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Salt Lake Film Society

The Salt Lake Film Society is the premiere film establishment of the community. Primary goals of the Film Society are to promote diversity of film exhibition and creation. Educate, advocate, and inform about and through cinema. As well as foster film talent and cultivate film appreciation and participation. Programs provided and venues ensure that the potent ideas and voices of film are accessible to our community.

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    Salt Lake Film Society

    111 East 300 South
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111

    Phone: (801) 746-0288

    Fax: 8013638022

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    08/27/10- 08/29/10	John Hughes Tribute Tower Theatre John Hughes Tribute Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 27-August 29, 2010 Ferris Bueller's Day Off In this 1986 John Hughes film, Matthew Broderick came to fame as a high school wise guy determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that. Sixteen Candles(Hughes 1984). A young girl's "sweet sixteenth" birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
    08/27/10	Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Tower Theatre Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 27, 2010 Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the city with the graffiti tag Samo. In 1981 he puts paint on canvas for the first time, and by 1983 he is an artist with rock star status. He achieves critical and commercial success, though he is constantly confronted by racism from his peers. In 1985...
    08/20/10- 08/22/10	Scarface Tower Theatre Scarface Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 20-August 22, 2010 In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed.
    08/15/10	Fresh Copper Moose Farm Fresh Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Copper Moose Farm August 15, 2010 Copper Moose hosts a wine tasting and five course food tasting with Fresh Director Ana Joanes, followed by a screening of Fresh as part of the Whole Foods and Salt Lake City Film Center Fresh Week showcasing local farmers and restaurants that showcase farm to table cooking.
    08/14/10	Gone with the Pope Tower Theatre Gone with the Pope Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 14, 2010 A renowned nightclub entertainer, singer and movie actor known as "Mr. Palm Springs," Mitchell directs and stars in Gone with the Pope as an ex-con who hatches a plan to kidnap the Pope in exchange for the ransom of "a dollar from every Catholic in the world." The movie has been described as "the holy grail for lovers of B-movies" and "a true gem from the American underground."
    08/13/10	Friday the13th Tower Theatre Friday the13th Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 13, 2010 A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
    08/06/10- 08/08/10	THX 1138 Tower Theatre THX 1138 Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre August 6-August 8, 2010 Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
    08/05/10	Countdown to Zero Broadway Centre Cinemas Countdown to Zero Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Centre Cinemas August 5, 2010 Watch Countdown to Zero at Broadway Centre Cinemas with Director Lucy Walker.
    07/30/10- 08/01/10	Alien Tower Theatre Alien Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre July 30-August 1, 2010 A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
    07/23/10- 07/25/10	Some Like It Hot Tower Theatre Some Like It Hot Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre July 23-July 25, 2010 When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
    07/16/10- 07/18/10	The Big Lebowski Tower Theatre The Big Lebowski Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre July 16-July 18, 2010 Dude Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
    07/09/10- 07/11/10	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Tower Theatre Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre July 9-July 11, 2010 An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
    07/02/10- 07/04/10	Rear Window Tower Theatre Rear Window Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre July 2-July 4, 2010 A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
    06/25/10- 06/27/10	A Clockwork Orange Tower Theatre A Clockwork Orange Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre June 25-June 27, 2010 In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.
    06/18/10- 06/20/10	Purple Rain Tower Theatre Purple Rain Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre June 18-June 20, 2010 A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.
    06/11/10- 06/13/10	Zombies of Mass Destruction Tower Theatre Zombies of Mass Destruction Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre June 11-June 13, 2010 Life in a conservative small town is complicated enough for a young Iranian-American woman and a not-completely-out gay couple, but now they also have to deal with zombie hordes in this splatter-filled comedy. Directed by Kevin Hamedani.
    06/04/10- 06/06/10	Mulholland Drive Tower Theatre Mulholland Drive Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre June 4-June 6, 2010 After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    05/19/10	Local Open Screen Night Tower Theatre Local Open Screen Night Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre May 19, 2010 Salt Lake Film Society presents Local Open Screen Night at the Tower Theatre.
    04/28/10	Four Seasons Lodge The City Library Four Seasons Lodge Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 28, 2010 In this inspiring documentary, a group of Holocaust survivors converges -- for what may be the last time -- in a bungalow in New York's Catskill Mountains to celebrate life with song, dance, food, bawdy humor and memories of their darkest days. In his directorial debut, New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs, with cinematographer Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter), captures an affecting passion for life shared among this family of friends.
