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This week Reuben Dendinger joins me to discuss his new book Cursed Images. I absolutely loved this collection of short stories. Highly recommended! Thanks for listening! Kyler --- Cursed Images (Hyperidean Press, August 31, 2023) is a dream-journal of late capitalism in 13 stories, a Gothic tarot of desire and fear. Driven by the cruelty of market society into wildernesses of neurasthenic horror,...

Today on Salt Lake Dirt I welcome Christopher Wells and Daniel Rolnick to talk about their film Stories For My Children’s Children: Lessons from the Holocaust . This is a beautiful and heartbreaking film that I HIGHLY recommend. Great chat, incredible film. Thanks for listening! Kyler --- LOGLINE: This isn’t a Holocaust documentary; it’s a personal tale about two people, the horrors that befell th...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler -- FilmQuest Episode #34 GUEST: Russell Goldman FILM: Closing Time — Synopsis : An estranged friend surprises his old college buddies with an unusual...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #33 GUEST: Nicholas Acosta & Bill Moldt FILM: Alone — Synopsis : After a catastrophic disaster at a Mars research station, a fe...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #32 GUEST: Zack Hosseini FILM: A Cotton Moon — Synopsis :   A feckless loner uncovers cryptic TV broadcasts of a mysterious deity (...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #31 GUEST: Dan Shapiro FILM: Escape Attempt — Synopsis : A soldier escaping a WWII concentration camp finds himself on an unknown p...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #30 GUEST: Phillip McLaughlin FILM: Toad Boy — Synopsis : A concerned principal reaches out to a troubled student but quickly learn...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #29 GUEST: Moe Najati FILM: Ensouled — Synopsis : Clara, burdened by grief, embarks on a soul-stirring journey of self-discovery at...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #28 GUEST: Michael Rich  FILM: The Queue — Synopsis : An internet content moderator confronts the darkness within the videos he scr...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #27 GUEST: Nabil Chowdhary FILM: Recollector — Synopsis : A futuristic detective (a Recollector) attempts to solve a murder case by...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #26 GUEST: Liang-Chun Lin FILM: A Dire Straight — Synopsis :   A new Taiwanese mother tries to survive the strictest postpartum tra...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #25 GUEST: Amy Geist FILM: Dysmorphia — Synopsis : After Isabella, a destitute beauty-addict, fakes cancer to pay for her next cosm...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #24 GUEST: Sam Fox & Desiree Staples FILM: Fck'n Nuts (Short) — Synopsis : Sandy is grievously forced to break it off with...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #23 GUESTs: Toby Trueman & Remo Catani (Producers) David Lumsden (director) FILM: Lure — Synopsis: A young man fleeing diff...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler FilmQuest Episode #22 GUEST: Steve Stay FILM: HANNAH  — Synopsis : With the world about to end, Marshall convinces a group of friends and strangers t...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #21 GUEST: Andrew Adams FILM: American Meltdown — Synopsis: A ‘Millennial Coming-of-Rage’ dark comedy about a young woman who l...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #20 GUEST: Jack Hessler & DJ Teo FILM: Sacrament — Synopsis : In the 1950s, two religious young men go on a camping trip to...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #19 GUEST: Clara Aranovich FILM: Murder Camp — Synopsis : Two slasher serial killers make the shameful error of serial killing...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #18 GUEST: Nathan Blackwell FILM: The Last Movie Ever Made — Synopsis : With the world about to end, Marshall convinces a group...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #17 GUESTS: Michael Seabolt & Greg Schroeder FILM: Zombie Strain — SYNOPSIS: During the zombie apocalypse, a group of survi...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #16 GUEST: Julie Sharbutt FILM: Scam — Synopsis : When a phone scammer makes one last late night call, the woman on the other e...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #15 GUEST: Trevor Free FILM: ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL  — Synopsis : A woman finds herself caught up in a surreal, existential journey...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #14 GUEST: Ramone Menon FILM: My Scary Indian Wedding — Synopsis : A cursed Bridesmaid is forced to track down and marry her so...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possibly could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #13 GUEST: Pablo Pagán FILM: Voyager — Synopsis : A truck driver discovers the ability to abandon her body, and travel the worl...

We are very excited to be covering ⁠FilmQuest 2023⁠ . This is the festival's 10 year anniversary and I wanted to celebrate it by talking to as many filmmakers as I possible could. Great films, incredible conversations! Thanks for listening. Kyler --- FilmQuest Episode #13 GUEST: Patrick Hogan & Ana Krista Johnson FILM: Quiet! Mom's Working! -- SYNOPSIS: One happens in mom’s basement…st...