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On day two of the Utah State Legislative session, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints issued its resounding support for laws that would forbid discrimination against the state’s LGBT community. Church officials also expressed concern over erosions of religious freedoms, saying its support for the LGBT community is linked to its belief that all people, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation, should be treated equally.
Mistress America **1/2
Noah Baumbach has long been one of the funniest, most generous observers of the honest foibles of youth, so it's kind of crushing to see him steer towards a particularly aggravating brand of farce. The solid set-up follows new Barnard College freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke) as she struggles to adjust socially to her new environs, then finds a ready-made friend and life-tour-guide in Brooke (Greta Gerwig, Baumbach's partner and co-writer), a charismatic whirlwind of big ideas that never quite go anywhere.
As President Obama calls for more protections in Arctic wilderness areas he also calls for the opening up of East Coast waters for future drilling. Top of the Alty World
Local podcast gives standup comedians a monthly spotlight
One of the newest trends to hit the local podcasting networks has been comedic shows, often featuring standup comedians performing around town as they get together and chat about whatever they feel like. The premise may be a lot simpler than other shows, but it works quite well in the right hands as truly funny people can spin gold for hours just shooting the shit in someone's apartment with a couple of beers and the microphone on.
The D Train **1/2
The crippling need to be liked gets half of a great treatment in this coulda-been-darker comedy from writer/directors Jarrad Paul & Andrew Mogel. Jack Black stars as Dan Landsman, a married-with-kids suburban schlub working on his high-school's 20th reunion committee.
The Witch ***1/2
Give me a few more days to mull over Robert Eggers' masterful debut and I might be ready to call it a flat-out masterpiece of theological horror, instead of just a really good delivery system for bone-jarring dread. Set in early 17th-century New England, it follows a family of recent arrivals from England, outcast from their town for patriarch William's (Ralph Ineson) too-rigid brand of Puritanism.
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