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Love Me, Thelma, I Saw the TV Glow, Dìdi, A New Kind of Wilderness
Love Me ***1/2 [U.S. Dramatic]I feel fairly confident that I won’t be the only person short-handing the debut feature from writer/director team Sam & Andy Zuchero as “WALL-E, if instead of WALL-E learning about human love from Hello, Dolly, he learned about it from YouTube”—but it turns out to be a bit more complicated than that. Five hundred years after the apocalyptic end of humanity, an ocean sensor buoy achieves self-awareness, and makes contact with a satellite launched as a final digital repository of the human experience.
New music from SoulFang, lineups for Get Lucky and Kilby Block Party
Soulfang: “Rollercoaster” out now
On the heels of their sexually-charged rocker “I’m Your Drug,” SoulFang delivers “Rollercoaster,” an infectious bop with a bright exterior which hides a lyrical darkness.
Freaky Tales, Girls State, How to Have Sex, Never Look Away
Freaky Tales **1/2 [Premieres]Sometimes it takes a movie like this one to help you realize how miraculous it is that Quentin Tarantino’s “love letters” to the genres he adores don't seem oppressive more often. This quartet of narratives is loosely connected by their setting in Oakland, Calif. circa May 1987, following: punk kids deciding to stand up to bullying skinheads; a pair of aspiring hip-hop artists (Normani and Dominique Thorne) getting a potentially big break; a hired thug (Pedro Pascal) facing a life crossroads; and then-NBA star Sleepy Floyd (Jay Ellis) turning into a vengeance-seeking ninja.
January 2024 Van Sessions, tickets at City Weekly Store
January 2024 Van Sessions at Ogden First Friday Art Stroll
Tonight is Ogden's First Friday Art Stroll, meaning you can head over to The Monarch (455 25th Street) and check out this month's Van Sessions feature live.
