

- Marcie Collet, Manager of Sponsorship and Corporate Giving

“THE GATE (1987) is not only my childhood favorite, it’s a perfect film in every way. It’s charming, scary, and metal as hell. Starring a young Stephen Dorff who gets himself into trouble by opening a portal to hell in his parents’ backyard.

NO CGI BS. The practical effects are to die for.....Happy Halloween” - Stephen Simmons, Manager of Operations and Customer Service

“I don’t want to start any fights, but THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999) is probably one of the scariest movies ever made and we need to accept that. It’s the only horror movie that has made me cry out of fear and folks, and I’ve watched many. Found footage wouldn’t even be a common phrase without it, and it still reigns supreme.” - Aaron Kramer, Front of House Staff

“George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD nauseates and terrifies one in ways that makes other zombie movies seem like fodder. With unparalleled dollarby-dollar production and a whirring story, Romero created a cult classic that should not be considered just cult, but canon. A night spent watching this movie is a night worth living!” - Whitman Howard, Front of House Staff

“I’m a lover of all kinds of horror films, I live and breathe Halloween and the like, and a goofy, gore-fest like REANIMATOR (1985) immediately gets me going. The perfect mix of gross-out blood and guts, humor, practical effects, and an amazing score. It’s not the kind of film that will be for everyone, but it’s right up my alley.” - Annie Jenkins, Graphic Design and Marketing Manager

“The single word I would use to describe HEREDITARY (2018) is paralyzing. Don’t go in to it searching for the terror, just slowly notice that tight feeling in your chest that won’t allow your muscles to move. Once the film was over, I sat there in the same position, physically frozen with a deep and primal fear that I couldn’t shake for the next few hours. It was delightful!” - Gentry Loghry, Front of House Staff

“THE DESCENT (2005) was a “sleeper” for me. I didn’t expect much of anything.

Very frighting and I don’t scare easily. At a horror film festival in Scotland, I saw the absolutely scariest horror films I’ve ever seen in my life but I can’t remember any of the titles! Try to go to Edinburgh for the annual [Dead By Dawn Festival] if you are a true horror lover.” - Barbara Mellen, Administrative Coordinator

“1977’s HAUSU. Take 7 girls, an evil cat, campy special effects, a poppy soundtrack, and a house that could (and likely will) eat you and cram this all within the pages of a psychedelic pop up book. Then find a spirit to possess said pop up book. Gift this treasure to a loved one and don’t forget to crank up the saturation.” - Amber Gentry, Front of House Staff

“I’d recommend PULSE (2001), directed

by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This is bar none the most chilling ghost movie of the 21st century. As we develop new technology and progress further and further into the internet, it’s important to remember something like this, where ultimately the most frightening thing about the apocalypse isn’t the ghosts, it’s the loneliness and depression after it’s all over.” - Joshua Stoddard, Front of House Staff

“I saw HÄXAN (1922) for the first time this year and was completely blown away. It’s a silent film that delves into witchcraft and the occult through astoundingly thorough research and breathtaking imagery. I was stunned by the film’s exploration of the link between women persecuted for witchcraft and untreated mental illness. I’d recommend this movie to anybody with a love of practical effects, atmospheric horror, or just a casual interest in the occult.” - Elena Rogers, Front of House Staff

“THE WICKER MAN (1973) uses pretty accurate pagan traditions and a nutty Christopher Lee really effectively to make a horror movie that is eerie and fun, intelligent and campy at the same time!

