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Week Ending Thursday, December 15
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Coming Soon - FALL / WINTER 2011 UPDATES
Sundance Shorts: Best of 2012 Film Fest Shorts
ENDS THU 12/15 2:00, 7:00
(120 min, NR)
Salt Lake Film Society is proud to participate in this annual program with the Sundance Institute. See the Sundance Film Fest website for film details.
Bringing Up Baby
ENDS THU 12/15 4:00, 9:00
(102 min, NR)
Tower Through Time's Cary Grant cavalcade continues with Howard Hawks' 1938 tale of a mild mannered zoology professor -- engaged to his officious assistant & pursued by an irritating heiress -- juggling romance, work, and securing a $1 million donation to his museum.
Tom Tykwer's 3
Opens Fri 12/16 1:00, 9:15
(119 min, NR)
German director Tom Tykwer's reinvention of the romantic drama / comedy, with a nod to classic screwball Hollywood; a happily married yet restless Berlin couple approaching their 20th wedding anniversary individually meet and fall in love with the same charming younger man, unbenknownst to each other.
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Opens Fri 12/16 4:00, 7:00 * (*No 7:00 Mon 12/19)
(112 min, NR)
Tower Through Time Cary Grant December continues... A wealthy Philadelphia socialite's ex-husband -- now turned tabloid reporter with a deal for a scoop story -- and other other unexpected guests arrive at her mansion on the day before her wedding to an adoring businessman / aspiring politician.
Into the Abyss
Opens Fri 12/16 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25
(107 min, PG-13)
Master filmmaker Werner Herzog gazes "into the abyss of the human soul" examining a Texas triple-homicide to explore why people -- and States -- kill. Herzog interviews death-row inmate Michael Perry (since executed), and families of his victims, as well as a state executioner and a pastor who have been beside death-row inmates at their demise.
Young Adult
Opens Fri 12/16 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30
(94 min, R)
Jason Reitman directs this comedic drama about a recently divorced writer of teen fiction who returns to her small-town Minnesota home, looking to fan the flames with her now happily married high school sweetheart, and forming a bond with another not-quite recovered school inmate.
Le Havre
ENDS THU 12/15 12:10, 2:10, 7:00, 9:00
(103 min, NR)
Director Aki Kaurismäki's latest is a warmhearted portrait of the film's namesake French harbor city; an aging, well-spoken bohemian shoe-shiner befriends a recently arrived African refugee boy, inviting him into his home and standing with him against government officials bent on deportation.
The Skin I Live In
New This Week 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45
(117 min, R)
A brilliant plastic surgeon -- obsessed with the flaming car crash that took his late wife -- develops a consummate synthetic skin, perfecting the substance on a mysterious patient / guinea pig in the latest drama from great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar.
Melancholia
1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 9:40
(136 min, R)
Renowned Danish director Lars von Trier presents this beautiful tale of the end of the world; a woman on the night of her extravagant but exasperating wedding struggles for happiness in the face of family tension, fraying relationships, & impending disaster as a strange blue planet hurtles towards Earth.
My Week With Marilyn
12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:05, 9:15
(99 min, R)
A drama about one idyllic, 1956 week in the life of Marilyn Monroe & Colin Clark, who met while filming MM's film The Prince and the Showgirl; adapted from CC's long-delayed memoir of the events.
The Descendants
12:00, 12:50, 2:20, 4:10, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20
(115 min, R)
Alexander Payne directs this dramatic comedy tale. A Hawaiian land baron re-examines his life and connection with his 2 daughters during an island-hopping trip to confront the paramour of his affair-involved spouse who is on life support due to a boating accident.
Like Crazy
ENDS THU 12/15 3:10, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15
(90 min, PG-13)
A personal tale of first love from hope to heartbreak; a British college student enters a passionate & life-altering relationship with her American classmate, but their bliss morphs into despair when she is deported from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
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Into the Abyss Tom Tykwer's 3 Young Adult The Philadelphia Story (1940) Opening Fri 12/16
The Sound of Music: Sing with Maria
Sat 12/10, 2:00 pm & 6:30 pm @ Tower
(174 min, NR)
Tix on sale now @ Tower: $15 admission, or $57 for a 6-tix family pack. The Salt Lake Film Society is proud to present special holiday Sing with Maria screenings of The Sound of Music. Come sing-along & bring the entire family, arrive early as seating is 1st-come-1st-served. Two screenings only, all ticket proceeds benefit SLFS family programs.
