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Academy Award-winner Ruth Carter to speak on costume design at Weber lecture

OGDEN — Don’t think of Ruth Carter as a costume designer. Think of her more as a storyteller.“Most people think I got into this because of fashion, but that wasn’t it,” Carter said in a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles. “I’m more of a storyteller. I love to read great ...

Despite Sundance setbacks, local filmmakers continue to pursue their passion

One of the inherently intriguing backstories of the Sundance Film Festival are the reports of independent filmmakers who — against all odds and on a shoestring budget — acquire big-time distributors for their small-time creations.But for every fairy tale ending of an underdog director ...

Diversity, inclusion permeate the plot for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, the Sundance Film Festival is making waves where other film institutions are barely making ripples.While Hollywood continues to produce a small number of films helmed by women — and this year’s Oscars nominations included an all-male roster for the ...

Lady Wild Film Fest returns with focus on women of the outdoors

Back for a fourth year, this time around the Lady Wild Film Fest is looking to go a bit deeper with its stories of women in the great outdoors.The festival, presented by the Ogden-based women’s collective AndShesDopeToo, has always highlighted short films that feature strong female leads or ...

Fly fishing is focus of film festival in Ogden

Standard-Examiner staffOGDEN — The world premiere of the 2020 International Fly Fishing Film Festival comes to town this week.The event, which features short and feature-length films produced by filmmakers from around the world, concentrates on the passion, lifestyle and culture of fly ...

‘Greatest Showman’ sing-along returns after two sold-out shows last year

P.T. Barnum reportedly claimed there’s a sucker born every minute. If that’s true, then the birth rate here in Utah must be closer to every 30 seconds or so.Make no mistake: Utahns are absolute suckers for “The Greatest Showman.”The 2017 movie musical, which tells the story of Barnum ...