It’s so original, there really aren’t many other films that accomplish a similar type of atmosphere. I love to wonder why portraying pre-Christian beliefs and behavior in a contemporary context is so unsettling. The score also really holds up on it’s own if you’re into that sort of thing!” - Cleo Ricks, Theater and Volunteer Manager

“I love the lonely, gritty, old west vibe of A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014). Plus the premise is irresistible - a lady vampire literally sucking the life out of toxic masculinity one ghost town at a time.” - Marissa Beckstrom, Front of House Staff

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OCTOBER 2018

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN

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MANDY Directed by Panos Cosmatos USA | Not Rated | 121 min | Action/Horror

FOUR WEEKS OF HORROR

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Army of Darkness • KUSO Beetlejucie (30th Anniversary)

Starring: Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough

IN DI E MA ST ER S OF HO RR OR W EE K Oc tob er 11 - 18

li Phantasm w/ director Don Coscarel Bubba ho-tep • basket case corpses the hills have eyes • house of 1000

FAHRENHEIT 11/9 Directed by Michael Moore USA | R | 127 min | Documentary

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Deep Red • The Old Dark House The Changeling

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Slumber Party Massacre

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Jennifer’s Body

From the director of: FAHRENHEIT 9/11, SICKO, and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

THE WIFE Directed by Björn Runge SWE/UK/USA | R | 100 min | Drama

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Fri 10/19, Midnight Sat 10/20, 8 pm & Midnight Fri 10/26 - Sat 10/27, 8 pm & Midnight wed 10/31, 8 pm & Midnight TOWER THEATRE 876 E 900 S

Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, and Max Irons

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OCTOBER 2018

PICK OF THE LITTER

THE CHILDREN ACT

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Directed by Ethan Hawke USA | R | 127 min | Drama STARRING: Ben Dickey and Alia Shawkat

Directed by Don Hardy Jr. & Dana Nachman USA | Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

Directed by Richard Eyre UK | R | 105 min | Drama STARRING: Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: STAGE BEAUTY and NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Directed by Reinaldo Ma USA | R | 95 min | Drama STARRING: John David W Ramos, and Kelvin Harriso

Starts SEPT 28 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts SEPT 28 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts SEPT 28 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts OCTOBER 5 at BR

A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.

Following five spirited puppies from the moment they’re born through their quest to become guide dogs for the blind.

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a lifesaving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family’s refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

The aftermath of a police told through the eyes of filmed the act, an African officer and a high-schoo inspired to take a stand.

TEA WITH THE DAMES

ALL ABOUT NINA

Directed by Roger Michell UK | Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: VENUS, NOTTING HILL, MY COUSIN RACHEL, and LE WEEK-END

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Directed by Eva Vives USA | R | 97 min | Comedy/Drama STARRING: Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Common

Directed by Marielle Heller USA | R | 107 min | Drama STARRING: Melissa McCarthy FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Starts OCTOBER 19 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts OCTOBER 26 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts NOVEMBER 2 at BROADWAY CENTRE

BLAZE

BOY ERASED

Opening at Broadwa

Directed by Joel Edg USA | Not Rated | 114

STARRING: Lucas Hed Russell Crowe, and Jo

Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith discuss their careers and reminisce about their humble beginnings in the theatre.

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Nina Geld’s passion and talent have made her a rising star in comedy, but she’s an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own troubled past.

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Celebrity biographer Lee Israel makes her living profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Estee Lauder. When Lee is no longer able to get published, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.

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FREE SOLO

Directed by Wash Westmoreland UK/USA| R | 111 min | Drama STARRING: Keira Knightley and Dominic West FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: STILL ALICE

Directed by David Lowery USA | R | 90 min | Documentary STARRING: Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: A GHOST STORY

Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Starts OCTOBER 12 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts OCTOBER 12 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Starts OCTOBER 19 at BROADWAY CENTRE

Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

COMING SOON at SLFS

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IVORY TOWER

ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE Opening at Broadway Centre

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Directed by John McPhail UK/USA | R | 92 min | Comedy/Horror

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A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones.

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USA | Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary FROM THE DIRECTOR OF: MERU

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY A 4K DCP RESTORATION with original audio from 1968

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 | 7 PM FREE | TOWER THEATRE IVORY TOWER

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OCTOBER 2018

What’s your favorite

SCARY MOVIE?

