Arts & Culture

Review: The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Laura Casabé’s second feature is a worthy engagement with the social-sexual horror fiction of celebrated Argentine author Mariana Enriquez, whose 2016 Things We Lost in the Fire brought her her first acclaim...

Review: Rabbit Trap at Sundance

With Rabbit Trap, Dev Patel continues his reign as the most compelling and charismatic actor working today. One of the aspects to seeing movies at Sundance is the unknown factor. As such, when...

Hot House West Swing Orchestra at Kingsbury

When Hot House West Swing Orchestra performed at Kingsbury Hall last Thursday (January 23, 2025), one thought hit early and often: this band has done its homework. And that's a calming notion, a...

Review: Jimpa at Sundance

“A genuine and emotional story of a multi-generational queer family that celebrates the joy and challenges of navigating supporting the current generation growth while honoring the previous generation’s struggles,” reads the official...

Review: DJ Ahmet at Sundance

Georgi Unkovski’s thoroughly entertaining DJ Ahmet brings us a familiar story of country mouse-city mouse teen romance inventively recast in a rural, predominantly Muslim community in North Macedonia.  Ahmet lives with his father...

Review: LUZ at Sundance

Flora Lau’s labyrinthine second feature LUZ takes place in a near future, or perhaps an alternative present, in which the virtual reality game LUZ attracts players from all over the globe.  Is it...

Thee Sacred Souls at the Union

California’s Thee Sacred Souls boldly answers the question, “What if our lead vocalist was a dead ringer for Bob Marley but sang as beautifully as Marvin Gaye?” When the band visited Salt Lake...

Review: Collective Soul at The Union

When nobody was looking, Collective Soul’s Ed Roland casually slipped into the Big Lebowski portion of his long career and it’s a beautiful thing to witness. When the band came back for another...