by admin | Nov 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Movie News, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Back in 2014, I was sitting in a press screening for the movie “Need for Speed,” starring “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul. As you may have already heard, the movie was pretty not great, and for most of the film’s 132-minute runtime, I could look around...
by admin | Oct 9, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — If you recently caught the first episode of Food Network’s “Best Baker In America,” you may have recognized Adalberto Diaz Labrada. The oft-smiley Cuban-American is one of Utah’s favorite pastry chefs, both because of his Salt Lake City shop on Main...
by Travis Poppleton | May 5, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory
The Tribeca Film Festival has become one of the most prestigious independent showcases in the world — drawing thousands of international submissions, millions of spectators and over $600 million in revenue annually. That’s why when Tribeca announced a national...
by Travis Poppleton | Apr 11, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
The general democratization of film is one of the most interesting topics being discussed at the movie-fan watercooler these days. Not only have services like Netflix and Amazon Prime started stealing awards from major film and television studios, but audiences now...
by Travis Poppleton | Mar 28, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
A few months ago, after recording yet another amazing episode of the KSL Popcorn Report podcast, Faith Heaton Jolley and I started discussing what covering smaller films for KSL.com would look like. We knew if we ever did create something like the KSL Indie report,...
by Travis Poppleton | Jan 19, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah
PARK CITY — As a movie lover in the state of Utah, I can’t think of a better way to start the year off than with the Sundance Film Festival. Not only do we movie geeks get our first look at some of the year’s most promising projects, but for 10 gloriously chilly days...
