SLFS in the News

Salt Lake Film Society enjoys great media coverage from our location publications as well as national press for our efforts to keep independent theatre alive and well in Salt Lake City.

2026

SLFS Summer Showdown: Jojo Rabbit vs Isle of Dogs by Braxtyn Birrell, Slug Magazine, August 10, 2026

More Than the Minimum: Disability Access and Beyond in SLC by Sara Milano, Slug Magazine, August 7, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: Hackers vs Tank Girl by Max Bennion, Slug Magazine, July 29, 2026
July Newsletter, Mayor’s Office, July 29, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure vs. The Mask by Max Bennion, Slug Magazine, July 15, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: Phenomena vs The Last Unicorn by Angela Garcia, Slug Magazine, July 13, 2026
Renovation at Salt Lake’s historic Tower Theatre begins uncovering 1928 facade by KUTV staff, KUTV, July 8, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: Hedwig and the Angry Inch vs. Velvet Goldmine by Braxtyn Birrell, Slug Magazine, June 30, 2026
Best of the Beehive: Art & Entertainment, Salt Lake Magazine, June 30, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: Blade Runner 2049 vs V for Vendetta by Braden Reed, Slug Magazine, June 18, 2026
SLFS’s Big Upgrade Comes Just in Time for Summer by Sam Goodman, Slug Magazine, June 10, 2026
Salt Lake Film Society Summer Showdown: The Handmaiden vs Gone Girl by Angela Garcia, Slug Magazine, June 10, 2026
City Guide 2026 – Part I by City Weekly Staff, City Weekly, May 15, 2026
Slamdance On the Road Film Tour pulls into Utah by Scott Iwasaki, Park Record, May 8, 2026
A love letter to first-run, revival, festival, and foreign films — and a theater most crowded when the audience skews gay by Blair Howell, Q Salt Lake, April 26, 2026
Angel, StudioCanal and Sony Pictures Classics Urge Theaters to Broaden Their Horizons at CinemaCon by Jeremy Fuster, The Wrap, April 13, 2026
Historic Tower Theatre to be partially deconstructed — but it’ll help restore its 1920s design by Carter Williams, KSL, March 24, 2026
The Tower Theatre’s long-awaited reconstruction is about to begin in 9th and 9th. Here’s what’s planned. by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, March 24, 2026
Best picture nominees are leaving theaters sooner than they used to by Rahul Mukherjee, NPR, March 15, 2026
You’ll want to sit down for this: Changes are coming to Broadway Centre Cinemas by Paighten Harkins, Salt Lake Tribune, March 2026
SLC’s Broadway movie theater installing new seats by Erin Alberty, AXIOS, February 6, 2026
Voices: Sundance offers Utah a breath of countercultural fresh air we desperately need by Ian Scott, Salt Lake Tribune, January 25, 2026

2025

Local arts and culture holiday gift ideas by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, December 10, 2025
FilMéxico: A Cinematic Love Letter to La Patria by Angela Garcia, Slug Magazine, November 25, 2025
FILMéxico Film Festival, featuring contemporary Mexican films, kicks off on Thursday by Tim Vandenack, KSL, November 12, 2025
Salt Lake City’s historic Tower Theatre may look more like its old self with new plans by Carter Williams, KSL, November 11, 2025
Sundance celebrates founder Robert Redford with introduction of award in his name by Margaret Darby, Deseret News, November 12, 2025
The Salt Lake Film Society to renovate nearly 100-year old Tower Theatre by Heather Kelly and Diana Jones, KSLNewsRadio, November 6, 2025
Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre, closed for 5 years, just revealed its big renovation plan. Here’s what we know. by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 6, 2025
5 years after closure, Salt Lake Film Society unveils plans for Tower Theatre by Taylor Anderson, Building Salt Lake, Nov 6, 2025
Robert Redford honored with monthlong film tribute in Salt Lake City by Kim Bojórquez, AXIOS, October 10, 2025
A Salt Lake City theater will devote a month to Robert Redford’s movies. Here’s what’s playing. by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 9, 2025
Robert Redford’s work returns to the silver screen through new Utah retrospective by Carter Williams, KSL, October 9, 2025
Tori A. Baker | CEO & President | Salt Lake Film Society, Utah Business, October 2025
Tributes pour in remembering Robert Redford’s lasting impact on Utah and the film industry by Palak Jayswal, Salt Lake Tribune, September 16, 2025
Salt Lake’s Tower of Terror film fest returns this fall by Kim Bojórquez, AXIOS, August 15, 2025
Meet Utah’s Most Influential Women of 2025 by Catherine Bennett, Mekenna Malan and Kenzie Koehle, Utah Business, August 8, 2025
Slamdance Returns to SLC with Loud Love for Unstoppable Filmmakers by Max Bennion, Slug Magazine, June 20, 2025
Slamdance is Unstoppable with film screenings across the country by Scott Iwasaki, Park Record, June 6, 2025
The Horrors of Being Trolled: 35 Years of Troll 2 and Identifying As a Goblin by Patrick Gibbs, Slug Magazine, May 27, 2025
Salt Lake Film Society helping host Pacific Islands Film Festival by Tim Vandenack, KSL.com, May 18, 2025
Sundance Film Festival’s relocation to Boulder is met with disappointment among many Utahns, excitement among others by Jaecie Stilovich, The Daily Universe, May 8, 2025
‘Betrayal’: Utah film lovers mourn the loss of Sundance Film Festival by Palak Jayswal, Salt Lake Tribune, March 27, 2025
Who Wants Sundance? Salt Lake, Boulder, and Cincinnati Make Their Pitch by Brian Welk, Ryan Lattanzio, Anne Thompson, Indiewire, March 20, 2025

2024

Roll the Credits: Salt Lake’s Brightest Film Specialists by Marzia Thomas, Slug Magazine, December 31, 2024
Enjoy fun holiday movies with the Salt Lake Film Society by FRESH LIVING, December 5, 2024
Mexican films to be featured at Salt Lake Film Society’s FILMéxico film festival by Tim Vandenack, KSL, Nov. 13, 2024
On the Road to the 96th Oscars: The Animated Shorts Nominees by Victoria Davis, Animation World Network, March 10, 2024
Salt Lake Film Society celebrates after Oscar nomination by Deena Manzanares, Good Things Utah, ABC4Utah, February 21, 2024
Utah’s Own ‘Ninety-Five Senses’ Animates Its Way to the Oscars: A Triumph for Emerging Filmmakers by Aqsa Younas Rana, BNN, February 21, 2024
How ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Filmmakers Jared and Jerusha Hess Got the Oscars’ Attention by Pivoting to Animation by Jason Clark, The Wrap, February 21, 2024
Oscar-nominated animated shorts worth watching by James Verniere, Boston Herald, February 16, 2024
Payson High School celebrates 40th anniversary of ‘Footloose’ by Mythili Gubbi, Fox 13, February 16, 2024
Radio From Hell Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Starts 3:38:33- Ends 3:44:45, X96, Recorded February 2, 2024,
Meet some of the Utahns who are Oscar Nominees by The Place, FOX 13 News, January 30, 2024
‘Ninety-Five Senses,’ co-written by University of Utah professor, nominated for an Oscar by Shanti Lerner, FOX 13 News, January 25, 2024
Documentary+ Acquires Oscar-Nominated Animated Short ‘Ninety-Five Senses,’ Starring Tim Blake Nelson by Matthew Carey, Deadline, January 25, 2024
‘We make big, dumb comedies’: ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ creator on ‘sheer shock’ of scoring first Oscar nomination by Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, Deseret News, January 25, 2024
Salt Lake Film Society MAST short recieves Oscar nomination by MARIAH MAYNES, KSL Newsradio, January 24, 2024
Wednesday PM headlines: DEI bill passes initial Senate vote, Oscar nom for Utah short film by Duck Thurgood, Utah Public Radio, January 24, 2024
Utah produced ‘Ninety-Five Senses,’ gets Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short by Larry Curtis, KSL TV, January 23, 2024
Salt Lake Film Society’s short film nominated for Oscar by Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com, January 23, 2024
National Association of Theatre Owners Congratulates Exhibitor Tori A. Baker, Oscar-Nominated for Best Animated Short NINETY-FIVE SENSES by Box Office Staff, Box Office Pro, January 23, 2024
Salt Lake Film Society’s Tori A. Baker Snags Oscar Attention by Phil Contrino, Boxoffice Pro, January 23, 2024
Utah filmmakers talk about their 20-year career, from ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ to ‘Minecraft’ by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, January 14, 2024

