SLFS Newsletter February 2017

FEBRUARY 2017

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FEBRUARY 2017 E X P L O R E T H E C U LT U R E @ S L F S

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2016

STAFF PICKS ANNIE JENKINS

MARISSA BECKSTROM

DERREK WALL

TORI BAKER

Marketing Manager

Front of House Staff

Venues Manager

Executive Director

1. Moonlight

1. Moonlight

1. Moonlight

1. The Lobster

2. Manchester by the Sea

2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2. Jackie

2. The Mermaid

3. The Witch

3. La La Land

3. King Kobra

3. Embrace of the Serpent

4. The Lobster

4. Embrace of the Serpent

4. The Handmaiden

4. Everybody Wants Some!!

5. Midnight Special

5. Manchester by the Sea

5. The Lobster

5. Love and Friendship

6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

6. The Handmaiden

6. The Witch

6. Captain Fantastic

7. The Handmaiden

7. The Lobster

7. Boo! A Madea Halloween

7. Don’t Think Twice

8. Arrival

8. Arrival

8. The 13th

8. A Tale of Love and Darkness

9. The Wailing

9. 13th

9. The Neon Demon

9. The Last Picture Show

10. Swiss Army Man

10. Kubo and the Two Strings

10. Nocturnal Animals

10. Nosfeatu w/ live score

AARON KRAMER

CLEO RICKS

Front of House Staff

JACK OTT

Operations Manager

Front of House Staff

1. Moonlight

1. Embrace of the Serpent

1. The Handmaiden

1. Moonlight

2. Manchester by the Sea

2. American Honey

2. American Honey

2. Tale of Tales

3. The Witch

3. River of Fundament

3. The Lobster

3. The Handmaiden

4. The Lobster

4. The Neon Demon

4. Born to be Blue

4. Elle

5. Arrival

5. The Witch

5. Kubo and the Two Strings

5. The Thin Yellow Line

6. The Handmaiden

6. The Lobster

6. Knight of Cups

6. Things to Come

7. La La Land

7. The Love Witch

7. Manchester by the Sea

7. The Eagle Huntress

8. Swiss Army Man

8. Hail, Caesar!

8. Moonlight

8. Hail, Caesar!

9. Tickled

9. Moonlight

9. Certain Women

9. Nocturnal Animals

10. The Wailing

10. Manchester by the Sea

10. The Wailing

10. Hell or High Water

MARA LEMESANY

SUSAN TIVE

JACOB HALL

RACHEL GETTS

Front of House Staff

Director of Philanthropy

Front of House Staff

Website/Social Media Coordinator

1. American Honey

1. Arrival

1. OJ: Made in America

1. Knight of Cups

2. American Honey

2. Moonlight

2. The Wailing

2. La La Land

3. American Honey

3. The Lobster

3. Moonlight

3. The Witch

4. The Lobster

4. Captain Fantastic

4. Manchester by the Sea

4. The Lobster

5. Manchester by the Sea

5. OJ: Made in America

5. Nocturnal Animals

5. Sing Street

6. Moonlight

6. Elle

6. Arrival

6. Love and Friendship

7. The Handmaiden

7. La La Land

7. Hunt for the WIlderpeople

7. Hell or High Water

8. La La Land

8. Fire at Sea

8. Elle

8. Midnight Special

9. Don’t Think Twice

9. Cameraperson

9. The Conjuring 2

9. Green Room

10. Arrival

10. Kubo and the Two Strings

10. The Night Of

10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

TIMOTHY MORRISE Development Associate

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Assistant Manager

STEPHEN SIMMONS

LEVI ELDER Director of Programming

BARB GUY Director of PR and Marketing

JACK BROWN Front of House Staff

1. A Bigger Splash

1. The Lobster

1. City of Gold

1. Green Room

2. Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party

2. Nocturnal Animals

2. Moonlight

2. The Mermaid

3. Knight of Cups

3. The Wailing

3. Embrace of the Sepent

3. American Honey

4. Krisha

4. Dr. Strange

4. Rams

4. 45 Years

5. La La Land

5. Deadpool

5. Sing Street

5. Krisha

6. Lemonade

6. Hell or High Water

6. Eat That Question

6. Eye in the Sky

7. The Mermaid

7. High-Rise

7. Captain Fantastic

7. Lo & Behold

8. Moonlight

8. Swiss Army Man

8. Hunt for the Wilderpeople

8. Creative Control

9. Nocturnal Animals

9. The Neon Demon

9. Lion

9. Weiner

10. Sonita

10. The Handmaiden

10. The Eagle Huntress

10. The Witch

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

Check showtimes at SLFS.org or 801.321.0310.

FEBRUARY 2017

