Festivals

A dinner party from hell? Who hasn’t been to one at least once in their lives? But nothing you may have experienced compares to what poor Beatriz (Salma Hayek) goes through when she gets stranded at the mansion of a client because her car won’t start. You see, Beatriz is a healthcare worker, a masseuse and a healer.

It came as little surprise to those who were at the film’s Monday premiere at the Eccles that Patti Cake$ was bought by Fox Searchlight on Tuesday for a reported $10. 5 million price tag.

Woody Harrelson stars as the title character, a curmudgeonly loner in a dark comedy based on a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes of Ghost World fame. If the terms graphic novel and comedy, used in the same sentence, baffle you, you are not alone.

In recent years mini concerts and intimate performances have increased during the festival -  even Sting went onstage at a tiny venue on Main Street last year. Music has always played a huge part in the festival - in the past few years some of the festival’s most talked-about films have been by or about musicians.

Just ahead of the blizzard, which blanketed Park City with three feet of snow (testing even the most veteran festivalgoers) a welcome touch of cinematic class blew in from Europe in the form of Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name. The Italian director is no stranger to Park City having shown his I Am Love here five years ago.