2023

Ninety-Five Senses | Interview with Co-Directors Jared and Jerusha Hess by Larry Fried, Skwigly, December 27, 2023
40 Years of City Weekly—Volume 16: 1999 to 2000, City Weekly Rewind by Wes Long, City Weekly, December 06, 2023
Jared & Jerusha Hess’ First Animated Short ‘Ninety-five Senses’ Qualifies for Oscars by Mercedes Milligan, Animation Magazine, October 16, 2023
The Scariest Movie of All Time by Radio West, KUER, October 12, 2023
NATO board announces chair, vice-chair by JEREMY KAY, Screendaily, October 4, 2023
NATO Elects B&B Theatres CEO Bob Bagby As New Chairman; Takes Over For Outgoing Rolando B. Rodriguez By Anthony D’Alessandro, Deadline, October 4, 2023
NATO Elects B&B Theatres’ Bob Bagby As Chair and Harkins Theatres’ Mike Bowers As Vice Chair by Boxoffice Staff, Boxoffice Pro, October 4, 2023
National Association of Theater Owners, Cinema Foundation Elect New Top leaders by Jeremy Fuster, The Wrap, October 4, 2023
40 years of City Weekly—Volume 5, 1988-1989, City Weekly Rewind by Wes Long, City Weekly, September 20, 2023
The Invincible Czars Kick Off the Boadway Cinema’s Tower of Terror By Graham Jones, The Daily Utah Chronicle, September 12, 2023
Salt Lake Film Society to screen over a dozen classic horror films by Kim Bojórquez, Axios, August 28, 2023
Made in Utah, Amy Redford’s latest film What Comes Around emerges as intelligent, emotionally simmering moral tale of perturbing circumstances of online communications, romantic relationships, grooming by Les Roka, Utah Review, August 24, 2023
How director Amy Redford made a thriller in Park City during COVID by Palak Jayswal, Salt Lake Tribune, August 23, 2023
A “fresh start” for Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre by Kim Bojórquez, Axios, August 7, 2023
Salt Lake’s Tower Theatre won’t reopen this year, but owners have big plans for its future By Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com, August 5, 2023
The Tower Theatre is planning a big renovation, so its reopening will be awhile by Palak Jayswal, Salt Lake Tribune, August 4, 2023
BARBENHEIMER: THE DOUBLE FEATURE DIGGING THEATERS OUT OF THEIR GRAVE by Liv Glod, SLUG, July 31, 2023
Supporting the local film society by Ellery Davidson, Good Things Utah, July 10, 2023
Quentin Tarantino and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ by Radio West, KUER, June 22, 2023
The Masima Pacific Islands Film Tour begins in SLC by TAMARA VAIFANUA, KSL 5, May 18, 2023
Repertory movie programing at Salt Lake Film Society by Merritt Mecham, City Weekly, April 26, 2023
Celebrate Black History Month with SLC Film Society by Megan Pickett, ABC4, February 8, 2023

2022

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR DEC 8 – 14 by City Weekly Staff, City Weekly, December 7, 2022
Enter ‘movie heaven’ with Salt Lake Film Society’s screenings of the classic ‘Casablanca’ by Megan Fisher, Deseret News, November 22, 2022
Utah filmmakers focus short film on life of immigrants in the United States by John Franchi, Fox 13, November 11, 2022
Look Ahead: Local events and things to do this week, Oct. 23-29 by Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, October 24, 2022
Where to get your horror movie fix this October by Trevor Redd Smith, Townlift Park City News, Oct 15, 2022
Get Spooked With Salt Lake Film Society’s Tower of Terror Series by Megan Fisher, The Daily Utah Chronicle, October 14, 2022
20 OCTOBER EVENTS TO ATTEND IN SALT LAKE CITY by AVREY EVANS, Salt Lake Magazine, October 7, 2022
Spook Up by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, October 5, 2022
Here are 5 Cool Events Downtown This Fall by Palak Jayswal, Salt Lake Tribune, September 29, 2022
Radio From Hell 8000th Episode Celebration with Salt Lake Film Society by X96, September 22, 2022
Invincible Czars Bring New Bite To A 100-Year-Old Vampire Movie by Patrick Gibbs, Slug, September 8, 2022
Do Yourself a Favor and Visit the Broadway Centre Cinema by Luke Jackson, The Daily Utah Chronicle, August 10, 2022
“MAST” Accelerator Animation “Ninety-five Senses” Directed by Jerusha and Jared Hess, Featuring Tim Blake Nelson, To Premiere at HollyShorts, PR Web, August 1, 2022
BEST OF THE BEEHIVE 2022: 9TH & 9TH by Salt Lake Magazine, June 30, 2020
Streaming services challenge the future of movie theaters by Kaelin Hagen, The Daily Universe, April 13, 2022
This SLC movie theater is bringing people back to the big screen by Trevor Smith, ABC4, April 7, 2022
Adobe : How creative fellowships changed my life, with Shaandiin Tome, Market Screener, March 17, 2022
NATO forms The Cinema Foundation to promote exhibition, diversity by Jeremy Kay, Screen Daily, March 9, 2022
NATO Launches New Non-Profit The Cinema Foundation Dedicated To Advancing Exhibition Industry by Matt Grobar, Deadline, March 9, 2022
Theater Owners Group Establishes Nonprofit Cinema Foundation by Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, March 9, 2022

2021

Year in review: Utah economy boomed in ’21 but what’s coming next year? by Art Raymond, Deseret News, December 23, 2021
The science of fear: Why do people like being scared? by Kaitlyn Bancroft, Salt Lake Tribune, October 30, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society stages its in-person return by Ashley Fredde, KSL.com, October 22, 2021
After 19-month closure, Broadway Centre Cinemas reopens downtown by Fox 13, October 21, 2021
Broadway Centre Cinemas is back, 19 months after COVID-19 closed the Salt Lake City art house by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2021
Open (Art) House by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, October 20, 2021
How a Salt Lake cinema kept dozens of US theaters afloat during the pandemic by Art Raymond, KSL.com, and Deseret News, September 13, 2021
Art House on Demand: Specialty Exhibitors Turn to Digital Platforms in the Pandemic by Kevin Lally, Box Office Pro, September 8, 2021
Your Guide to The SLC Arts Scene by Whit Fuller and Paige Gardner, The Daily Utah Chronicle, August 25, 2021
Kaysville movie theatre struggles amid pandemic by Fox 13, August 12, 2021
BEST OF THE BEEHIVE 2021: SCHOOL ASSEMBLY; BEST NEW OLD WAY TO WATCH INDIE AND CLASSIC FILMS by Salt Lake Magazine, July 1, 2021
Utah movie theaters make plans for a ‘bounce back’ summer by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, June 17, 2021
A Quiet Place Part 2 & A Conversation w/ Salt Lake Film Society, An Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 54: 30, Monolith podcast, Posted June 6, 2021
Check out the virtual world premiere of Audrey Cefaly’s ALABASTER, Good Things Utah, KUTV 4, Posted May 17, 2021
Screen Time by Benjamin Wood, City Weekly, May 12, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Studio Backlot Motor Cinema Drive-in, Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired May 11, 2021
Here’s where you can watch a drive-in movie in Salt Lake City this summer by Kolbie Peterson, Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2021
Many Oscar contenders ‘opened’ on screens at home. Here are the films The Salt Lake Tribune predicts will win by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2021
Earth Day: Where Utah Stands on Wildfires, Air Quality and Drought by Christie Porter, Salt Lake Magazine, April 21, 2021
Tickets Now On Sale for Inspire. Empower. Action! Good Things Utah interview with Brandy Smith, Aired Apr 20, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Emerges from the Pandemic Refocused on Community written by Melissa Fields, Downtown Alliance, March 16, 2021
Out Of The Boxes by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 10, 2021
Have Virtual Cinemas Fallen Short of Saving Art Houses During the Pandemic? by Brian Welk, The Wrap, March 8, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society: Keeping independent cinema alive by Andrew Christiansen, The Globe, March 1, 2021
Sundance Film Festival goes virtual with nationwide screenings by Margaret Darby, The Daily Universe, January 31, 2021
RADIOACTIVE: JANUARY 27, 2021, Interview with SLFS Director of Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications Barb Guy, KRCL, January 27, 2021
The U and SLC Prepare for Another Season of Unorthodox Arts by Parker Dunn, The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 26, 2021
Sundance 2021: Utah film industry weathers pandemic with resilience, resourceful risk-taking by Les Roka, The Utah Review, January 26, 202

