Arts and Culture

In other news, thousands of Utah families could lose some or all childcare subsidies. And, Gov. Spencer Cox declared Thursday as Charlie Kirk Day a year after the deadly shooting.

The simplicity and coziness makes the film feel like an intimate play on stage so every viewer can focus only on the actors in front of them, their smallest of gestures, and their sneakily verbal mixtures of deceit and honesty.

Hollywood is currently terrified to make a mainstream blockbuster not connected to familiar intellectual property, so “The End of Oak Street” does deserve some credit here being a new idea.

This feeling of moving through a game keeps "Exit 8" an engaging, uniquely alluring film experience.

I liked "The Odyssey," but it likely won’t be on my list of best films of the year.

It’s just a bummer this film doesn’t make more of a deep impression as a whole. Isn’t that what good artistic expression should do?

At only one hour and 28 minutes, it's an incredibly succinct piece of horror film-making, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

There aren't enough new ideas in Disclosure Day to make it feel important enough for people to rush to the theater, but maybe you can wait for it to show up on a streaming platform in your home.

In other news, the Utah County Clerk's Office revised the role of a new staffer after backlash for his sexist comments. And, Sundance is offering free screenings in northern Utah next month.

This rated R peek into the music business is an endearing portrait of ambition, family, and the blurry nature of ideas. So why was I so bored? Plus, a bonus review of "Masters of the Universe."