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Morris from America, Swiss Army Man, NUTS!, Operation Avalanche, Green Room
Morris from America [U.S. Dramatic] ★ ★ ★
In some ways, it’s the most familiar kind of coming-of-age story; in other ways, it’s completely distinctive. Funny, generous and gently observational, writer/director Chad Hartigan’s story deals with 13-year-old Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas), a black kid from New York living in Heidelberg, Germany with his widowed soccer coach father (Craig Robinson) and dealing with both cultural disconnection and budding adolescent dramas like his crush on a worldly older girl.
Author, The Free World, Sonita, Ali & Nino, The Bad Kids, The Lure, Rams
The Bad Kids [U.S. Documentary]★ ★ ★ ½
Like many documentaries of this kind, this year-in-the-life study—set at Black Rock High School, a continuation school in California’s 29 Palms area of the Mojave Desert, with a population of kids at high risk of dropping out—focuses on a few specific individuals. There’s Joey, the talented musician struggling with his mom’s drug addiction as well as his own; there’s Lee, trying to juggle school with sharing care of his infant son; there’s Jennifer, hoping to graduate early despite a troubled family history.
Hello to all you line-standing, celebrity-stalking, photo-taking, cold-battling, film-watching, Park-City-slumming, can't-wait-to-see-the-latest-round-of-HBO-documentaries enthusiasts! Look, I get it, I enjoy Sundance and Slamdance as well when they roll through and catch one or two films when I can at The Broadway.
Herbert’s ¿qué pasa? comment stirs up mixed emociones.
During his monthly press conference on Thursday, Governor Gary Herbert was asked about proposed legislation that would make Utah the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana. Herbert responded saying:
Other People, Belgica, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You and Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
If there were a “Sundance indie comedy” bingo card, this one would hit enough boxes for a jackpot: gay artist estranged from family members; sensitive guy returning to his hometown; terminal illness; family sing-along.
New-school audio meets old-school listening in these crafty horns.
The crafting community isn't just bound to people working with basic materials to create awesome items, there are those with engineering know-how and a knack for electronic works who are producing a number of awesome technical pieces. Take, for example, iHorns.
Nonprofit filmmaking to help greater humanitarian causes.
Just before the film festival season kicks off up in the hills this week, we're focusing on one more production company helping out in ways beyond entertainment value. Reel Advocacy is a local nonprofit organization, with a focus on creating films and other media geared toward storytelling for humanitarian efforts across the world.
Utah GOP's MLK Day Press Release Uncharacteristically Devoid of Deranged Commentary; Concerned Constituents Puzzled
The Utah Republican Party sent out press release today honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—and, in an unusual move, neglected to include the overblown claims and unhinged rhetoric usually associated with the organization's communiqués. "Today we honor a man who fought fearlessly and tirelessly for the civil rights of all human beings everywhere," read the incongruously rational memo.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2016, a Celebration Rally and Marade will be held 2:30-4 p.m. The event kicks off at East High School, 840 S. 1300 East.
A look at the first Gallery Stroll of 2016 at Mod A-Go-Go.
To start off the 2016 Gallery Stroll year, several SLC galleries decided to break from tradition and pushed past the group exhibitions during film festival season, to focus more on single-artist shows—many of whom were working in more of an experimental nature. Take, for example, Scott Filipiak, who has managed to take photographic and painted works and turn them into interactive works that you can actually scan with a QR code reader to bring the art to life in a digital way.
