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Springtime in Cinema: Films That Feel Like Spring

By Samuel Loveland, Arts Writer April 13, 2025

Spring is a season of transitions — thawing snow gives way to blooming flowers, gray skies give way to sunshine and death is replaced by birth and the prospects of new beginnings. Consequently, it’s...

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Twilight (2008) via IMDb

‘The Twilight Saga’ Is Back From the Dead

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer April 10, 2025

  On Sept. 27, 2005, Stephenie Meyer redefined the meaning of “cult classic” when she published the novel “Twilight.” This novel and its subsequent sequels laid the foundational outline...

Disney's "Snow White" ©Disney

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Lacks Purpose and Charm

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer April 9, 2025

  There was a time when a new Disney film was synonymous with artistic and technological innovation. Disney heavily influenced the world of animation and brought forth many new ideas that were...

Fritt Ord | Sundance Institute | IMS | IDFA Bertha Fund

‘No Other Land’ Is an Increasingly Relevant Film

By Samuel Loveland, Arts Writer April 7, 2025

Basel Adra is a Palestinian activist living with his family in Masafer Yatta, a village in the southern West Bank. Nearly every day, Israeli settlers and soldiers arrive to demolish homes, displacing yet...

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

The World Needs Minecraft Magic: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review

By Laney Hansen, Arts Writer April 3, 2025

  The film opens with the classic Minecraft theme and sends us to a world we all grew up with. “A Minecraft Movie” features Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers and Sebastian...

Robert Pattinson in "Mickey 17" | Courtesy of Warner Bros

‘Mickey 17’: A Dystopian Satire of Capitalism

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer April 2, 2025

  Bong Joon-ho’s films are driven by his acute awareness of society’s deepest problems. With “Memories of Murder,” he criticized institutional failure and authoritarianism. “Snowpiercer”...

The Egyptian Theatre on Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. (Chris Ayers | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Sundance Film Festival Bids Farewell to its Home in Utah

By Jordan Thornblad and Vanessa Hudson March 27, 2025

The Sundance Film Festival is leaving its home state of Utah, after nearly 40 years of fostering and celebrating independent film.  After a lengthy battle of wills, the finalists for custody of the...

A lion lays down in a Hole Zoo exhibit in Salt Lake City on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Silvana Peterson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

How the Zoo, Arts and Parks Tax Enriches Our Community

By Eliza Delgado, Arts Editor March 12, 2025

  This article originally appeared in the Election print issue, in stands November 2024. It has not been updated and some information may be out of date.   Since its approval in 1996,...

"The Monkey" Courtesy of Neon

‘The Monkey’ Misses Every Beat

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer March 10, 2025

  Writer-director Osgood Perkins has built a name for himself through his atmospheric horror. “Gretel & Hansel” and “Longlegs” were drenched in a creeping unease that set Perkins apart...

Banff Film Festival at Kingsbury Hall

‘Of A Lifetime:’ Champion Freeriders Take On Antarctica

By Laney Hansen, Arts Writer March 10, 2025

  Banff Film Festival’s “Of A Lifetime” celebrates a multigenerational story from the eyes of competitive freeriders. Feb. 20 was the second night of the Banff Film Festival’s stop in...