2020

COVID-19 pandemic alters the Utah film industry by Mickey Randle, The Daily Universe, December 30, 2020
2021 Sundance Film Festival cancels plans for in-person events in Park City by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 2020
TCFF Launches “Virtual State” Theatre By Beth Milligan, The Ticker, December 23, 2020
Keeping Movie Theaters Alive in the Age of COVID-19, Blacksite Podcast, Interview with President and CEO Tori Baker starts at 25:44, Recorded December 11, 2020
Salt Lake Acting Company Unveils New Streaming Platform in Collaboration With Salt Lake Film Society by BWW News Desk, Broadway World, December 4, 2020
SLFS@HOME: THE DIGITAL ARTHOUSE THEATER by Tim Schoof, Slug Magazine, December 3, 2020
Good horror is feminist because being marginalized is scary by Gwenna Salazar, The Forum, October 31, 2020
Pandemic Continues to Postpone Tentpole Films, Suppressing Revenues written by Cade Anderson, Daily Utah Chronicle, October 19, 2020
In Utah this week: ‘Labyrinth’ and a Stevie Nicks concert in theaters by Valerie Jones written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, October 15, 2020
Backlot Motor-Cinema with Redman Movies & Stories by Nicea DeGering and Deena Manzanares, Good Things Utah, ABC4TV, October 15, 2020
In ‘Belly of the Beast,’ Utah filmmaker examines modern ‘eugenics’ in women’s prisons written by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 13, 2020
Boxoffice Podcast Interviews President and CEO Tori Baker, Boxoffice Podcast, September 24, 2020
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR SEP 24 – 30 by City Weekly Staff, City Weekly, September 23, 2020
Movie Night at Redman: Play it Again, Please! by Mary Brown Malouf, Salt Lake Magazine, September 23, 2020
Hollywood is ready for theaters to reopen. Are Utah moviegoers? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, August 21, 2020
Art House Cinema Exhibitors band together during closures to create a national cohort of theaters showing films via a new virtual cinema technology solution, Press Release, August 20, 2020
Art House Cinemas Come Together for New Virtual Cinema Solution by Daniel Loria, Box Office Pro, August 20, 2020
Streaming Salt Lake Film Society at Home By Gabrielle Klinge, Daily Utah Chronicle, June 19, 2020
How Utah’s theaters are prepping for the return of new movies by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 9, 2020
How Indie Theaters Are Reimagining The Moviegoing Experience by Ricky Camilleri, Huffington Post, June 9, 2020
KUED’s Contact: Mary Dickson interviews Tori Baker, our President/CEO, Aired 5/14
How Art House Theaters Across the Nation Are Getting Creative During COVID-19 by Matt Warren, Film Independent, May 1, 2020
To reach audiences at home during coronavirus pandemic, Utah arts groups go online by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 3, 2020
Barb Guy talks about SLFS @home on Radioactive, KRCL, Recorded April 1, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society launches SLFS @home Online Screening Room by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 27, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society announces new ‘at home’ virtual film screenings written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, March 26, 2020
Real life lessons learned from ‘Traveling While Black’ VR experience written by Jasen Lee, KSL, January 5, 2020
Hear Sundance festival director John Cooper, live, at Tribune’s fifth annual preview event, The Salt Lake Tribune, January 2, 2020
MAST: EMPOWERING THE ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR written by Austin Doty, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY TOLD THROUGH CINEMA’S FRAME: THE BI-ANNUAL SCREENDANCE written by Hannah Mcbeth, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020

2019

Jumanji Again, is the sequel to the remake worth the screen time?, Audio clip featuring President & CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 58:00, The Movie Show, Posted December 13, 2019
Looking for something to do? Visit these arts and entertainment venues in Salt Lake City written by Katie Walker, Deseret News, December 9, 2019
Local nonprofit focuses on film community written by Nicole Rodriguez, The Globe Online, December 4, 2019
Virtual reality documentary ‘Traveling While Black’ creates immersive experience written by Marisa Cooper, The Forum, December 3, 2019
Best of Utah 2019, Best Local Incubator: MAST, Best Best Summer Late-Night Activity: Tower’s Summer Late Night, City Weekly, pg. 65-66, November 2019
Park City High alumnus Cole Sax creates ‘Second Sight’ and will screen his film in Salt Lake City, Scott Iwasaki, Park Record, October 8, 2019
VR exhibit, coming to Utah, immerses viewers in ‘Traveling While Black’, Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 2019
Living In Utah: The Broadway Movie Theater, Living In Utah, Published on Aug 28, 2019
Interview with Doug Roland (director, Feeling Through), (Starts at 22:10), RadioActive, KRCL, July 12, 2019.
Life-Changing Documentaries with Tori Baker, The Movie Show, Released May 31, 2019
Let’s All Go to the (Indie) Cinema! written by David Riedel, City Weekly, May 22, 2019
Former Paramount HE President Eric Doctorow joins SLFS MAST Advisory Board, Press Release, April 19, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society Selects MAST 2019 Fellows, Press Release, April 19, 2019
U Alumna and Salt Lake Film Society President Tori Baker Finds Power in Independent Cinema written by Palak Jayswal, The Daily Utah Chronicle, February 11, 2019
These two ‘Napoleon Dynamite; writers and directors are making a new Utah movie. Here’s what we know written by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 7, 2019
Jared & Jerusha Hess to direct SLFS MAST’s animated film “Voices Seen” Press Release, SLFS, Released: January 25, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society’s Unique Mission by The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall, Posted: Friday January 11, 2019
These arts groups get the most taxpayer dollars from Salt Lake County’s ZAP program. How well do they serve diverse audiences? by Taylor Stevens, Salt Lake Tribune, January 3, 2019
Come Together: The International Tolerance Project by Parker Scott Mortensen, SLUG, January 3, 2019
Building a Storyteller by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, January 2, 2019

2018

Artistically Resolved by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, December 26, 2018
5 Ways to Get in the Holiday Spirit by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, December 18, 2018
New ‘media accelerator’ program aims to help Utah film and digital talent grow at home by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 18, 2018.
Press Release for MAST, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
MAST Launch 2018 Press Fact Sheet, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
Holiday Sing-a-longs and Christmas Causes, The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall runs 31:52 to 39:44, Aired: Friday, November 30, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – Wassail and Waffles, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired on KUED 7, December 2018
Some Halloween Treats for Salt Lake Film Lovers by KSL Newsradio, October 26, 2018
Theater Crawl: Visiting the Salt Lake City Film Society’s Historic Tower Theatre by Matt Warren, Film Independent, July 26, 2018
Your Weekend: This filmed-in-Utah cult classic returns to downtown by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 21, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – The Greatest Women Directors, Contact, KUED, May 2018
SLC Staycation by Lizz Corrigan, Zaina Abujebarah, Slug Magazine, March 2018
8 ‘Groundhog Day’ quotes you’ll want to say over and over again by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 2, 2018

