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Film Review: ‘A House Is Not a Disco’ Looks Inside a Queer Kingdom

By Laney Hansen, Arts Writer October 29, 2024

Fifty miles from New York, there’s a place where the gays rule the world: Fire Island Pines. “A House Is Not a Disco” was the opening night screening at the Utah Queer Film Festival (UQFF) on...

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in "We Live in Time" | Courtesy of A24 and Studio Canal

Film Review: ‘We Live in Time’ Exhibits a Realistic Kind of Love

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer October 25, 2024

  The first moments in John Crowley’s “We Live in Time” are quiet. Almut, an up-and-coming chef, is on a run. She stops to pick some flowers and leaves and gathers eggs from her chickens....

(L to r) JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Arthur Fleck/Joker and LADY GAGA as Lee Quinzel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (PRESS KIT)

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Is as Long as It Is Incoherent

By Samuel Loveland October 20, 2024

  It feels like a lifetime ago that "Joker" (2019) burst onto the scene, sparking endless discourse, memes and — perhaps most importantly for Warner Bros — raking in over $1 billion worldwide....

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‘Uglies’ Fails to Make its Mark in the Dystopian World

By Mikaela Ponce, Arts Writer September 28, 2024

  In the future, after the world has been burned by the excessive use of fossil fuels, a new society is built on genetically modified flowers and humans. They fixed their problem of a lack of resources...

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Fans Finally Get What They Deserve With ‘Transformers One’

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer September 24, 2024

  The newest animated “Transformers” film is a breath of fresh air that finally gives fans the movie they have been waiting for. “Transformers One” stands as a strong introduction to the...

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Films That Feel Like Fall

By Jordan Thornblad, Arts Writer September 22, 2024

  Pumpkin spice lattes, vanilla scented candles, corn mazes and leaves showering the ground in shades of red and orange. These are snapshots of what fall looks like in real life. The certain feeling...

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Fashion Steals the Show at 2024 Venice Film Festival

By Ava Hart, Arts Writer September 16, 2024

  The 2024 Venice Film Festival has wrapped up, and it's not just the films making headlines. The festival, which ran from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, exhibited a range of films, from "The Room Next Door"...

Michael Keaton in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

The Juice is Loose in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’

By Isra Habib, Arts Writer September 11, 2024

  “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is a comedic, visually thrilling sequel that resurrects Tim Burton’s quirky aesthetic back to life. With Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning to this iconic...

Channing Tatum stars as Slater King in director Zoë Kravitz’s BLINK TWICE, an Amazon MGM Studios film.

Movie Review: ‘Blink Twice’ – Beneath the Glamor

By Jansen Heaton, Arts Writer September 6, 2024

  After a whirlwind night out, Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat), both struggling cocktail waitresses find themselves on an exclusive private island owned by billionaire tech mogul, Slater...

Cosplayers gather in front of the stairs at FanX 2022. (Courtesy @fanxsaltlake on Twitter)

2024 Pop Culture: A Nostalgic Revival or a Cash-Grab in Harsh Times?

By Mikaela Ponce, Arts Writer August 26, 2024

  The 2024 D23 Expo and San Diego Comic-Con events shocked fans by making huge announcements that rivaled those made during their peak years. In fact, a lot of big events and projects in movies...