    04/26/10	Pulling John The City Library Pulling John Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 26, 2010 This documentary, shot over four years, witnesses the mythical world of arm-wrestling where two titans battle it out. The physical training these men undergo is incredible to witness. Shot in Canada, Japan, the US, and the Ukraine, Pulling John is a sweat-drenched journey that steers you through the personal stories of three athletes, as well as the tension and suspense of the international competition where they all meet for the first time.
    04/25/10	Diary of Anne Frank (1959) The City Library Diary of Anne Frank (1959) Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 25, 2010 As the "Green Police" search for Jews on the streets of Amsterdam, a young girl named Anne (Millie Perkins), her parents Otto and Edith (Joseph Schildkraut and Gusti Huber) and another family retreat for two years to the small attic of shop owners Kraler and Miep (Douglas Spencer and Dody Heath). Despite being confined to a small area and having no contact with the outside world, the families go on with their lives to the best of their ability.
    04/20/10	Timecrimes The City Library Timecrimes Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 20, 2010 Any physicist would tell him that the more you try to fix things, the more they fall apart. When you mess with time, you mess with nature. This film draws from a tradition of cerebral science fiction, and paradox, this film moves effortlessly between a tense disquieting atmosphere and a relentless driving energy. Our hero is driven to hide in a lab by a masked assailant only to find that his hiding place is a time machine.
    04/19/10	Thin The City Library Thin Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 19, 2010 Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield chronicles six months in the lives of four women undergoing treatment for eating disorders in this revealing documentary that captures the stark realities of the disease with unprecedented access. Powerful and haunting, the film follows four anorexics ranging from age 15 to 30 as they undergo therapy sessions, endure daily weigh-ins and battle with staff at a Florida treatment center.
    04/12/10	LGBT Screening Series Tower Theatre LGBT Screening Series Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre April 12, 2010 Ghosted is a mysterious love story set in Hamburg and the beautifully depicted Taipei, marking a return to narrative filmmaking for the director after almost a decade in documentary work. Through a mixture of flashback and present day storytelling they follow the Hamburg artist Sophie as she comes to terms with her Taiwanese lover Ai-Ling's murder. Ghosted is an intimately shot film with excellent use of location shooting in both Hamburg and Taipei. Treut's return to narrative...
    04/06/10	Lion's Den Broadway Centre Cinemas Lion's Den Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Centre Cinemas April 6, 2010 In Buenos Aires, the independent college student Julia Z?rate awakens in her apartment with gore everywhere, her lover Nahuel stabbed, and his lover Ramiro covered with blood but still alive. Julia is pregnant and is sent to a special prison wing with mothers and pregnant prisoners to await trial. Julia befriends Marta, who has two children and helps her to understand motherhood and life in prison. Once Julia delivers her son, Tom?s, her mother tries to kidnap the boy, causing a rebellion in...
    04/05/10	City Lights Tower Theatre City Lights Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre April 5, 2010 A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
    04/05/10	Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma The City Library Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library April 5, 2010 This film will unsettle and move as it pointedly asks disturbing questions at the heart of the humanitarian dilemma. What can any one individual really do to bring peace to those who suffer? Where does humanitarianism end and raw politics begin? How does the sight of unspeakable evil affect the soul? Smartly directed by Patrick Reed, this remarkable film provides no definitive answers, but celebrates the best in the human spirit while staring unblinkingly at the worst.
    04/03/10	Kids Flix Mix Sorenson Unity Center Kids Flix Mix Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Sorenson Unity Center April 3, 2010 Recommended for ages 3 to 8, the world renowned New York International Children's Film Festival presents this kaleidoscopic collection of the best animated short films from around the world, in English.
    03/29/10	Gotta Dance The City Library Gotta Dance Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at The City Library March 29, 2010 Gotta Dance is Dori's third documentary feature. The award-winning film tells the story of the first-ever senior citizen hip-hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball Team. Dori is adapting the film into a Broadway Musical. Her other films are the acclaimed Show Business (2006), Some Assembly Required(2008).
    03/13/10	Under Great White Northern Lights Tower Theatre Under Great White Northern Lights Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre March 13, 2010 X96 radio and The Truth present The White Stripes' Under the Great White Northern Lights for one night only.
    03/11/10	Gods and Monsters Tower Theatre Gods and Monsters Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre March 11, 2010 Filmmaker Steven M. Katz will be in attendance, the cinematographer for the project, for a Q and A after the screening. Set in 1957, James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein, had long since stepped back from the glamour and glitz of Hollywood. A stroke triggers once buried flashes of memory of his life. Haunted and lonely, he recounts many of his experiences to his musclebound gardener, Clay Boone. Despite the divide that exists between them, their...
