Show Alternative Theatres Available By Kelly Fisher Alternatives are available for Salt Lake movie goers with a desire for something other than the usual theatres featuring diverse film subjects ranging from cult and art films to concert footage to foreign releases The Blue Mouse Theatre located at East South has been the major source of alternative film entertainment for the past 10 years It has enjoyed an enduring popularity with a a. a large Salt Lake audience The Blue Mouse is known by many for its weekend showings of the famous Rocky Horror Picture Show Many saw the popular Swedish film My Life As A Dog which had its Utah premier at The Blue Mouse Ninety percent of the films shown show are Utah premieres of non-mainstream non films The theater also regularly brings back classic film favorites such as The Graduate with Dustin Hofmann Woody Allens Allen's Manhattan and the movie version of the Broadway musical Hair as well as lesser known foreign made films The Blue Mouse also houses an anart anart anart art gallery which features a different local artist each month The gallery's function like the theater F o 1 v 0 Tr j x 1 y r has always been to give exposure to art not otherwise seen by local audiences In May of last year a competitor Cinema Onema In Your Face a similarly theatre came on the scene Cinema In Your Face described as a art theater also shows a variety of cult and foreign films but seems to dip deeper into the well of obscure or not generally known films The Cure In Orange concert footage of the band The Cure was one of Cinemas Cinema's most popular films Another was the french film Betty Blue Onema In Your Face also holds state out-of-state and local band concerts Music played is usually original They recently featured a aBay aBay aBay Bay Area rock band named Angst Reggae folk and local metal junk bands have also played A weeklong weeklong week weeklong long Fred Astaire festival was held to benefit Camp Kostopulos Other benefits have been held for organizations such as the Utah Wilderness Society On Jan 26 an internationally acclaimed folk guitarist Dan Bern will play in a benefit for Amnesty International There will also be i J o r two films Winnie and Nelson Mandella and prisoners of Conscience Donations are 5 for forthe forthe forthe the films and music or 3 just for the music Cinema In Your Face at 45 West South has an address that may evoke coarse images to those familiar with the area The space was once a soft-core soft pornography theatre Reportedly many people still confuse it with its past function Hopefully they arent aren't too disappointed and the theatre will with time become known for its presentation of material of a less sordid and more imaginative nature Tickets at Cinema In Your Face are and 3 for students and or 4 at The Blue Mouse Cinema offers a six month pass for 35 or 60 for a year The Mouse has a cinema club which allows you to see all premieres free for a year Membership is 40 Both theatres offer calendars of the current run of films which can be obtained at the theatre locations Free subscriptions are available for forthe forthe forthe the Blue Mouses Mouse's calendar Saltair News t 1 r 1 I |