2017

I, Tonya’ is a smash with Utah audiences — but why? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, January 12, 2017
Forget Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday embodies Utah’s charitable spirit by Krystal Rogers-Nelson, KSL.com, Nov 28th, 2017
Wassail & Waffles Holiday Film Series, Contact with Mary Dickson, November 16, 2017
Scare Package Salt Lake Film Society’s October “Tower of Terror” does Halloween right by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, October 4, 2017
The Tower in Salt Lake City turns Art House Theater Day into a whole weekend of events by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 21, 2017
BRUCE CAMPBELL IN: THE WORST INTERVIEW EVER by BEN TILTON, Slug Magazine, September 14, 2017
Andrew Garfield may be no angel in new stage-to-screen of “Angels In America”, QSaltLake Magazine, August 2017
Spotlight Cinema Networks partners with Salt Lake Film Society for art-house PSAs, Film Journal, July 28, 2017
Your Weekend: Disney, Harry Potter and a discount for the Salt Lake County Fair by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 27, 2017
7 events in Utah to celebrate Harry Potter’s 37th birthday by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 19, 2017
Salt Lake Film Society’s Tori Baker says the organization offers a ‘different lens from Disney’ by Brittany Binowski, Deseret News, July 7, 2017
Indie Focus: Salt Lake Film Society, Box Office, July 2017
KSL Indie Report: 6 places to enjoy art house cinema in Utah by Travis Poppleton, KSL, June 27, 2017
SLFS to fill June movie screens with 18 classic musicals by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 31, 2017
Free Filméxico festival to highlight contemporary Mexican films by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 18, 2017
Q&A: Guy Wheatley by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, May 17, 2017
KSL Indie Report: Tower Theatre offering silent movie with live accompaniment by Travis Poppleton, KSL, May 16, 2017
A Perfect Day in 9th and 9th by Megan McCrea, Sunset Magazine, April 2017
How To Sundance All Year Long by Sophie Silverstone, Catalyst Magazine, January 31, 2017
Salt Lake City History Minute – The Tower Theater by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
Salt Lake City’s Capital City News by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
The best way for locals to experience the Sundance Film Festival by Travis Poppleton, KSL, January 16, 2017
5 WAYS TO SUNDANCE: THE CINEPHILE by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, January 10, 2017
SLUG STYLE: GUY WHEATLEY by Tyson Call, Slug Magazine, January 9, 2017
The Tower Theater: Keeping It Indie Since 1928 by Alex Springer, Slug Magazine, January 5, 2017

2016

Sean P. Means: 10 classics to expand a movie lover’s palate by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 29, 2016
Best of Utah: Best Alternative to Milquetoast Theatrical Releases That’s Not Netflix-and-Chill, City Weekly, November 18, 2016
Peter Bogdanovich talks about why ‘The Last Picture Show’ still plays by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 2016
20 Things To Do In Salt Lake This Halloween by Brienna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 25, 2016
Director Peter Bogdanovich to Discuss Film and Hollywood and Salt Lake Film Society by Brieanna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 21, 2016
5 by 5: Departments Honor Five Distinguished Artists by Cate Heiner, Utah Daily Chronicle, October 18, 2016
Utah’s best saluted Wednesday at The Tribune’s downtown Salt Awards block party, Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 2016
Sean P. Means: Art House Theater Day celebrates movies outside the mainstream by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 22, 2016
A Clockwork Orange by Doug Fabrizio, KUER, August 19, 2016
KRCL RadioActive Report, Aired August 4, 2016
Joint Press Release SLFS & KUER for Open Screen Night
Salt Lake Film Society Presents The Greatest Films by Black Directors, Aired July 28, 2016
City Celebrates New Harvey Milk Boulevard Designation by Whittney Evans, KUER, May 15, 2016
Salt Lake Film Society loses bid for tax exemption by Mike Gorrell, Salt Lake Tribune, April 26, 2016 Click here for our Executive Director’s Response
Creating ‘community through film’: Local film societies seek to give voice to independent film by Maddie Swenson, Deseret News, March 31, 2016
Tanner Humanites Center & Salt Lake Film Society Presents National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre, KUED, February 16, 2016

2015

Movie Beat: Gift tips for movie lovers in your life by Jenniffer Wardell, Davis County Clipper, December 6, 2015
Back to the Future Day on Fox 13, Fox 13 News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KUTV News, KUTV News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KTVX, KTVX News, Aired October 21, 2015
Oct. 21, 2015: What can I do on ‘Back To The Future’ Day in Utah? by Cimaron Neugebauer, KUTV 2 News, October 21, 2015
Plans for tonight: Great Scott! It’s a trilogy! by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2015
Film Hot Ticket: ‘Back to the Future’ marathon comes to Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre By Court Mann, Provo Herald, October 16, 2015
Angels’ minor league ballparks offer a taste of America – and frog legs wrapped in bacon by Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, July 23, 2015
The 7 Coolest Movie Theaters in Salt Lake by Brooke Kunz, 24SaltLake, July 7, 2015

2013-14

Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company invites you to do the ‘Time Warp,’ one pelvic thrust at a time by Ellen Fagg Weist, Salt Lake Tribune, October 27, 2014
Sidewalk damage forces Tower Theatre to close for weekend by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 10, 2014
First Ladies of Film by Marcie Cancio, Downtown Magazine, October 2014
Fun Just Minutes Away Hyatt House Advertisement in Martha Stewart Living, October 1, 2014
Is movie etiquette dead? Setting the tone by Stephen Romney, The Globe Online, June 25, 2014
Truly Moving Pictures by Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Magazine, May 01, 2014
Film society finishes making digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL.Com, January 14, 2014
Food, Film and Fundraising, Salt Lake Magazine, November 12, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society makes its goal in $50,000 Kickstarter campaign by Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, October 8, 2013
With hours to go, Salt Lake Film Society’s Kickstarter drive closing in on goal by Sean P. Means, The Cricket, October 7, 2013
F The Whales, Help Save The Tower Theater In Salt Lake City! by Sean Smithson, Twitch, October 3, 2013
Geeky Kickstarters Support local board games, theaters and more by Bryan Young, City Weekly, October 1, 2013
Broadway, Tower theaters launch Kickstarter campaign for digital upgrade By Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, September 16, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society to show films from around the world by Dylan Vogel, Daily Utah Chronicle, September 9, 2013
10 films take viewers around the world by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 5, 2013
Indie theaters feel the pinch of digital crossover By Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, September 4, 2013
‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale to screen film for fans in Salt Lake City by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Aug. 22 2013
Q&A with ‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale; Salt Lake screening this weekend by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Thursday, Aug. 22 2013
Local Podcasts A podcast for everything from films to music by Gavin Sheehan, City Weekly, August 5,2013
Afternoon Tea and Austenland Film Premiere with Author Shannon Hale by kcsg.com news, KCSG.com, 8/03/13
Local ‘Austenland’ screening, tea on Aug. 6 by Christine Rappleye, Deseret News, Saturday, July 27 2013
Top 10 museums, galleries and sights in Salt Lake City, Utah by Esther Meroño, The Guardian, July 19, 2013
Tower, Broadway theaters risk closing without digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL, May 30th, 2013
Movie Theaters In Danger by KUTV2, 5/24/2013
Movies Hot Ticket: Singin’ with the Sharks by Cody Clark, Daily Herald, May 02, 2013
SLCPD art contest winners, by 4Utah, April 29, 2013
Behind the scenes: Before Sundance starts, indie theater operators talk shop by Sean P. Means, The Denver Post, 1/17/2013

