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I, the Worst of All (Yo, la peor de todas)
Tue 4/13, 7pm @ Tower
(105 min, R)
17th century Mexican nun / poetess Sor Juana de la Cruz faces a misogynistic Archbishop after her protective Viceroy & his wife depart for Spain, based on "The Traps of Faith" by novelist Octavio Paz. Presented by Plan-B Theatre Company, ACLU of Utah, and SLFS in conjunction with Plan-B's world premier of AMERIGO (4/8 - 4/18/10).
Ghosted (LGBT Movie Night)
Mon 4/12/10, 7pm @ Tower
(89 min, NR)
FREE admission. A German artist enters an unseemly relationship with a reporter investigating the unsolved murder of the artist's Taiwanese lover in director Monika Treut's return to narrative cinema after a documentary-decade.
Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) - Ivory Tower / Westminster Film Series
Mon 4/5, 7:00 pm @ Tower
(109 min, NR)
SLFS & the Westminster College Film Program present the Ivory Tower film series. April's film... Pandora's Box, the classic silent saga of the rise and fall of a hedonistic dancer / prostitute directed by great German filmmaker G. W. Pabst, with live musical accompaniment from local organist Blaine Gale.
The Apartment
Tue 3/30, 7pm @ Broadway
(125 min, NR)
Free admission to SLFS Members. Fine cinema exclusively for SLFS Members & their guests. See Billy Wilder's classic comedy-romance about a low-level executive whose residence is co-opted by his bosses for romantic Tete-a-tetes.
Under Great White Northern Lights - The White Stripes
Sat 3/13, 7:00 pm @ Tower
(93 min, NR)
X96 radio and The Truth present The White Stripes "Under the Great White Northern Lights" one night only. $5.00 admission, tix available now @ Tower.
Headless Woman, The (La mujer sin cabeza)
Tue 3/9, 7:30 PM @ Broadway
(87 min, NR)
Free admission, courtesy of the SLFS and UofU Film Front. In this Argentine suspense-thriller, a woman hits something or someone with her car, falling into mental confusion trying to remember exactly what happened as her protective husband tries to erase any traces of the incident.
Plan B Wallace: Brother to Brother & Wallace Stegner (PBS)
Mon 3/8 7pm (Brother); Tue 3/9 7pm (Wallace) @ Broadway
(94 min, NR)
Plan B Theatre Company and the SLFS present two FREE screenings of films related to the upcoming Plan B production "Wallace". "Brother" examines the Harlem Renaissance, the milleiu of young gay black Wallace Thurman. "Wallace" documents the life of western writer Wallace Stegner. Both influential figures called Salt Lake City home.
Three Monkeys (Üç maymun)
Tue 2/16, 7:30 PM @ Broadway
(109 min, NR)
Free admission, courtesy of the SLFS and UofU Film Front. Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan directs and writes this tale of a disfunctional family torn apart by small lies fighting to stay together by playing 3 monkeys (see no evil, etc...). Winner, Best Director, Canne FF.
SLFS Open Screen Short Film Night
Wed 5/19, 9:00 pm @ Tower
View short films submitted by local filmmakers; FREE to view films. $5.00 submission fee to submit films. Submit your film on Wed 5/19 before the event. Email david.fetzer@gmail.com if any questions.
SLFS Member Screenings
Various dates, TBA
Free admission to SLFS Members. Fine cinema exclusively for SLFS Members & their guests. Selected films are often only screened in Salt Lake courtesy of this program.
LGBT Movie Night @ Tower
1st Monday of each month
Films of interest to the LGBT community. More info coming soon.
Global Film Initiative: Global Lens
Annual, Autumn
A showcase of acclaimed international cinema. Package price for multiple films, regular admission price for single films.