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DECEMBER 2014

All Salt Lake Film Society dates andlocations are subject to change.

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, and Edward Norton

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu USA | R | 119 min. | Comedy

BIRDMAN

Starring Miles Teller and JK Simmons

Directed by Damien Chazelle USA | R | 106 min. | Drama

WHIPLASH

Starring Felicity Jones, Eddie Red-mayne, and Emily Watson

Directed by James Marsh UK | R | 123 min. | Drama

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

Dec. 12 - Dec. 18

Nov. 28 - Dec. 4 Dec. 5 - Dec. 11

Dec. 19 - Dec. 25

Every day at noon & Tuesdays at 7:00 pm

in December @The Tower Theatre

876 E. 900 S.

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

.................................THROUGH TIMET O W E RTHE

DECEMBER 2014


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change.” But I’m really pleased with how the lobby turned out. I think it’s definitely a more professional and updated setting, and it’s our space now. It’s not just leftovers from the last theatre that was here before us, it’s really a statement on who were are. Although I do miss that neon dearly.

What would you be doing if you weren’t working here?Wishing I was working here. It’s really hard to imagine what I’d being doing. I’ve made so many friends and had great experiences because of my job here. I didn’t know anybody when I moved to Salt Lake, and now I have this totally awesome family that I work with, so I don’t want to think about if I wasn’t here. I’d probably be in school or something boring like that.

What’s your fondest wish for SLFS going forward?To cross the narrow sea and take what is ours with fire and blood, preferably with dragons. Or you know, to continue growing as an organization and get the recognition as cultural institution that we really deserve. I see how many people apply to work here and people who would kill to work here, but then I talk to someone out in the world and they have no idea who we are, so I think my dream for SLFS is to have people know about us and love us as much as they love the megaplex.

Anything else you’d like to say?Hi mom!

How did you come to work at SLFS?Slipped a twenty to the bouncer. No, I had just moved to Salt Lake City and I heard through various channels that there was an opening, and I called, determined to set up an interview. I began to intern here, working three or four hours a day and then drive up to Park City to work six or seven hours at my other job. After about a month I was hired formally and started working more full time.

What is your job title and what do you do?I am the PR & Marketing Coordinator. I do various tasks around the department; making ads, sending out our weekly email, helping with our monthly calendar by writing our staff profiles and collecting data. I’m basically second-in-command in the department.

Can you tell about some parts of your job that you particularly like, or some special things you’ve enjoyed working on?I really love that a large portion of my job is researching films. I get paid to collect as much trivial knowledge about upcoming movies as I possibly can. I also really enjoy working on any of our events that we have, like dumping water on people’s heads at Rocky Horror or serving waffles at Wassail and Waffles. Any event where people come out to appreciate film is cool with me. But obviously the best part of my job is the people I work with. It’s honestly like a big family here and all the people I work with are wildly cool.

What’s the most preposterous thing you’ve been asked to do?I don’t know if I’ve ever really been asked to do anything preposterous, although spending the day at the zoo in 40 degree weather with vague animal noises being pumped through hidden speakers at random times wasn’t exactly the most fun thing I’ve ever done.

When did you begin to be interested in film?I think as long as I can remember I’ve been in love with film. I have a lot of significant memories of growing up watching movies, like when I was really little I was obsessed with the movie The Mummy. The 1999 version, not the universal movie monster. Seriously, I was obsessed with it. For Halloween I went as the main female villain, Anck-Su-Namun, for like three years in a row. And you know, I used to go home from seeing movies at the theater and play in the backyard, pretending that I was in that movie. I would always force my friends to watch movies with me that they had no interest in. Stuff like that.

What do you think it is that makes film such a special medium?It’s such a powerful tool for storytelling. Film can entertain you, can educate you, can inspire you to create something for yourself. But also, I love how different film can be. You can go from watching like There Will Be Blood, which as amazing film, to Big Trouble in Little China, which is also an AMAZING film, but they’re both so different from each other, like you would never connect those two movies in your head. There are so many genres and subgenres out there and it’s all awesome, it’s just cool to think about. You can really go out there and make any kind of story you want and someone will enjoy it.

