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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

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...

Zac Efron, Macie Carmosino and Lily Collins in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, directed by Joe Berlinger. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance: The Highly Anticipated and Controversial ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ Leaves Audiences Silent

By Alaikia Marielle February 5, 2019

  Zac Efron and Lily Collins take the lead in “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” a highly anticipated film premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival chronicling the life and...

An original sketch from MEMORY – The Origins of Alien. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance: ‘Memory: The Origins of Alien’ Takes a Deep Dive into the Science Fiction Epic

By Alaikia Marielle February 1, 2019

  Director Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary “Memory: The Origins of Alien” takes the viewer to unexpected and sometimes disturbing places in his quest to parse out the origins of the iconic...

Naomi Watts in The Wolf Hour. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance: Naomi Watts Stars in the Psychological Thriller ‘The Wolf Hour’

By Alaikia Marielle February 1, 2019

  Set in the Summer of Sam, "The Wolf Hour," which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, stars Naomi Watts ("King Kong") as June Leigh, a once flourishing feminist author stricken with...

Chris Galust and Lauren Lolo Spencer in Give Me Liberty. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Sundance: ‘Give Me Liberty’ is a Whirlwind Film Exploring Marginalized Communities

By Alaikia Marielle January 29, 2019

  “Give Me Liberty” is a thoughtful and ambitious film about the real and often messy lives that real people live. Based on the experiences of Russia-born director Kirill Mikhanovsky, “Give...