SEE THESE WHILE YOU STILL CAN

20TH CENTURY WOMEN Directed by Mike Mills USA | R | 118 min | Drama

APRIL 4-5

STARRING: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, and Billy Crudup

at BROADWAY CENTRE

LA LA LAND Directed by Damien Chazelle USA | PG-13 | 128 min | Musical/Drama

STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and John Legend

LION Directed by Garth Davis AUS/UK/USA | PG-13 | 120 min | Drama

May 19-20 | Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E 300 S | Free Admission STARRING: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara All Salt Lake Film Society dates and locations are subject to change.

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JULIETA

PATERSON

THE COMEDIAN

I AM NOT YO

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Spain | R | 99 min | Drama Starts February 3 | BROADWAY

Directed by Jim Jarmusch USA/GER/FRA | R | 118 min | Drama Starts February 3 | BROADWAY

Directed by Taylor Hackford USA | R | 119 min | Comedy Starts February 3 | BROADWAY

Directed by Raoul Pe USA /FRA| PG-13 | 93 m Starts February 10 |

After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.

A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.

An aging insult comic tries to reivent himself while serving out a sentence of community service after accosting an audience member.

Writer James Baldwin t in modern America with Remember This House.

THE RED TURTLE

UNITED KINGDOM

I, DANIEL BLAKE

THE SALESM

Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit FRA/BEL | PG | 80 min | Fantasy Starts February 24 | BROADWAY

Directed by Amma Asante USA/UK/CZE | PG-13 | 111 min | Drama Starts March 3 | BROADWAY

Directed by Ken Loach UK/FRA/BEL | R | 100 min | Drama Starts February | BROADWAY

Directed by Asghar F Iran/FRA | PG-13 | 125 Starts February | BR

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.

A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

After their old flat beco and Rana, a young coup are forced to move into Eventually, an incident tenant of their new hom changes the couple’s li

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

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OUR NEGRO

OSCAR SHORTS

NERUDA

TONI ERDMANN

| BROADWAY

Starts February 10

Directed by Pablo Larraín CHI/ARG/FRA/SPA/USA | R | 107 min | Drama Starts February 17 | BROADWAY

Directed by Maren Ade GER/AUT/ROU | R | 162 min | Comedy/Drama Starts February 17 | BROADWAY

tells the story of race h his unfinished novel, .

A collection of the various films nominated in the Short Film catergories at the 89th Academy Awards.

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

A reluctant woman must spend time with her estranged father when he comes for a surprise visit.

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min | Documentary

MAN

| TOWER

COMING SOON @SLFS

Farhadi min | Drama

ROADWAY

omes damaged, Emad ple living in Tehran, o a new apartment. linked to the previous me dramatically ife.

MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI

THE SENSE OF AN ENDING

Directed by Claude Barras SWI/FRA | NR | 70 min | Animation/Family

Directed by Ritesh Batra UK | PG-13 | Drama

STARRING: Robert De Niro and Leslie Mann

STARRING: Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, Charlotte Rampling, and Jim Broadbent.

Coming March 17

After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini struggles to find his placeat his new foster home. But with his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love, as he searches for a new family of his own.

Coming March 24

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

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

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FEBRUARY 2017 NATIO N A L T H E AT RE L I VE a t B R O A D WAY

ADMISSION: General - $20 SLFS Members - $15 Students - $10

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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 NOON

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