How a Salt Lake cinema kept dozens of US theaters afloat during the pandemic by Art Raymond, KSL.com, and Deseret News, September 13, 2021
Radio From Hell Interview with Digital Media Manager Rachel Getts, X96, Recorded August 30, 2021
Utah movie theaters make plans for a ‘bounce back’ summer by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, June 17, 2021
A Quiet Place Part 2 & A Conversation w/ Salt Lake Film Society, An Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 54: 30, Monolith podcast, Posted June 6, 2021
Check out the virtual world premiere of Audrey Cefaly’s ALABASTER, Good Things Utah, KUTV 4, Posted May 17, 2021
Screen Time by Benjamin Wood, City Weekly, May 12, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Studio Backlot Motor Cinema Drive-in, Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired May 11, 2021
Here’s where you can watch a drive-in movie in Salt Lake City this summer by Kolbie Peterson, Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2021
Many Oscar contenders ‘opened’ on screens at home. Here are the films The Salt Lake Tribune predicts will win by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2021
Earth Day: Where Utah Stands on Wildfires, Air Quality and Drought by Christie Porter, Salt Lake Magazine, April 21, 2021
Tickets Now On Sale for Inspire. Empower. Action! Good Things Utah interview with Brandy Smith, Aired Apr 20, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Emerges from the Pandemic Refocused on Community written by Melissa Fields, Downtown Alliance, March 16, 2021
Out Of The Boxes by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 10, 2021
Have Virtual Cinemas Fallen Short of Saving Art Houses During the Pandemic? by Brian Welk, The Wrap, March 8, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society: Keeping independent cinema alive by Andrew Christiansen, The Globe, March 1, 2021
Sundance Film Festival goes virtual with nationwide screenings by Margaret Darby, The Daily Universe, January 31, 2021
RADIOACTIVE: JANUARY 27, 2021, Interview with SLFS Director of Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications Barb Guy, KRCL, January 27, 2021
The U and SLC Prepare for Another Season of Unorthodox Arts by Parker Dunn, The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 26, 2021
Sundance 2021: Utah film industry weathers pandemic with resilience, resourceful risk taking by Les Roka, The Utah Review, January 26, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic alters the Utah film industry by Mickey Randle, The Daily Universe, December 30, 2020
2021 Sundance Film Festival cancels plans for in-person events in Park City by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 2020
TCFF Launches “Virtual State” Theatre By Beth Milligan, The Ticker, December 23, 2020
Keeping Movie Theaters Alive in the Age of COVID-19, Blacksite Podcast, Interview with President and CEO Tori Baker starts at 25:44, Recorded December 11, 2020
Salt Lake Acting Company Unveils New Streaming Platform in Collaboration With Salt Lake Film Society by BWW News Desk, Broadway World, December 4, 2020
SLFS@HOME: THE DIGITAL ARTHOUSE THEATER by Tim Schoof, Slug Magazine, December 3, 2020
Good horror is feminist because being marginalized is scary by Gwenna Salazar, The Forum, October 31, 2020
Pandemic Continues to Postpone Tentpole Films, Suppressing Revenues written by Cade Anderson, Daily Utah Chronicle, October 19, 2020
In Utah this week: ‘Labyrinth’ and a Stevie Nicks concert in theaters by Valerie Jones written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, October 15, 2020
Backlot Motor-Cinema with Redman Movies & Stories by Nicea DeGering and Deena Manzanares, Good Things Utah, ABC4TV, October 15, 2020
In ‘Belly of the Beast,’ Utah filmmaker examines modern ‘eugenics’ in women’s prisons written by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 13, 2020
Boxoffice Podcast Interviews President and CEO Tori Baker, Boxoffice Podcast, September 24, 2020
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR SEP 24 – 30 by City Weekly Staff, City Weekly, September 23, 2020
Movie Night at Redman: Play it Again, Please! by Mary Brown Malouf, Salt Lake Magazine, September 23, 2020
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded September 10, 2020
Hollywood is ready for theaters to reopen. Are Utah moviegoers? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, August 21, 2020
Art House Cinema Exhibitors band together during closures to create a national cohort of theaters showing films via a new virtual cinema technology solution, Press Release, August 20, 2020
Art House Cinemas Come Together for New Virtual Cinema Solution by Daniel Loria, Box Office Pro, August 20, 2020
Streaming Salt Lake Film Society at Home By Gabrielle Klinge, Daily Utah Chronicle, June 19, 2020
How Utah’s theaters are prepping for the return of new movies by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 9, 2020
How Indie Theaters Are Reimagining The Moviegoing Experience by Ricky Camilleri, Huffington Post, June 9, 2020
KUED’s Contact: Mary Dickson interviews Tori Baker, our President/CEO, Aired 5/14
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded May 2020
How Art House Theaters Across the Nation Are Getting Creative During COVID-19 by Matt Warren, Film Independent, May 1, 2020
To reach audiences at home during coronavirus pandemic, Utah arts groups go online by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 3, 2020
Barb Guy talks about SLFS @home on Radioactive, KRCL, Recorded April 1, 2020
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded April 1, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society launches SLFS @home Online Screening Room by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 27, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society announces new ‘at home’ virtual film screenings written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, March 26, 2020
Real life lessons learned from ‘Traveling While Black’ VR experience written by Jasen Lee, KSL, January 5, 2020
Hear Sundance festival director John Cooper, live, at Tribune’s fifth annual preview event, The Salt Lake Tribune, January 2, 2020
MAST: EMPOWERING THE ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR written by Austin Doty, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY TOLD THROUGH CINEMA’S FRAME: THE BI-ANNUAL SCREENDANCE written by Hannah Mcbeth, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020
Jumanji Again, is the sequel to the remake worth the screen time?, Audio clip featuring President & CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 58:00, The Movie Show, Posted December 13, 2019
Looking for something to do? Visit these arts and entertainment venues in Salt Lake City written by Katie Walker, Deseret News, December 9, 2019
Local nonprofit focuses on film community written by Nicole Rodriguez, The Globe Online, December 4, 2019
Virtual reality documentary ‘Traveling While Black’ creates immersive experience written by Marisa Cooper, The Forum, December 3, 2019
Best of Utah 2019, Best Local Incubator: MAST, Best Best Summer Late-Night Activity: Tower’s Summer Late Night, City Weekly, pg. 65-66, November 2019
Park City High alumnus Cole Sax creates ‘Second Sight’ and will screen his film in Salt Lake City, Scott Iwasaki, Park Record, October 8, 2019
VR exhibit, coming to Utah, immerses viewers in ‘Traveling While Black’, Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 2019
Living In Utah: The Broadway Movie Theater, Living In Utah, Published on Aug 28, 2019
Interview with Doug Roland (director, Feeling Through), (Starts at 22:10), RadioActive, KRCL, July 12, 2019.
Life-Changing Documentaries with Tori Baker, The Movie Show, Released May 31, 2019
Let’s All Go to the (Indie) Cinema! written by David Riedel, City Weekly, May 22, 2019
Former Paramount HE President Eric Doctorow joins SLFS MAST Advisory Board, Press Release, April 19, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society Selects MAST 2019 Fellows, Press Release, April 19, 2019
U Alumna and Salt Lake Film Society President Tori Baker Finds Power in Independent Cinema written by Palak Jayswal, The Daily Utah Chronicle, February 11, 2019
These two ‘Napoleon Dynamite; writers and directors are making a new Utah movie. Here’s what we know written by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 7, 2019
Jared & Jerusha Hess to direct SLFS MAST’s animated film “Voices Seen” Press Release, SLFS, Released: January 25, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society’s Unique Mission by The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall, Posted: Friday January 11, 2019
These arts groups get the most taxpayer dollars from Salt Lake County’s ZAP program. How well do they serve diverse audiences? by Taylor Stevens, Salt Lake Tribune, January 3, 2019
Come Together: The International Tolerance Project by Parker Scott Mortensen, SLUG, January 3, 2019
Building a Storyteller by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, January 2, 2019
Artistically Resolved by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, December 26, 2018
5 Ways to Get in the Holiday Spirit by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, December 18, 2018
New ‘media accelerator’ program aims to help Utah film and digital talent grow at home by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 18, 2018.
Press Release for MAST, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