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“THE INNOCENTS (1961), based on the Henry James novel The Turn of the Screw, is one of my favorite ghost stories. It has all the ingredients of classic gothic horror--a governess isolated at a rural estate with two creepily precocious children and (possibly) two ghosts--but it also avoids the third act problems of many movies about hauntings by declining to explain its supernatural elements. I had goosebumps through the whole film and had its eerie little folk song stuck in my head for days afterwards.” - Averi Crockett, Front of House Staff

“Horror Fangoria-style: DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) - there’s no guts like Tom Savini guts, makeup artists are still chasing him!

Horror Classics: VAMPYR (1932), NOSFERATU (1922), HÄXAN (1922) - setting the tone to creep you out for a lifetime. And we all know Max Schreck really IS a vampire.

Horror need-a-therapist-after: THE WICKER MAN (1973), BEGOTTEN (1990), ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968), CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980), SUSPIRIA (1977) Horror Innovation: THE EVIL DEAD - Any in the series!

Horror not-your-Universal-monsters: AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981), INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Subverted Horror: SAFE (1995), TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)” - Tori A. Baker, Executive Director

“Many horror films feature an out-of-their-depth protagonist fighting against a monster or force that represents something we fundamentally fear. But rare is a film where the main characters are both monsters fighting each other. POSSESSION (1981) delves into the intimate yet devastating interpersonal violence that comes from divorce channeled through the earth-shattering performances

by Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neil. Director Andrzej Zuławski invokes doppelgängers, super-spies, writhing mutants in this surreal masterpiece about the ways in which people love to hate each other. ” - Tim Morrise, Front of House Staff

“For me, the horror film that warms my black-and-wine colored heart the most is E. Elias Merhige’s SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE. It is a docudramatic retelling of the making of 1922’s NOSFERATU and it was one of the first movies I ever saw at the Broadway theater. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE hits all those gothy, cinematic sweet spots of mine: Black comedy, historical fiction, character study, Wiemar Germany, Willem Dafoe + John Malkovich, and VAMPIRES. The film-within-a-film gently satirizes many of the tropes of moviemaking--the tyrannical director, the “difficult” star, the peacekeeping producer, the film crew worker bees just trying to hold it together, and poses the ultimate art question: Who is the real vampire, the egomanical director or the honest bloodsucker?” - Guy Wheatley, Head Projectionist

N AT I O N A L T H E AT R E L I V E @ S L F S

Presented in partnership with

JULIE

Saturday, October 6 Noon

ADMISSION

General - $20 SLFS Donors - $17 Students - $15

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

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OCTOBER 2018 KUE D7 presents

SLFS SIGHT AND SOUND Accessibility Upgrades

Thanks to donors to our Sight & Sound campaign, we now offer these assistive devices: Personal Audio Headphone Receiver

• Adjustable volume for all movie sound & dialogue

Personal Audio Headphone Receiver with Descriptions for Vision Loss

• Adjustable volume for all movie sound & dialogue • An additional audio track is mixed in with the movie sound where a narrator describes the action. This narration takes place in dialoguefree moments.

Personal Audio Receiver – Hearing Aid Option

• For either type of audio receiver above – A neck loop accessory is available for any patron who wears a T-Coil type hearing aid, and prefers not to wear headphones.

Personal Text Display

• Placed in any individual seat’s cup holder, adjusting to your sight line.

• For severely hard of hearing or Deaf patrons who need text to know the dialogue and other sounds that are happening.

Open Caption Screenings

• We will continue to screen one film each week with open captions. The open caption screenings are on Tuesdays at about noon and 7 p.m. Check listings each week for the exact time.

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Brian Rivette - Chair Phil Cooper - Treasurer Lisa Bickmore - Vice Chair Sarah Sinwell - Secretary Tori A. Baker Claudia Benítez

Leigh Ann Bernal Kurt Bestor Prescott Muir Tamra Rieper Bridget Shears-Lee

FOUNDER BOARD Peter Kelson Kris Liacopoulos Paul Liacopoulos

ADVISORY BOARD

“We are lucky to have SLFS exhibiting classic films and new works by independent filmmakers.” - Cassandra Loveless

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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