Our Mission: The Salt Lake Film Society is the premiere film establishment of our community. We promote diversity of film exhibition and creation. We educate, advocate, and inform about and through cinema. We foster film talent and cultivate film appreciation and participation. Our programs and venues ensure that the potent ideas and voices of film are accessible to our community.
Week Ending Thursday August 5
Ticket Prices & Parking Info
Coming Soon
The Killer Inside Me
New This Week (2:00), 7:00, 9:15
(109 min, R)
Michael Winterbottom directs this dark tale about an unassuming small town sheriff's deputy under suspicion due to a growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas county.
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
4:30 only
(84 min, R)
Co-directors Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg present this critically-acclaimed, audience-wowing documentary on the life and career of comedienne Joan Rivers, as she approaches 75 years old.
Alien
11:00 pm Fri 7/30 & Sat 7/31; Noon Sat 7/31 & Sun 8/1
(117 min, R)
Watch a hideous scary monster that attacks your face and causes your chest to explode. When Glenn Beck finishes, come to the Tower to see Ridley Scott's eerie science fiction classic. Tower Night n' Noon continues!
The Girl Who Played with Fire
New This Week 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55
(129 min, R)
A journalist tries to clear the name of a computer hacker accused of three murders in this Swedish thriller based on the late Stieg Larsson's second book in the Millennium Trilogy novels.
Kids Are All Right, The
1:00, 2:00, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 7:00, 7:45, 9:15, 10:00
(104 min, R)
Two teenaged children get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers have built for them, changing the fathers household forever in this highly acclaimed comedy.
Cyrus
12:55, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:45
(91 min, R)
Mumblecore auteurs Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass (Duplass Brothers) latest comedy about a divorced disillusioned schmuck who meets the woman of his dreams, leading to a battle of wits with the other man in her life; her 21 year old son.
Micmacs
1:10 *, 7:10 **, 9:30
(*No 1:10 Tue 8/3; **No 7:10 Thu 8/5)
(105 min, R)
An avid movie fan / video store clerk whose life has been impacted severely by weapons of war hatches with his friends an intricate plan to destroy two large arms manufacturers in this crime-comedy from French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Winter's Bone
12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50
(100 min, R)
An Ozark Mountain girl navigates the local criminal underworld in search of her drug-dealing father in this tense thriller.
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore)
4:00 only
(120 min, R)
A tragic love story set in glorious Milan at the turn of the millennium.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - SLFS Free Family Film Series
Wed 7/14, 7:00 pm @ Tower
The SLFS Family Film Series presents Wallace & Gromit; FREE admission. Bring the fam' for this fun summer movie on the big screen in all it's 35mm glory.
Damn These Heels: LGBT Film Festival
Thu 6/10 - Sun 6/13 @ Tower
Details and film schedule at Damn! These Heels online. The 7th annual Damn! These Heels LGBT film festival Thu 6/10 - Sun 6/13 @ the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City, UT. $50.00 Passes available at Tower Box Office until sold out. Individual tix available for some films, note that centerpiece films are pass-holder only. See Damn! These Heels online for details.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Fri 5/28 & Sat 5/29, 11:30 pm, Tower Theatre
(98 min, R)
Live-cast preshow @ 11:30 pm, film @ midnight. $10 admission, tix available now @ Tower box office. The year is 2056 and late-payment corporate-financed organ transplants are revoked by thuggish Repo Men in this unusual glam-rock horror musical.
Best Worst Movie - Cast / Filmmaker Q/A
Fri 5/28 & Sat 5/29, after 7pm & 9pm screenings
(93 min, NR)
Advance tix onsale now @ Tower box office. See the film that the New Yorker News touts as "Hilarious and sad... priceless.", documenting creation of the cult-awful Troll 2. Join the BWM / T2 cast and crew following the 7pm & 9pm screenings on Fri 5/28 & Sat 5/29 of Best Worst Movie. Meet Michael Paul Stephenson - BWM Producer/Director; George Hardy, T2 - Michael Waits; Jason Steadman, T2 - Drew; Darren Ewing: T2 - Arnold.
Singin' in the Rain - SLFS Member Screening
Tue 5/25, 7:00 pm @ Broadway
Screening for SLFS Members & guests. Reception begins @ 7pm, film @ 7:30. Contact Jim @ 801-746-0038, email jim_faulkner@saltlakefilmsociety.org if any questions.
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.
See Events page for previous events / screenings.