Do you envision making your own film someday, or contributing in some way to the production of a film? I’m actually working on writing my first short film right now. Well, more like I know what it’s going to be about, but every time I open up Celtx, I decide that writing is awful and I’d rather saw my arm off than actually get that script done. And I’ve worked on television production before, while I was in college, but I’d love to be involved with making a film one day, I think it sounds really interesting.

It has to happen: What’s your favorite film and why?Whenever I ask someone this question, they always groan and say it’s a stupid question, but I actually immediately knew the answer. My favorite movie is Moulin Rouge, and has been since I was about nine years old. It was just the first film I saw that really moved me. Since my parents didn’t want me watching that film when I was super young, I would always sneak into a guest room and watch it while no one was home. It’s beautifully filmed, like honestly one of the most gorgeous films I’ve ever seen. It has this perfect balance of camp and serious drama that I think blends together really well. I’ve memorized every song in it and could probably recite the entire movie if you asked me to.

You’ve seen the old Broadway lobby and the new one. Compare and contrast.I mean it’s really apples and oranges. I mean when we first started renovation, I was sad because the Broadway really began to feel like a home to me, and you know, I’m basically Garth Algar, just standing in the corner muttering “we fear

ANNIEe x p l o r e t h e c u l t u r e @SLFS

PR & MARKETING COORDINATOR

JENKINS

Film can entertain you, can educate you, can inspire

you to create something for yourself.

Clockwise from top left: Dave Godsey, Derrek

Wall, Riley Ashton, Annie Jenkins, Krystille Souza

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DECEMBER 2014 independent film

Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for indepen-dence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend, Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.

Starring Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, and Tess Amorim

THE WAY HE LOOKS

Directed by Daniel RibeiroBRAZIL | NR | 95 min. | DramaStarts December 12 @broadway

COMET

Set in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple’s six-year relationship.

Starring Emmy Rossum, Justin Long, and Eric Winter

Directed by Sam Esmail USA | R | 91 min. | Comedy/DramaStarts December 12 @tower

SUNDANCE SHORTS PROGRAM

Sundance Institute/Sundance Film Festival is tour-ing a program of eight short films in theaters across America, and this year, shorts-loving audiences here get a chance to see it on the big screen. Show-casing a variety of stories and styles, the program features award-winning fiction and documentaries.

For a full listing of Shorts please see our website.

Directed by Various Directors NR | 94 min. Starts December 5 @tower

THE IMITATION GAME

English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and Matthew Goode

From the director of HEADHUNTERS, FALLEN ANGELS, and BUDDY

Directed by Morten Tyldum USA | PG-13 | 114 min. | DramaStarts December 25 @broadway

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

TORONTOINTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

AUDIENCE CHOICE

CHICAGOINTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

THE HOMESMAN

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Directed by Tommy Lee Jones USA | R | 122 min. | DramaStarts December 5 @broadway

C O M I N G S O O N @SLFS

TWO DAYS ONE NIGHTFOXCATCHER

INHERENT VICE MR. TURNER

Coming January 9 Coming February 6

Coming January 16 Coming February 6

Directed by Paul Thomas AndersonStarring: Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix In 1970, drug-fueled Los An-geles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disap-pearance of a former girlfriend.

Directed by Mike LeighStarring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jes-son, Dorothy AtkinsonAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner’s life.

Directed by Bennett MillerStarring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark RuffaloBased on the true story of Mark Schultz, an Olympic wrestler whose relationship with sponsor John du Pont and brother Dave Schultz would lead to unlikely circumstances.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc DardenneStarring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne Sandra discovers that her work-mates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has weekend to convince them to give up their bo-nuses so that she can keep her job.

In Portuguese with English subtitles

BEST FEATURE FILM

BERLININTERNATIONAL

FILM FESTIVAL

AUDIENCE AWARD

LESBIAN & GAY

FILM FESTIVAL

NEW YORKSAN FRANCISCO

SEATTLEL.A. OUTFEST

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Whose eyes are these? The first right answer on our Facebook page wins a pair of tickets.

A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent ca-tastrophe.

