Lovers of musical theater and movies based on musicals often fight the urge to sing along with the familiar songs from their favorite shows. Singing along during a performance or screening is generally considered to be an impolite disruption. Broadway Centre Cinemas (Salt Lake Film Society) answers this need and gives theater-goers an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
I thoroughly enjoyed watching The Exorcist in 2023 when movie theaters offered screenings for the film's 50th anniversary. I eagerly anticipated seeing it a second time when I learned that Broadway Centre Cinemas had scheduled it in this year's Tower of Terror lineup. (Tower of Terror is the Salt Lake Film Society's series of classic... Continue Reading →
I approach horror films skeptically and cautiously because moral and ethical considerations preclude my consuming entertainment that glorifies evil or gratuitous violence. Many classic or traditional horror films don't appeal to me for those reasons. However, films that authentically explore the supernatural, present a rigorous and fair conflict between good and evil, and portray strong... Continue Reading →
Idiosyncratic. Quirky. Off-beat. Those adjectives best describe Wes Anderson's new movie The Phoenician Scheme, and those characteristics explain why critics and movie-goers either love the film or hate it, resulting in unpromising reviews online. I had been on the fence about whether or not to see it, based on the reviews, yet the trailer looked... Continue Reading →
I had been excited to see Thelma since it arrived in theaters a few weeks ago, so I asked my friend Ruth if she would be interested in seeing it with me last weekend. The trailer presents it as a bit of a spoof on action-adventure, car chase movies, but in this case, senior citizens... Continue Reading →
At middle age and older, it is natural for a person to reflect on and reminisce about the life he or she has lived. An awareness of aging and changes in health circumstances imbue life with urgency and compel people to get their affairs in order and tie up loose ends. The intersection of these... Continue Reading →
Previews for Ghostlight appeared before some other movies I saw earlier this summer, and its premise intrigued me. I made a point to see it before it left Broadway Centre Cinemas this week, and I found it to be a deeply touching exploration of the intimate connection between life and art, particularly as it pertains... Continue Reading →
Women of my generation and younger have many rights and opportunities available to us that previous generations of women simply did not have. We risk taking for granted the relative ease with which we move in the world, and we might forget that trailblazers before us had to push against the current to attain the... Continue Reading →
I have a long-standing aversion to horror films that stems from negative experiences watching horror movies when I was younger. However, when I learned that this year marks the 50th anniversary of The Exorcist and local theaters would be showing it during October, I decided that it would be worth it to see this classic... Continue Reading →
"Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity."Opening Caption I had seen trailers for Oppenheimer prior to viewing other movies this summer. The dramatic intensity portrayed in those clips intrigued me, so I eagerly anticipated seeing the full movie when... Continue Reading →
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