MAST Launch 2018 Press Fact Sheet, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
Holiday Sing-a-longs and Christmas Causes, The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall runs 31:52 to 39:44, Aired: Friday, November 30, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – Wassail and Waffles, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired on KUED 7, December 2018
Some Halloween Treats for Salt Lake Film Lovers by KSL Newsradio, October 26, 2018
Theater Crawl: Visiting the Salt Lake City Film Society’s Historic Tower Theatre by Matt Warren, Film Independent, July 26, 2018
Your Weekend: This filmed-in-Utah cult classic returns to downtown by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 21, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – The Greatest Women Directors, Contact, KUED, May 2018
SLC Staycation by Lizz Corrigan, Zaina Abujebarah, Slug Magazine, March 2018
8 ‘Groundhog Day’ quotes you’ll want to say over and over again by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 2, 2018
I, Tonya’ is a smash with Utah audiences — but why? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, January 12, 2017
Forget Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday embodies Utah’s charitable spirit by Krystal Rogers-Nelson, KSL.com, Nov 28th, 2017
Wassail & Waffles Holiday Film Series, Contact with Mary Dickson, November 16, 2017
Scare Package Salt Lake Film Society’s October “Tower of Terror” does Halloween right by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, October 4, 2017
The Tower in Salt Lake City turns Art House Theater Day into a whole weekend of events by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 21, 2017
BRUCE CAMPBELL IN: THE WORST INTERVIEW EVER by BEN TILTON, Slug Magazine, September 14, 2017
Andrew Garfield may be no angel in new stage-to-screen of “Angels In America”, QSaltLake Magazine, August 2017
Spotlight Cinema Networks partners with Salt Lake Film Society for art-house PSAs, Film Journal, July 28, 2017
Your Weekend: Disney, Harry Potter and a discount for the Salt Lake County Fair by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 27, 2017
7 events in Utah to celebrate Harry Potter’s 37th birthday by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 19, 2017
Salt Lake Film Society’s Tori Baker says the organization offers a ‘different lens from Disney’ by Brittany Binowski, Deseret News, July 7, 2017
Indie Focus: Salt Lake Film Society, Box Office, July 2017
KSL Indie Report: 6 places to enjoy art house cinema in Utah by Travis Poppleton, KSL, June 27, 2017
SLFS to fill June movie screens with 18 classic musicals by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 31, 2017
Free Filméxico festival to highlight contemporary Mexican films by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 18, 2017
Q&A: Guy Wheatley by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, May 17, 2017
KSL Indie Report: Tower Theatre offering silent movie with live accompaniment by Travis Poppleton, KSL, May 16, 2017
A Perfect Day in 9th and 9th by Megan McCrea, Sunset Magazine, April 2017
How To Sundance All Year Long by Sophie Silverstone, Catalyst Magazine, January 31, 2017
Salt Lake City History Minute – The Tower Theater by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
Salt Lake City’s Capital City News by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
The best way for locals to experience the Sundance Film Festival by Travis Poppleton, KSL, January 16, 2017
5 WAYS TO SUNDANCE: THE CINEPHILE by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, January 10, 2017
SLUG STYLE: GUY WHEATLEY by Tyson Call, Slug Magazine, January 9, 2017
The Tower Theater: Keeping It Indie Since 1928 by Alex Springer, Slug Magazine, January 5, 2017
Sean P. Means: 10 classics to expand a movie lover’s palate by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 29, 2016
Best of Utah: Best Alternative to Milquetoast Theatrical Releases That’s Not Netflix-and-Chill, City Weekly, November 18, 2016
Peter Bogdanovich talks about why ‘The Last Picture Show’ still plays by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 2016
20 Things To Do In Salt Lake This Halloween by Brienna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 25, 2016
Director Peter Bogdanovich to Discuss Film and Hollywood and Salt Lake Film Society by Brieanna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 21, 2016
5 by 5: Departments Honor Five Distinguished Artists by Cate Heiner, Utah Daily Chronicle, October 18, 2016
Utah’s best saluted Wednesday at The Tribune’s downtown Salt Awards block party, Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 2016
Sean P. Means: Art House Theater Day celebrates movies outside the mainstream by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 22, 2016
A Clockwork Orange by Doug Fabrizio, KUER, August 19, 2016
KRCL RadioActive Report, Aired August 4, 2016
Joint Press Release SLFS & KUER for Open Screen Night
Salt Lake Film Society Presents The Greatest Films by Black Directors, Aired July 28, 2016
City Celebrates New Harvey Milk Boulevard Designation by Whittney Evans, KUER, May 15, 2016
Salt Lake Film Society loses bid for tax exemption by Mike Gorrell, Salt Lake Tribune, April 26, 2016 Click here for our Executive Director’s Response
Creating ‘community through film’: Local film societies seek to give voice to independent film by Maddie Swenson, Deseret News, March 31, 2016
Tanner Humanites Center & Salt Lake Film Society Presents National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre, KUED, February 16, 2016
Movie Beat: Gift tips for movie lovers in your life by Jenniffer Wardell, Davis County Clipper, December 6, 2015
Back to the Future Day on Fox 13, Fox 13 News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KUTV News, KUTV News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KTVX, KTVX News, Aired October 21, 2015
Oct. 21, 2015: What can I do on ‘Back To The Future’ Day in Utah? by Cimaron Neugebauer, KUTV 2 News, October 21, 2015
Plans for tonight: Great Scott! It’s a trilogy! by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2015
Film Hot Ticket: ‘Back to the Future’ marathon comes to Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre By Court Mann, Provo Herald, October 16, 2015
Angels’ minor league ballparks offer a taste of America – and frog legs wrapped in bacon by Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, July 23, 2015
The 7 Coolest Movie Theaters in Salt Lake by Brooke Kunz, 24SaltLake, July 7, 2015
Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company invites you to do the ‘Time Warp,’ one pelvic thrust at a time by Ellen Fagg Weist, Salt Lake Tribune, October 27, 2014
Sidewalk damage forces Tower Theatre to close for weekend by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 10, 2014
First Ladies of Film by Marcie Cancio, Downtown Magazine, October 2014
Fun Just Minutes Away Hyatt House Advertisement in Martha Stewart Living, October 1, 2014
Is movie etiquette dead? Setting the tone by Stephen Romney, The Globe Online, June 25, 2014
Truly Moving Pictures by Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Magazine, May 01, 2014
Film society finishes making digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL.Com, January 14, 2014
Food, Film and Fundraising, Salt Lake Magazine, November 12, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society makes its goal in $50,000 Kickstarter campaign by Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, October 8, 2013
With hours to go, Salt Lake Film Society’s Kickstarter drive closing in on goal by Sean P. Means, The Cricket, October 7, 2013
F The Whales, Help Save The Tower Theater In Salt Lake City! by Sean Smithson, Twitch, October 3, 2013
Geeky Kickstarters Support local board games, theaters and more by Bryan Young, City Weekly, October 1, 2013
Broadway, Tower theaters launch Kickstarter campaign for digital upgrade By Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, September 16, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society to show films from around the world by Dylan Vogel, Daily Utah Chronicle, September 9, 2013
10 films take viewers around the world by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 5, 2013
Indie theaters feel the pinch of digital crossover By Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, September 4, 2013
‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale to screen film for fans in Salt Lake City by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Aug. 22 2013
Q&A with ‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale; Salt Lake screening this weekend by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Thursday, Aug. 22 2013
Local Podcasts A podcast for everything from films to music by Gavin Sheehan, City Weekly, August 5,2013
Afternoon Tea and Austenland Film Premiere with Author Shannon Hale by kcsg.com news, KCSG.com, 8/03/13
Local ‘Austenland’ screening, tea on Aug. 6 by Christine Rappleye, Deseret News, Saturday, July 27 2013
Top 10 museums, galleries and sights in Salt Lake City, Utah by Esther Meroño, The Guardian, July 19, 2013
Tower, Broadway theaters risk closing without digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL, May 30th, 2013
Movie Theaters In Danger by KUTV2, 5/24/2013
Movies Hot Ticket: Singin’ with the Sharks by Cody Clark, Daily Herald, May 02, 2013
SLCPD art contest winners, by 4Utah, April 29, 2013
Behind the scenes: Before Sundance starts, indie theater operators talk shop by Sean P. Means, The Denver Post, 1/17/2013

