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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

Film

Spock speaks

April 8, 2013

ROAD TO FAME Zachary Quinto enlightens students about his start in acting and his sexuality Zachary Quinto, an actor famously recognized for his role as Spock in the rebooted Star Trek, spoke at the Union...

Zachary Quinto to speak to U students

April 4, 2013

Zachary Quinto might not be a familiar name, but his face and voice are unmistakable: calm, brown eyes underneath signature bushy brows and a chiseled mouth complete with dimples. It is a handsome, enigmatic...

Exhibit explores film, art relationship

March 29, 2013

In downtown Salt Lake City, a unique art gallery has taken up shop. The Central Utah Art Center, or CUAC, has moved from their 20-year-old location in Ephraim, Utah, to a little nook located on 175 E....

Film series exhibits Native American stories

March 26, 2013

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Film Center are partnering to produce awareness of depictions of Native Americans in modern society. To present these issues, UFC is showing its Native Voices...

Films show life around the world

By By Evan Frank, Staff Writer August 27, 2009

For lovers of cinema, being in Salt Lake City has its perks. Playing host to several movie festivals and enjoying a considerable trickle-down from the wildly popular Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City is a variable epicenter for independent film in the mountain west.

Former mayor to discuss movie

By By Joseph Simmons, Staff Writer August 27, 2009

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts will host a screening of the 1971 film "Punishment Park" as part of its continuing Desert Secrets Film and Discussion series today at 6 p.m., highlighted by a post-film discussion with human-rights activist and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson.

Look beyond summer blockbusters at a theater near you

You don't need to go to a blockbuster movie every week to see a good film. Although big-budget movies can be exciting, art-house films bring a dynamic that is rarely seen in most big-budget films.

Everybody wants what they can?t have

I want a romantic comedy that is both funny and romantic, while avoiding altogether the obligatory stereotypes, the clichés and the predictable plot lines which have been recycled and reshaped for too many years. That's all I want. Can't I have that? Jason Todd Ipson's film "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" makes a noteworthy attempt to give me what I know I can't have, but ends up falling into the unavoidable trap of standard genre filmmaking.