Scott Renshaw

Movie Review: Glass

M. Night Shyamalan tries to paste two movies together to create a cinematic universe

• By Scott Renshaw
• Tags: Movies, Culture

2019 Film Festival Issue

Past stories lay the foundation for new ones in Park City.

• By Scott Renshaw and David Riedel
If you set out to explore the wild world of independent filmmaking, who knows what stories you'll bring home?
• Tags: Cover Story

What Lies Ahead

Our critics get fired up over their most anticipated 2019 films.

• By Scott Renshaw, MaryAnn Johanson, Eric D. Snider, and David Riedel
Here are our most anticipated titles coming to theaters and major streaming services:
• Tags: Film Reviews

Smog Lake City

Local photographer brings attention to Utah air quality issues.

• By Scott Renshaw
"We didn't have to Photoshop that smog," Cat Palmer says. "That was just what the day looked like."
• Tags: A&E, Culture, Environment

Movie Reviews: The Upside, A Dog's Way Home, Replicas, On the Basis of Sex

• By Scott Renshaw
• Tags: Movies, Culture

Movie Review Roundup: "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Escape Room," "Shoplifters"

• By Scott Renshaw
• Tags: Movies, Culture

Blood and Roses

If Beale Street Could Talk effortlessly intertwines a love story with a tale of injustice.

• By Scott Renshaw
If, as the film's prologue quote by Baldwin suggests, the story is about the way the black American experience has an essence not specific to geography, it's also about the way that experience has an essence not specific to time.
• Tags: Film Reviews

Building a Storyteller

Salt Lake Film Society's MAST program aims to allow Utah artists to remain Utah artists.

• By Scott Renshaw
The project has been long gestating, born out of both Romney's observations and Baker's desire to grow the mission of SLFS beyond theatrical exhibition.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment

Artistically Resolved

Members of the Utah arts community share their 2019 artistic resolutions.

• By Scott Renshaw
Our team at Utah Arts Alliance created a temporary version of theDreamscapesimmersive art attraction at the ILLUMINATE Light Art and Creative Tech Fest in November to test the concept.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment

You're the TopsContributor Top 10 Lists

The best films of 2018.

• By Scott Renshaw
A "top 27" list instead of a "top 10" might not work in the space available, but it says something about 2018
• Tags: Film Reviews