The Salt Lake Film Society enjoys great media coverage from our location publications as well as national press for our efforts to keep independent theatre alive and well in Salt Lake City.
How a Salt Lake cinema kept dozens of US theaters afloat during the pandemic by Art Raymond, KSL.com and Deseret News, September 13, 2021
Radio From Hell Interview with Digital Media Manager Rachel Getts, X96, Recorded August 30, 2021
Utah movie theaters make plans for a ‘bounce back’ summer by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, June 17, 2021
A Quiet Place Part 2 & A Conversation w/ Salt Lake Film Society, An Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 54: 30, Monolith podcast, Posted June 6, 2021
Check out the virtual world premiere of Audrey Cefaly’s ALABASTER, Good Things Utah, KUTV 4, Posted May 17, 2021
Screen Time by Benjamin Wood, City Weekly, May 12, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Studio Backlot Motor Cinema Drive-in, Interview with SLFS CEO Tori Baker, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired May 11, 2021
Here’s where you can watch a drive-in movie in Salt Lake City this summer by Kolbie Peterson, Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 2021
Many Oscar contenders ‘opened’ on screens at home. Here are the films The Salt Lake Tribune predicts will win by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2021
Earth Day: Where Utah Stands on Wildfires, Air Quality and Drought by Christie Porter, Salt Lake Magazine, April 21, 2021
Tickets Now On Sale for Inspire. Empower. Action! Good Things Utah interview with Brandy Smith, Aired Apr 20, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society Emerges from the Pandemic Refocused on Community written by Melissa Fields, Downtown Alliance, March 16, 2021
Out Of The Boxes by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 10, 2021
Have Virtual Cinemas Fallen Short of Saving Art Houses During the Pandemic? by Brian Welk, The Wrap, March 8, 2021
Salt Lake Film Society: Keeping independent cinema alive by Andrew Christiansen, The Globe, March 1, 2021
Sundance Film Festival goes virtual with nationwide screenings by Margaret Darby, The Daily Universe, January 31, 2021
RADIOACTIVE: JANUARY 27, 2021, Interview with SLFS Director of Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications Barb Guy, KRCL, January 27, 2021
The U and SLC Prepare for Another Season of Unorthodox Arts by Parker Dunn, The Daily Utah Chronicle, January 26, 2021
Sundance 2021: Utah film industry weathers pandemic with resilience, resourceful risk taking by Les Roka, The Utah Review, January 26, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic alters the Utah film industry by Mickey Randle, The Daily Universe, December 30, 2020
2021 Sundance Film Festival cancels plans for in-person events in Park City by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 2020
TCFF Launches “Virtual State” Theatre By Beth Milligan, The Ticker, December 23, 2020
Keeping Movie Theaters Alive in the Age of COVID-19, Blacksite Podcast, Interview with President and CEO Tori Baker starts at 25:44, Recorded December 11, 2020
Salt Lake Acting Company Unveils New Streaming Platform in Collaboration With Salt Lake Film Society by BWW News Desk, Broadway World, December 4, 2020
SLFS@HOME: THE DIGITAL ARTHOUSE THEATER by Tim Schoof, Slug Magazine, December 3, 2020
Good horror is feminist because being marginalized is scary by Gwenna Salazar, The Forum, October 31, 2020
Pandemic Continues to Postpone Tentpole Films, Suppressing Revenues written by Cade Anderson, Daily Utah Chronicle, October 19, 2020
In Utah this week: ‘Labyrinth’ and a Stevie Nicks concert in theaters by Valerie Jones written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, October 15, 2020
Backlot Motor-Cinema with Redman Movies & Stories by Nicea DeGering and Deena Manzanares, Good Things Utah, ABC4TV, October 15, 2020
In ‘Belly of the Beast,’ Utah filmmaker examines modern ‘eugenics’ in women’s prisons written by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 13, 2020
Boxoffice Podcast Interviews President and CEO Tori Baker, Boxoffice Podcast, September 24, 2020
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR SEP 24 – 30 by City Weekly Staff, City Weekly, September 23, 2020
Movie Night at Redman: Play it Again, Please! by Mary Brown Malouf, Salt Lake Magazine, September 23, 2020
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded September 10, 2020
Hollywood is ready for theaters to reopen. Are Utah moviegoers? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, August 21, 2020
Art House Cinema Exhibitors band together during closures to create a national cohort of theaters showing films via a new virtual cinema technology solution, Press Release, August 20, 2020
Art House Cinemas Come Together for New Virtual Cinema Solution by Daniel Loria, Box Office Pro, August 20, 2020
Streaming Salt Lake Film Society at Home By Gabrielle Klinge, Daily Utah Chronicle, June 19, 2020
How Utah’s theaters are prepping for the return of new movies by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 9, 2020
How Indie Theaters Are Reimagining The Moviegoing Experience by Ricky Camilleri, Huffington Post, June 9, 2020
KUED’s Contact: Mary Dickson interviews Tori Baker, our President/CEO, Aired 5/14
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded May 2020
How Art House Theaters Across the Nation Are Getting Creative During COVID-19 by Matt Warren, Film Independent, May 1, 2020
To reach audiences at home during coronavirus pandemic, Utah arts groups go online by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, April 3, 2020
Barb Guy talks about SLFS @home on Radioactive, KRCL, Recorded April 1, 2020
Radio From Hell Interview with President & CEO Tori Baker, X96, Recorded April 1, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society launches SLFS @home Online Screening Room by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, March 27, 2020
Salt Lake Film Society announces new ‘at home’ virtual film screenings written by Valerie Jones, Deseret News, March 26, 2020
Real life lessons learned from ‘Traveling While Black’ VR experience written by Jasen Lee, KSL, January 5, 2020
Hear Sundance festival director John Cooper, live, at Tribune’s fifth annual preview event, The Salt Lake Tribune, January 2, 2020
MAST: EMPOWERING THE ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR written by Austin Doty, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY TOLD THROUGH CINEMA’S FRAME: THE BI-ANNUAL SCREENDANCE written by Hannah Mcbeth, Slug Magazine, January 2, 2020
Jumanji Again, is the sequel to the remake worth the screen time?, Audio clip featuring President & CEO Tori Baker, Starts at 58:00, The Movie Show, Posted December 13, 2019
Looking for something to do? Visit these arts and entertainment venues in Salt Lake City written by Katie Walker, Deseret News, December 9, 2019
Local nonprofit focuses on film community written by Nicole Rodriguez, The Globe Online, December 4, 2019
Virtual reality documentary ‘Traveling While Black’ creates immersive experience written by Marisa Cooper, The Forum, December 3, 2019
Best of Utah 2019, Best Local Incubator: MAST, Best Best Summer Late-Night Activity: Tower’s Summer Late Night, City Weekly, pg. 65-66, November 2019
Park City High alumnus Cole Sax creates ‘Second Sight’ and will screen his film in Salt Lake City, Scott Iwasaki, Park Record, October 8, 2019
VR exhibit, coming to Utah, immerses viewers in ‘Traveling While Black’, Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 2019
Living In Utah: The Broadway Movie Theater, Living In Utah, Published on Aug 28, 2019
Interview with Doug Roland (director, Feeling Through), (Starts at 22:10), RadioActive, KRCL, July 12, 2019.
Life-Changing Documentaries with Tori Baker, The Movie Show, Released May 31, 2019
Let’s All Go to the (Indie) Cinema! written by David Riedel, City Weekly, May 22, 2019
Former Paramount HE President Eric Doctorow joins SLFS MAST Advisory Board, Press Release, April 19, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society Selects MAST 2019 Fellows, Press Release, April 19, 2019
U Alumna and Salt Lake Film Society President Tori Baker Finds Power in Independent Cinema written by Palak Jayswal, The Daily Utah Chronicle, February 11, 2019
These two ‘Napoleon Dynamite; writers and directors are making a new Utah movie. Here’s what we know written by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 7, 2019
Jared & Jerusha Hess to direct SLFS MAST’s animated film “Voices Seen” Press Release, SLFS, Released: January 25, 2019
Salt Lake Film Society’s Unique Mission by The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall, Posted: Friday January 11, 2019
These arts groups get the most taxpayer dollars from Salt Lake County’s ZAP program. How well do they serve diverse audiences? by Taylor Stevens, Salt Lake Tribune, January 3, 2019
Come Together: The International Tolerance Project by Parker Scott Mortensen, SLUG, January 3, 2019
Building a Storyteller by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, January 2, 2019
Artistically Resolved by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, December 26, 2018
5 Ways to Get in the Holiday Spirit by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, December 18, 2018
New ‘media accelerator’ program aims to help Utah film and digital talent grow at home by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, December 18, 2018.
