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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Join us for this special marathon screening of Peter Jackson's epic, Academy-Award winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

One Marathon to rule them all…August 13th at Broadway.

$35 for all three films! Tickets will include swag, food, and trivia for an amazing one day event.



Your journey begins with The Fellowship of the Ring at Noon. There will be a 30 minute break before The Two Towers at roughly 3:00 pm. Following that film, there will be a 60 minute break for dinner at 6:30 pm before The Return of the King at 7:30 pm. The full program should exit by 11:00 pm.

The Lord of the Rings is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential film series ever made. Each film was critically acclaimed, with high praise for their innovative special effects, acting, set design, musical score and emotional depth, and heavily awarded, the series winning 17 Academy Awards. 

Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the trilogy follows the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, to ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship eventually splits up and Frodo continues the quest with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum. Meanwhile, Aragorn, heir in exile to the throne of Gondor, along with Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry, Pippin and the wizard Gandalf, unite to save the Free Peoples of Middle-earth from the forces of Sauron and rally them in the War of the Ring to aid Frodo by distracting Sauron’s attention.

The fellowship's journey begins as they march to Mordor to destroy the one ring.

Cool Upcoming Films For Summer 2022

Coming Soon at Broadway

At SLFS we are trying to beat the heat with cinema. Here’s some upcoming films for the month of August 2022:

NOPE – July 22

FIRE OF LOVE – July 22

VENGEANCE – July 29

HALLELUJAH – August 5

BULLET TRAIN – August 5

BODIES BODIES BODIES – August 12

Of course, nothing is certain in these times and dates may change.

So keep an eye on this space or at slfstix.org for any new additions to the schedule. We still have some surprise announcements coming soon…

And don’t forget Summer Showdown every Friday and Saturday night! We will be finishing up with some classics that you don’t want to miss on the big screen.

National Theatre Live returns to Broadway

The Tanner Humanities Center and Salt Lake Film Society are excited to welcome you back to the Broadway to relaunch our beloved presentations of National Theatre Live .  We will kick off the season in August 2022 with a screening of the Royal National Theatre in London’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V, and we will offer nine additional screenings of classic and contemporary plays throughout the year.

Season Ticket Packages are now on sale thru Tanner Humanities here.

You can purchase individual tickets for each show now at SLFStix.org here.  

Here’s the schedule for this year’s theater presentations:

Henry V – August 27, 2022

The Book of Dust – October 1, 2022

Frankenstein – October 14, 2022

Straight Line Crazy – November 5, 2022

Prima Facie – December 3, 2022

Much Ado About Nothing – January 14, 2023

Jack Absolute Flies Again – February 11, 2023

The Crucible – March 18, 2023

The Seagull – April 15, 2023

Othello – May 20, 2023

Most presentations start at noon, except for Frankenstein which will be an evening event.

 

From the Tanner Humanities website:

National Theatre Live launched in June 2009 with a broadcast of the National Theatre production of Phèdre with Helen Mirren. Broadcasts have now been experienced by over 5.5 million people in over 2,000 venues around the world. Past broadcasts from the National Theatre have included The Audience starring Helen Mirren; Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller; Man and Superman with Ralph Fiennes; Yerma starring Billie Piper, Macbeth starring Kenneth Branagh, and Follies starring Imelda Staunton.

Each broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience in the theatre and cameras are carefully positioned throughout the auditorium to ensure that cinema audiences get the ‘best seat in the house’ view. Where these cameras are placed is different for each broadcast to make sure that cinema audiences enjoy the best possible experience every time.

Venues view the broadcasts ‘as live’ according to their time zone or at a later date – which is where we come in. The Tanner Humanities Center started broadcasting National Theatre Live productions in 2010 at the University of Utah’s historic Post Theatre. Shortly thereafter, screenings moved to Tower Theatre before finally landing at Salt Lake Film Society‘s Broadway Centre Cinemas in downtown Salt Lake.”

Live Q&A with Emelie Mahdavian

Join us on Friday 6/24 for an in-person Q&A with director Emilie Mahdavian following the 7:15 pm screening of Bitterbrush.

In the documentary, opening Friday at Broadway, In the remote and rugged mountains of the American West, two young women contemplate the future as they work alone herding cattle. Get tickets now here-> Bitterbrush.

Emelie Mahdavian is an Emmy, Peabody, and Sundance Award-winning filmmaker who was selected for DOCNYC’s 2020 “40 Under 40” list. Her nonfiction feature BITTERBRUSH screened at Telluride Film Festival, Doc Fortnight at the MoMA, won a Special Jury Prize at Visions du Réel, and is being released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures. She produced, wrote, and edited MIDNIGHT TRAVELER, which won numerous international prizes and was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary. She has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis and is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah.

Pride 2022 at SLFS

Happy Pride 2022!  SLFS has a commitment to showcase stories from all communities, and to be a safe place for people to come together and share in the art of film. May these stories and many future artists stories through cinema fuel our dreams, ignite our conscience, and spark our community in ways that ebb the tide of bigotry, hate, and war.

Don’t Miss This June 2022->

GEORGE MICHAEL FREEDOM UNCUT – ONE NIGHT ONLY on 6/22
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
One Night Only 6/24
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
One Night Only 6/25

 

Throughout the month we will be showcasing LGBTQIA filmmakers and cinema on our social media, so be sure to follow us!  We also will have some cool merchandise available coming soon to show support for all communities.  

Open Caption Wednesdays

Open Caption, All Films, Every Wednesday

Every Wednesday we will be screening all films with Open Captioning.  This is a part of our mission to provide independent film to all in our community. Please note that some films do not have open captioning available.  We’ll let you know if a film does not have open captioning available.