EDITOR’S NOTE: The Utah Review begins its preview coverage today of the 45th Utah Arts Festival, which will be held Aug. 27-29 (noon to 11 p.m. on Aug. 27 and 28 and noon to 9 p.m. on Aug. 29) on the Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. As this is the state’s largest multidisciplinary … Read more
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series of reviews from the 2021 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. For the first part, see here. With the first weekend of the 2021 Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) at The Gateway now in the books, organizers say that ticket sales for live performances are close … Read more
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series of reviews from the 2021 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival. With the first weekend of the 2021 Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) at The Gateway now in the books, organizers say that ticket sales for live performances are close to and will likely exceed 2018 … Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Utah Review will present reviews of nine Great Salt Lake Fringe shows in a two-part series on Aug. 2-3. In a recent Facebook post, Utah playwright Morag Shepherd, who has participated several times in the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, wrote, “For those who do not have the luxury or privilege to … Read more
With today’s Liberty Park screening co-sponsored by the Sundance Institue and two final days of films available for streaming on demand, the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival will close on strong notes. As for the online streaming options, the festival has attracted a broad national and international audience. This … Read more
Two feature-length narratives, each featuring romance-based story lines around gay characters, which are receiving Utah premieres in the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival exemplify distinct approaches to achieving authentic representations of sexual identity and relationships on the cinematic screen. From one of Israel’s best known directors of film and … Read more
In addition to Cured, No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics and P.S. Burn This Letter as outstanding testaments of archival activism, three other documentaries in the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival shine for their use of historical materials. They include Raw! Uncut! Video!, directed by Ryan A. … Read more
Five short films are being screened for U.S. viewers for the first time in the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival. These films are part of the festival’s various short film programs, which are available for streaming on demand, with purchased tickets, through July 18. Two short films — The … Read more
Two wonderfully eccentric odysseys popping with 1970s aesthetics along with an enlightened sense of sex positivity are part of the slate for the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival are generously entertaining — Shit & Champagne, directed by D’Arcy Drollinger, and Saint-Narcisse, directed by Bruce LaBruce. The films are available … Read more
Call it archive activism. The historiography on the topics of social change in the U.S., queer rights and queer culture is advanced significantly in three documentaries being presented in the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival. In each film, primary sources, archival footage and letters and documents not seen for … Read more