The Cultured Wolverine | Season 2: Episode 1 | Golden Globes
Welcome back to the Cultured Wolverine, the podcast for all things arts and culture at Utah Valley University! This last week, Hollywood had their Golden Globes ceremony, a long-standing tradition celebrating accomplishments in film and TV. However, after backlash from the previous year, there are a lot of controversies surrounding the broadcast. Tune in to […]
LDS film ‘Jane and Emma’ embraces ‘difficult history’ of race
The movie is similar in tone and style to other LDS history films, but provides many firsts in its content. There are few, if any, LDS films that feature a woman of color as the main character. This film also touches on subjects that are usually glossed over, such as race and polygamy.
UVU Outdoor Adventure Center features ‘Meru’
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UVU Reflection Center presents: “A Better Life”
Chris Johnson, the author and filmmaker presented his movie “A Better Life – An Exploration of Joy and Meaning in a World Without God” to the students of UVU on Sept. 5. Held at the UVU Reflection Center, the event showcased Chris Johnson’s new series Faith & Film. The focus of the film was to […]
The difference between movies and film: How to impress your friend who loves movies
How many times have you been encouraged to see The Fate of the Furious, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales or Transformers: The Last Knight? These “popcorn movies” represent a popular and important arm of the film industry where the goals are to entertain and make money. A less commercial side of […]
Humans of UVU: John Ross Boyce
Between cleaning floors and windows, UVU Custodian John Boyce Ross creates. This auto didactic artist expresses himself through different mediums which include: writing music, playing guitar, film and drawing. Boyce has been interested in art ever since he was a child and has continued to grow his collection of artistic talent throughout his life. Texas-born […]
Certain Women
Writer-director Kelly Reichardt‘s Certain Women is slow-moving realistic anti-blockbuster, sometimes to the point of ruthlessness. For the patient viewer, however, adapting to its glacial pace makes for a provocative, reflective time at the movies. From their earliest days as simple recordings of variety show acts, films were never meant to be any one thing. In […]
Kubo and the Two Strings
I want to be that voice that assures, if you haven’t seen Kubo and the Two Strings yet, it should be the next thing you do after reading this review. The film is set in a small ancient Japanese village. A boy in that town named Kubo lives with his mother in a cave outside […]
Don’t Breathe
Three seasoned burglars attempt to rob a blind man of $300,000 he received as a settlement for the death of his daughter. Once inside, they realize the old man is hiding more than just his money. The genre of the movie says “horror,” but the only thing horror in it were the thinly-written teens. The […]