    02/01/10	The Dreamers Tower Theatre The Dreamers Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre February 1, 2010 The tumultuous political landscape of Paris in 1968 serves as the backdrop for a tale about three young cineastes who are drawn together through their passion for film. Matthew, an American exchange student, pursuing his education abroad in Paris, becomes friends with a French brother and sister duo, named Theo and Isabelle, who share a common love of the cinema. While the May 1968 Paris student riots - which eventually shut down most of the French government - are happening around them, the...
    02/01/10	The Killing Tower Theatre The Killing Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre February 1, 2010 The Salt Lake Film Society and Westminster Film School bring the Ivory Tower Film Series to the Tower Theatre. This month's selection is Stanley Kubrick classic The Killing. After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is complicated by the intervention of the wife of a teller (George Peatty) in on the scheme, the boyfriend of the wife, airport regulations, and a small dog.
    12/24/09- 12/25/09	It's A Wonderful Life Broadway Center Cinemas It's A Wonderful Life Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas December 24-December 25, 2009 The Salt Lake Film Society is pleased to present special screenings of the timeless holiday classic It's A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart in one of his most memorable roles as George Bailey, a man who learns who he really is once he hits rock bottom.
    12/14/09	Make The Yuletide Gay Tower Theatre Make The Yuletide Gay Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre December 14, 2009 Olaf 'Gunn' Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his family. He keeps his cool as his quirky Midwestern-hearted parents try to set him up with his high school sweetheart, Abby. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?
    12/12/09	Sing with Maria: The Sound of Music Tower Theatre Sing with Maria: The Sound of Music Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre December 12, 2009 Come and enjoy for one day only! The Tower Theatre presents Sing with Maria: The Sound of Music, a sing-along event for the whole family.
    12/12/09	5th Annual Wassial and Waffles Holiday Film Series Broadway Center Cinemas 5th Annual Wassial and Waffles Holiday Film Series Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas December 12, 2009 Annual Wassial and Waffles Holiday will have a film show that everyone will enjoy.
    12/09/09	Sketchophrenia Tower Theatre Sketchophrenia Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre December 9, 2009 Grounded in the tradition of sketch performance comedy, co-creators Jensen, Stephenson and Taylor push their sketch comedy into the mixed-media rich 21st Century using short films, improv and stand up to round out their performance in efforts to provide audience members with a brighter, comprehensive and media-rich comedy experience.
    12/09/09	Best of Open Screen Night Tower Theatre Best of Open Screen Night Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre December 9, 2009 Salt Lake Film Society presents a compilation of the best of Open Screen Night.
    12/07/09	Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence Tower Theatre Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre December 7, 2009 Bat, a living cyborg, seeks to retain humanity while his whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, trying to grasp what really makes him human.
    11/20/09	Precious Q&A and Panel Discussion Night Broadway Center Cinemas Precious Q&A and Panel Discussion Night Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas November 20, 2009 The Salt Lake Film Society presents Precious Q and A and Panel Discussion Night, a community discussion with local film critic Scott Renshaw of City Weekly, and other notable guests, surrounding themes and topics from the film Precious.
    11/13/09	Yes Men Fix the World Broadway Center Cinemas Yes Men Fix the World Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas November 13, 2009 The Yes Men come to Salt Lake for a live Q&A discussion panel about their new film Yes Men Fix the World. Join the Salt Lake Film Society at the Broadway Theater for a screening of the film and an informative panel discussion afterward.
    11/09/09	Chris and Don: A Love Story Tower Theatre Chris and Don: A Love Story Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre November 9, 2009 Chris & Don: A Love Story depicts the remarkable life of artist Don Bachardy and his relationship with the distinguished writer Christopher Isherwood. Includes footage shot by Chris and Don in the 1950s and interviews with Leslie Caron, John Boorman, Liza Minnelli, and others. Isherwood and Bachardy were open about their life together, regardless of the waves it caused. As each progressed in their careers they began to collaborate on projects. In 1981, when Isherwood was diagnosed with...
    09/24/09	Manhattan Short Film Festival Tower Theatre Manhattan Short Film Festival Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Tower Theatre September 24, 2009 One World One Week One Festival Filmgoers in Salt Lake City will unite with audiences in 172 additional cities across five continents to view and judge the next generation of filmmakers.
    09/11/09- 09/17/09	Gloal Lens 2009 Broadway Center Cinemas Gloal Lens 2009 Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas September 11-September 17, 2009 Every person has a voice. Every voice tells a story. Every story reveals a world. The Global Film Institute proudly presents an extraordinary series of ten feature films from ten countries for ten dollar.
    09/09/09- 10/31/09	Abstractions at the Broadway Centre Broadway Center Cinemas Abstractions at the Broadway Centre Presented by Salt Lake Film Society at Broadway Center Cinemas September 9-October 31, 2009 A sampling of abstract and expressionist work is presented at the Salt Lake Film Society in the Broadway Centre Theater building lobby.

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