Outdoor Screening: Riding Giants
Directed by Stacy Peralta
2004 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
Mon | August 3, 2009 | 8:30 PM or dusk
Gallivan Center
239 South Main
Salt Lake City
Concessions provided by Red Rock Brewery
Riding Giants, Stacy Peralta's surfing sequel to his Sundance debut and award winner, Dogtown and Z-Boys, is a multi-generational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the "big wave." This passionately fluid film is the first authentic history of surfing from its humble Hawaiian beginnings to the big business it became to the still-rebellious waves it breaks today.
Interested in volunteering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival? A Festival representative will be on site with volunteer information for you!
Songcatcher
Wed | August 5, 2009 | 8:30 PM or dusk
City Park
1354 Park Ave.
Park City
Concessions provided by Red Rock Brewery and Coach's Grill
The year is 1907 when musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric journeys to the Appalachian mountains to visit her sister. She soon discovers the emotional folk songs of Scotland and Ireland that have been preserved and passed down through generations of this secluded community. Determined to document this history, she immerses herself in mountain life, falls in love with a local musician, and is profoundly changed by the unsung world of the mountain people.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
MountainFilm Festival Zero Emissions Tour
Tomorrow evening in Park City there will be a FREE screening of 90 minutes of films (PG ratings) from the Telluride-based festival. An M.C. will arrive via bicycle to introduce the films and lead the conversation. This in an incredibly unique event and a chance to support meaningful, socially-engaging films.
Sat., July 18, 2009
8:00 pm
Park City Library - Jim Santy Auditorium
MountainFilm festival bills itself as the country's leading independent documentary film festival. The Zero Emissions Tour is bringing the 2009 films to Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado on the backs of bicyclists. The Park City Film Series is hosting the event.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
After the Oscar
Utah resident, Geralyn White Dreyfous, is perhaps best known as the Executive Producer of 2004's Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, Born Into Brothels. She continues her work as an Executive Producer and also works as Executive/Artistic Director (not to mention Founder) of the Salt Lake City Film Center. Dreyfous is also the co-founder and Director of Impact Partners, an organization that brings together investors and filmmakers to create films addressing pressing social issues. To say the least, she is an incredibly busy lady who is highly involved in her community and the local film industry.
After attending last night's celebrity and press premier of the documentary, The Cove, hosted by Ben Stiller and Bobby Kennedy, in New York City, Dreyfous took an early morning flight back to Salt Lake. She squeezed in a scheduled (and rescheduled) phone interview with me today between speaking at a luncheon and her other responsibilities. Dreyfous not only has her fingers on the pulse of Utah's independent film scene, she's creating it.
With the SLC Film Center, Dreyfous provides free community screenings and discussions of independent films, documentaries, and dramas emphasising social content and artistic excellent. They bring filmmakers and the general public together to create a dialogue about issues and the craft of film making. The Film Center takes the momentum of January's Sundance mindset and keeps it running in Utah throughout the entire year.
Their upcoming film series include themes such as: Stranger than Fiction (bizarre documentaries), Constitutional Issues (hopefully featuring Article VI), Local Filmmakers (yeah!), and a series for children/families. Each series usually features four films which are shown once a month for four months or once a week for a month. July 31st the center begins their Made in Utah series. Five films filmed in Utah shown at Pioneer Park following a Made in Utah food and craft fair supporting local entrepreneurs.
Of her many current projects, Dreyfous seemed most excited (or maybe I was most interested) about a film called Connected. It delves into the interconnectedness of everything from botox to bees. It is currently in post-production and will hopefully be finished in time to be submitted for Sundance consideration. Impact Partners have at least four other films readying for Sundance submission deadlines.
Just because this woman's got an Academy Award under her belt certainly doesn't mean she's now sitting idle. Geralyn Dreyfous is an activist. Thanks to my introduction to the SLC Film Center, I've now got a few more film events on my calendar. And thanks to my conversation with Ms. Dreyfous, I've got a few more movies on my "to-see" list. A final thanks to the Film Center's library that will be providing me with dvds of these yet undiscovered film gems, that you, my dear readers, will be seeing reviews of in the near future:)
After attending last night's celebrity and press premier of the documentary, The Cove, hosted by Ben Stiller and Bobby Kennedy, in New York City, Dreyfous took an early morning flight back to Salt Lake. She squeezed in a scheduled (and rescheduled) phone interview with me today between speaking at a luncheon and her other responsibilities. Dreyfous not only has her fingers on the pulse of Utah's independent film scene, she's creating it.
With the SLC Film Center, Dreyfous provides free community screenings and discussions of independent films, documentaries, and dramas emphasising social content and artistic excellent. They bring filmmakers and the general public together to create a dialogue about issues and the craft of film making. The Film Center takes the momentum of January's Sundance mindset and keeps it running in Utah throughout the entire year.
Their upcoming film series include themes such as: Stranger than Fiction (bizarre documentaries), Constitutional Issues (hopefully featuring Article VI), Local Filmmakers (yeah!), and a series for children/families. Each series usually features four films which are shown once a month for four months or once a week for a month. July 31st the center begins their Made in Utah series. Five films filmed in Utah shown at Pioneer Park following a Made in Utah food and craft fair supporting local entrepreneurs.
Of her many current projects, Dreyfous seemed most excited (or maybe I was most interested) about a film called Connected. It delves into the interconnectedness of everything from botox to bees. It is currently in post-production and will hopefully be finished in time to be submitted for Sundance consideration. Impact Partners have at least four other films readying for Sundance submission deadlines.
Just because this woman's got an Academy Award under her belt certainly doesn't mean she's now sitting idle. Geralyn Dreyfous is an activist. Thanks to my introduction to the SLC Film Center, I've now got a few more film events on my calendar. And thanks to my conversation with Ms. Dreyfous, I've got a few more movies on my "to-see" list. A final thanks to the Film Center's library that will be providing me with dvds of these yet undiscovered film gems, that you, my dear readers, will be seeing reviews of in the near future:)
Monday, July 13, 2009
The Proposal
A Romantic Comedy?
Comedy, certainly.
Romantic, not so much.
Is it going to win any awards?
No.
Did I enjoy it?
Immensely. I was totally in the mood for a light comedy.
Predictable and Cheesy?
Yes.
Any stand-out moments?
I'm a big fan of singing scenes in movies generally, so I'll just leave it at that and give nothing away.
A total chick flick?
Not totally.
Best Acting?
I'm not a huge fan of anyone who was in it but Ryan Reynolds is certainly growing on me and Sandra Bullock just gets better with age. I hadn't seen Craig T. Nelson in anything in a long while and he was actually quite good. Oscar Nuñez, from The Office played a quite funny character part, who was totally the opposite of his Oscar character on the television series.
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