Is “Lady Bird” too girly to win Best Picture?
For a while, it seemed like “Lady Bird” had a good chance. The critical reviews were rapturous and the narrative behind the film was easy to cheer...
No film this year has quite captured the zeitgeist of how it felt to be living in 2017 like “Get Out.” The film was certainly one of the year’s biggest surprises: released unceremoniously in February,...
In one pivotal scene of “Phantom Thread,” a beguiling and clever new film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, a character asks, “What precisely is the nature of my game?” In the context...
In the invigorating, infuriating and fascinating film “Dunkirk,” director Christopher Nolan seems to break a cardinal rule of storytelling: the characters are nearly impossible to tell apart. At the...
In tracking the ways public perception of LGBT issues have changed over the past few decades, one could do worse than looking at the history of the Academy Awards. With a few notable exceptions, LGBT representation...
The University of Utah Department of Theatre is continuing their 2017-2018 season with the opportunity to present the United States premiere of “The Beautiful Game.” The musical, with music by Andrew...
Warning: This review contains spoilers for “The Shape of Water.”
In the surprising, sublime film “The Shape of Water,” every moment is rife with contradiction. This is a movie that looks...
When the musical “Hamilton” premiered on Broadway in 2015, many aspects of the show felt revolutionary. From the genre-hopping music, to the unique subject matter, to the dense, dexterous lyrics, it...
Salt Lake City’s Pygmalion Theatre Company is continuing its season with “I and You.” Written by Lauren Gunderson, the play examines the power of art and literature through the eyes of two sensitive...
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for “Darkest Hour.”
Most awards seasons a film comes around that seems to be so catered to Oscar voters’ tastes that it is almost comical. These films...
