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Game Corner: ‘Unheard’

By Yixin Song April 27, 2019

  It is always hard to review games that are built solely on narrative without revealing any spoilers. You can talk about the intense fights, art styles and why characters are in their current...

Dancers rehearse Landscape, by Hailey Caminiti, for the Modern Dance Student Concert. Courtesy University of Utah School of Dance.

The Modern Dance Student Concert is Visually Captivating and Powerful

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor April 2, 2019

  There is something incredibly important about student-led work. It’s a culmination of all the training in an arts degree — proving an ability to not only do the work that someone hands to...

(Graphic by Hannah Allred | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

To Binge or Not to Binge Episode 46: ‘The Dragon Prince’

By Yixin Song March 17, 2019

  I have to admit that I have never been a huge fan of animation. Countless times I have witnessed my friends drop their jaws when they learn I have not seen any of Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opuses....

Courtesy of Richard Yeagley

‘The Sunday Sessions’ is a Troubling and Intimate Look at Conversion Therapy

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer March 17, 2019

  How we respect individuals’ wishes, even when those wishes result in what seems to be self-abuse, is a tricky and often painful space to navigate. The conservative side of the conversion therapy...

Watch Local: Faultline Film Awards Unite Utahns

Watch Local: Faultline Film Awards Unite Utahns

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites March 8, 2019

  On March 5, our friends at Wasatch Magazine held the third annual Faultline Film Awards ceremony at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. For a few hours on a Tuesday night, locals gathered to watch...

According to the University of Utahs campus directory, Sterling Van Wagenens office was 257B in the Art Building prior to his resignation. (Photo by Emily Anderson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Professor Sterling Van Wagenen Resigns After Allegedly Admitting to 1993 Molestation of a Minor

  Film professor Sterling Van Wagenen has resigned following the release of a recording during which he is heard admitting to molesting a minor in 1993, according to spokesperson for the University...

The Favourite is nominated for 10 Academy Awards. courtesy Flickr.

Opening Up the Oscars: ‘The Favourite’ Offers a Genuinely Original Twist on British History

By Josh Petersen February 23, 2019

  Somewhere deep in its twisted DNA, beneath the violence and cynicism and pitch-black humor, Yorgos Lanthimos’ film, “The Favourite,” is a rags-to-riches story in the vein of Cinderella...

courtesy Wikimedia

Banff Film Festival: Adventurers and Art Lovers Rejoice

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites February 22, 2019

  Whether or not you consider yourself to be an “outdoorsy” person, The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival will leave you craving your own adventures. The festival began in 1976 and has been...

Roma is nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Courtesy Flickr.

Opening up the Oscars: With ‘Roma,’ Netflix Enters the Best Picture Race

By Madge Slack February 13, 2019

  The first-ever Netflix original movie to be nominated for best picture, “Roma,” has been hailed a triumph by critics and viewers alike. Written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who won Academy...

Lulu Wang Q&Q at Windrider 2019

Faith and Films at Sundance

By Kristiane Sonnenberg February 13, 2019

  The Sundance Film Festival isn’t the first place that you’d think that a group of Christians would gather. Sundance is more known for pride, celebrity and cutting-edge films than for explorations...