From the director of DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, C.R.A.Z.Y., AND THE YOUNG VICTORIA

WILD

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée USA | R | 115 min. | DramaStarts December 19 @broadway

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

Starring Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, and Noah Wiseman

THE BABADOOK

Directed by Jennifer KentAUSTRALIA | NR | 93 min. | HorrorStarts December 19 @tower

Directed by Judy Irving USA | NR | 80 min. | DocumentaryStarts December 12 @tower

PELICAN DREAMS

Judy Irving follows a wayward California peli-can from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a rehab facility and explores nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival chal-lenges.

From the director of THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL

COMET

Set in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple’s six-year relationship.

Starring Emmy Rossum, Justin Long, and Eric Winter

Directed by Sam Esmail USA | R | 91 min. | Comedy/DramaStarts December 12 @tower

C O M I N G S O O N @SLFS

Coming February 6

Coming February 6

Directed by Mike LeighStarring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jes-son, Dorothy AtkinsonAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner’s life.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc DardenneStarring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne Sandra discovers that her work-mates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has weekend to convince them to give up their bo-nuses so that she can keep her job.

Wassail and waffles

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFEChristmas Eve & Christmas Day

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

Saturday Dec. 13, 10 am

F R E E H O L I D AY F U N @ broadway

FREE SCREENINGS OF HOLIDAY FILMS

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MACBETH From the Home of Will iam Shakespeare

From its mesmerising first moments to the last fulfil-ment of the witches’ prophecy, Shakespeare’s gripping account of the profoundest engagement with the forces of evil enthrals the imagination.

SATURDAY, DEC 6 @ NOON

Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.

SATURDAY, DEC 20 @ NOON

ADMISSION: General - $18 • SLFS Members - $12 • Students - $9.25

C O M E S I N G W I T H U S @ tower

A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAMThe Globe Theatre

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A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM

MACBETH

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SpruceFest!SLFS Hosts a Bash to Celebrate Broadway’s Beautiful New LobbyThe Broadway underwent a thorough spruce-up and has emerged from its chrysalis as a gorgeous new home for independent film. We partied all day and all night on Thursday, November 13 to initiate the space. Here are some pictures of the day. Our heartfelt thanks to Hamilton Partners, our landlords, who funded our remodel.

Tori Baker, SLFS Executive Director; Utah State Senator Jim Dabakis; Vicky Bourns, Zoo Arts and Parks Program Director; Bruce Bingham and Brian Horrocks, Hamilton Partners.

Tori Baker, SLFS Executive Director, and Amy Beth Leber, Director of Operations for SLFS enjoyed the evening reception.

Nick, Derrick, and Laurent check out the new concessions area.

Tori Baker and Bruce Bingham cut the ribbon to make it official. Because

it’s us, the ribbon is made of film.

A new, bold wall in our lobby.

At right, Kevin Hanson, SLFS Board Member and U of U Chair, Department of Film and Media Arts, brings a couple of friends by to check out the new space. (They seem to like it.)

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DECEMBER 2014Tower Theatre & Video

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SUPER 8 $50 Standard | $40 Youth$1.00 off all regular admissionsFREE small popcorn on MondaysFREE tix to 6 exclusive members-only events

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Film ProfessionalsBarbara Boyle, ProducerTrevor Groth, Sundance Sr. ProgrammerDave Cummins, Post ProductionStephen Katz, CinematographerChapin Cutler, Digital MediaKelly Loosli, BYU animationChris Lippard, Film ProfessorLance Williams, Producer/Actor

Film DirectorsRichard DutcherKeith Gordon Trent HarrisTyler Measom

David EmmittHelen LanganPrescott MuirTamra RieperBrian Rivette

Hal Widlansky

FOUNDER BOARDPeter KelsonKris LiacopoulosPaul Liacopoulos

GOVERNANCE BOARD

ADVISORY BOARD

t o o u r s p o n s o r s

Whose eyes are these? The first right answ

er on our Facebook page wins a pair of tickets.

Thomas Guthrie, Chair Kevin Hansen, Vice Chair

Gavin Payne, Treasurer

David Dobbins, Secretary

Lisa BickmoreRobert Brown

Salt Lake Community LeadersBill Allred

Jackie BiskupskiJeffrey Breglio

Craig ClevelandLevi Elder

Lori FeldSeth Jarvis

Justina Parsons-BernsteinGeorge Pence

Ken PollardDan Purjes

Miles RomneyThomas Sobchack

Scott Ulbrich

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