Wassail & Waffles Holiday Film Series
Sat 12/10/11, 10:00 am @ Broadway
Free admission, advance tix available now in-person only @ Broadway box office.
Saturday 12/10/11, 10:00 am @ Broadway, including waffles, wassail, and a visit from Santa. Festivities begin at 10:00, film at 11:00. Seating is 1st-come-1st-served at this extremely popular event so arrive early! Choose your film: A Christmas Story or a surprise holiday movie.
Le Havre The Skin I Live In Bringing Up Baby (1938) Sundance Shorts: Best of 2012 Film Fest Shorts Opening Fri 12/9
Melancholia
North by Northwest
Opened Fri 12/2
To Catch a Thief - Member Screening
Tue 11/15, 7:00 PM @ Broadway
(106 min, NR)
Free admission to SLFS Members. Reception @ 6:30, film begins @ 7:00 pm. Fine cinema exclusively for SLFS Members & their guests. Tonight's film...
A retired cat burglar living on the Riviera is suspected of slipping into old criminal habits, and must ferret out a copy-cat thief to prove his innocence in Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 crime drama.
SLFS Open Screen Short Film Night
Wed 11/9, 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 11/9 before the event. Email jim_faulkner@saltlakefilmsociety.org if any questions.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thu 10/27 9:30 pm only
Fri 10/28 - Sat 10/29 7:30 pm & 11:30 pm
Mon 10/31 9:30 pm only
(100 min, R)
SLFS presents the annual RHPS Halloween special. $10 tix on sale now @ Tower, come dressed in full Rocky Regalia; plenty o' cross-dressing Halloween fun for your whole perv family! Live pre-show begins half-hour before screening, arrive early for best seats (1st-come-1st-seated). The RHPS & pre-show include themes and language that may not be appropriate for some viewers. Use your judgement, people!
X96 2nd Annual Dusk-Till-Dawn Horror-Thon!
Fri 10/14/11, 11:00 pm - Dawn @ Broadway
Tix on sale now @ Broadway, $15.00 for 4 films, arrive early for best seats. See 4 classic horror films in one spooooky marathon (last all night get a free T-shirt): American Werewolf in London, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original), Re-Animator, & cult-classic Suspiria! Movie party 'til dawn with X96 and the SLFS!
High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) - Ivory Tower / Westminster Film Series
Mon 10/3 7:00 pm @ Tower
(143 min, NR)
SLFS & the Westminster College Film Program present the Ivory Tower film series. This month...
High and Low; A shoe company executive is torn between saving his company from incompetent rivals and ransoming the kidnapped son of his chauffeur in Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's tense 1963 drama, blending personal dilemma with elaborate police procedure.
Circumstance - It's Great to be Young Youth Screening
Wed 9/28, 7:35 pm @ Broadway
Young people rejoice! SLFS hosts some fine film on the house as we play our part in corporate America's shameless pandering to the youth demographic. 24 and younger please (25 and older welcome, but they gotta' pay!).
Global Film Initiative: Global Lens 2011
Fri 9/9 - Thu 9/15 @ Broadway
GFI 10-film pass on sale now @ Bway box office.10 films, 10 countries, 10 bucks; A showcase of acclaimed international cinema. $10 package price for multiple films, regular admission price for single films. See film details & schedule below...
SLFS 10th Anniversary 10 Films for 10 Bux (Built for Film Fans, Like You!)
Fri 9/2 - Thu 9/8 @ Tower
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Salt Lake Film Society with 10 modern classics from the last 10 years for 10 Bucks! 10 for $10 or $5 per individual film. Films... Amores Perros, Brokeback Mountain, The King's Speech, March of The Penguins, Napoleon Dynamite, No Man's Land, Once, Slumdog Millionaire, There Will Be Blood, Whale Rider.
See Events page for previous events / screenings.