Press Release for MAST, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
MAST Launch 2018 Press Fact Sheet, SLFS, Released: December 17, 2018
Holiday Sing-a-longs and Christmas Causes, The Movie Show, Audio clip featuring Derrek Wall runs 31:52 to 39:44, Aired: Friday, November 30, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – Wassail and Waffles, Contact with Mary Dickson, Aired on KUED 7, December 2018
Some Halloween Treats for Salt Lake Film Lovers by KSL Newsradio, October 26, 2018
Theater Crawl: Visiting the Salt Lake City Film Society’s Historic Tower Theatre by Matt Warren, Film Independent, July 26, 2018
Your Weekend: This filmed-in-Utah cult classic returns to downtown by Court Mann, Deseret News, June 21, 2018
Salt Lake Film Society – The Greatest Women Directors, Contact, KUED, May 2018
SLC Staycation by Lizz Corrigan, Zaina Abujebarah, Slug Magazine, March 2018
8 ‘Groundhog Day’ quotes you’ll want to say over and over again by Herb Scribner, Deseret News, February 2, 2018
I, Tonya’ is a smash with Utah audiences — but why? by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, January 12, 2017
Forget Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday embodies Utah’s charitable spirit by Krystal Rogers-Nelson, KSL.com, Nov 28th, 2017
Wassail & Waffles Holiday Film Series, Contact with Mary Dickson, November 16, 2017
Scare Package Salt Lake Film Society’s October “Tower of Terror” does Halloween right by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, October 4, 2017
The Tower in Salt Lake City turns Art House Theater Day into a whole weekend of events by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 21, 2017
BRUCE CAMPBELL IN: THE WORST INTERVIEW EVER by BEN TILTON, Slug Magazine, September 14, 2017
Andrew Garfield may be no angel in new stage-to-screen of “Angels In America”, QSaltLake Magazine, August 2017
Spotlight Cinema Networks partners with Salt Lake Film Society for art-house PSAs, Film Journal, July 28, 2017
Your Weekend: Disney, Harry Potter and a discount for the Salt Lake County Fair by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 27, 2017
7 events in Utah to celebrate Harry Potter’s 37th birthday by Whitney Butters Wilde, Deseret News, July 19, 2017
Salt Lake Film Society’s Tori Baker says the organization offers a ‘different lens from Disney’ by Brittany Binowski, Deseret News, July 7, 2017
Indie Focus: Salt Lake Film Society, Box Office, July 2017
KSL Indie Report: 6 places to enjoy art house cinema in Utah by Travis Poppleton, KSL, June 27, 2017
SLFS to fill June movie screens with 18 classic musicals by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 31, 2017
Free Filméxico festival to highlight contemporary Mexican films by Josh Terry, Deseret News, May 18, 2017
Q&A: Guy Wheatley by Scott Renshaw, City Weekly, May 17, 2017
KSL Indie Report: Tower Theatre offering silent movie with live accompaniment by Travis Poppleton, KSL, May 16, 2017
A Perfect Day in 9th and 9th by Megan McCrea, Sunset Magazine, April 2017
How To Sundance All Year Long by Sophie Silverstone, Catalyst Magazine, January 31, 2017
Salt Lake City History Minute – The Tower Theater by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
Salt Lake City’s Capital City News by Salt Lake City Television, Posted January 17, 2017
The best way for locals to experience the Sundance Film Festival by Travis Poppleton, KSL, January 16, 2017
5 WAYS TO SUNDANCE: THE CINEPHILE by Christie Marcy, Salt Lake Magazine, January 10, 2017
SLUG STYLE: GUY WHEATLEY by Tyson Call, Slug Magazine, January 9, 2017
The Tower Theater: Keeping It Indie Since 1928 by Alex Springer, Slug Magazine, January 5, 2017
Sean P. Means: 10 classics to expand a movie lover’s palate by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 29, 2016
Best of Utah: Best Alternative to Milquetoast Theatrical Releases That’s Not Netflix-and-Chill, City Weekly, November 18, 2016
Peter Bogdanovich talks about why ‘The Last Picture Show’ still plays by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 2016
20 Things To Do In Salt Lake This Halloween by Brienna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 25, 2016
Director Peter Bogdanovich to Discuss Film and Hollywood and Salt Lake Film Society by Brieanna Olds, Salt Lake Magazine, October 21, 2016
5 by 5: Departments Honor Five Distinguished Artists by Cate Heiner, Utah Daily Chronicle, October 18, 2016
Utah’s best saluted Wednesday at The Tribune’s downtown Salt Awards block party, Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 2016
Sean P. Means: Art House Theater Day celebrates movies outside the mainstream by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 22, 2016
A Clockwork Orange by Doug Fabrizio, KUER, August 19, 2016
KRCL RadioActive Report, Aired August 4, 2016
Joint Press Release SLFS & KUER for Open Screen Night
Salt Lake Film Society Presents The Greatest Films by Black Directors, Aired July 28, 2016
City Celebrates New Harvey Milk Boulevard Designation by Whittney Evans, KUER, May 15, 2016
Salt Lake Film Society loses bid for tax exemption by Mike Gorrell, Salt Lake Tribune, April 26, 2016 Click here for our Executive Director’s Response
Creating ‘community through film’: Local film societies seek to give voice to independent film by Maddie Swenson, Deseret News, March 31, 2016
Tanner Humanites Center & Salt Lake Film Society Presents National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre, KUED, February 16, 2016
Movie Beat: Gift tips for movie lovers in your life by Jenniffer Wardell, Davis County Clipper, December 6, 2015
Back to the Future Day on Fox 13, Fox 13 News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KUTV News, KUTV News, Aired October 21, 2015
Back to the Future Day on KTVX, KTVX News, Aired October 21, 2015
Oct. 21, 2015: What can I do on ‘Back To The Future’ Day in Utah? by Cimaron Neugebauer, KUTV 2 News, October 21, 2015
Plans for tonight: Great Scott! It’s a trilogy! by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2015
Film Hot Ticket: ‘Back to the Future’ marathon comes to Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre By Court Mann, Provo Herald, October 16, 2015
Angels’ minor league ballparks offer a taste of America – and frog legs wrapped in bacon by Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, July 23, 2015
The 7 Coolest Movie Theaters in Salt Lake by Brooke Kunz, 24SaltLake, July 7, 2015
Utah’s Pioneer Theatre Company invites you to do the ‘Time Warp,’ one pelvic thrust at a time by Ellen Fagg Weist, Salt Lake Tribune, October 27, 2014
Sidewalk damage forces Tower Theatre to close for weekend by Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune, October 10, 2014
First Ladies of Film by Marcie Cancio, Downtown Magazine, October 2014
Fun Just Minutes Away Hyatt House Advertisement in Martha Stewart Living, October 1, 2014
Is movie etiquette dead? Setting the tone by Stephen Romney, The Globe Online, June 25, 2014
Truly Moving Pictures by Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Magazine, May 01, 2014
Film society finishes making digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL.Com, January 14, 2014
Food, Film and Fundraising, Salt Lake Magazine, November 12, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society makes its goal in $50,000 Kickstarter campaign by Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, October 8, 2013
With hours to go, Salt Lake Film Society’s Kickstarter drive closing in on goal by Sean P. Means, The Cricket, October 7, 2013
F The Whales, Help Save The Tower Theater In Salt Lake City! by Sean Smithson, Twitch, October 3, 2013
Geeky Kickstarters Support local board games, theaters and more by Bryan Young, City Weekly, October 1, 2013
Broadway, Tower theaters launch Kickstarter campaign for digital upgrade By Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, September 16, 2013
Salt Lake Film Society to show films from around the world by Dylan Vogel, Daily Utah Chronicle, September 9, 2013
10 films take viewers around the world by Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune, September 5, 2013
Indie theaters feel the pinch of digital crossover By Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, September 4, 2013
‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale to screen film for fans in Salt Lake City by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Aug. 22 2013
Q&A with ‘Austenland’ writer Shannon Hale; Salt Lake screening this weekend by Benjamin Wood, Deseret News, Thursday, Aug. 22 2013
Local Podcasts A podcast for everything from films to music by Gavin Sheehan, City Weekly, August 5,2013
Afternoon Tea and Austenland Film Premiere with Author Shannon Hale by kcsg.com news, KCSG.com, 8/03/13
Local ‘Austenland’ screening, tea on Aug. 6 by Christine Rappleye, Deseret News, Saturday, July 27 2013
Top 10 museums, galleries and sights in Salt Lake City, Utah by Esther Meroño, The Guardian, July 19, 2013
Tower, Broadway theaters risk closing without digital updates by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof, KSL, May 30th, 2013
Movie Theaters In Danger by KUTV2, 5/24/2013
Movies Hot Ticket: Singin’ with the Sharks by Cody Clark, Daily Herald, May 02, 2013
SLCPD art contest winners, by 4Utah, April 29, 2013
Behind the scenes: Before Sundance starts, indie theater operators talk shop by Sean P. Means, The Denver Post, 1/17/2013