Luke Jackson

What is it that makes a sporting event so exciting? What is it that makes over 50,000 people throw on red shirts and pile into Rice-Eccles Stadium? What is the driving force that inspires comments such as, “You’re a BYU fan? Damn, and I was just starting to like you.” The Powerful Force of...

  Using the end of World War II as a backdrop, “In My Mother’s Skin” finds a young family struggling against the military powers of the Japanese occupation to stay alive. For the most part, these powers are completely unseen, but their effects are ever present. Illness, famine and a dangerous rumor haunt father Aldo,...

  “Everyone should make a movie” said filmmaker Fox Maxy after the screening of her experimental film “Gush.” “The tools are right there, it’s exciting, it’s healing, it’s hard. Everyone should make a movie.” “Gush” is a 71-minute kaleidoscope of a film that is both engaging and off-putting. There is no pause in sounds or visuals...

In early 2017, I found a man online who was selling both a Nintendo Switch and “Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.” His price was a little higher than that found in stores, but the console had just barely come out and was sold out everywhere else. As a stupid kid with a...

  It’s 2 p.m. on a Thursday and you just finished class. You couldn’t pay any sort of attention because that cute little tummy of yours was singing away like a dang whale. You knew you should’ve eaten breakfast, but all you had in the fridge was some ketchup and one weird, bruised banana. You...

  It’s been a big year for everyone’s favorite Italian plumber. Our friend Mario has been embodied by Chris Pratt on the silver screen of Hollywood to unprecedented success. He’s also taken a warp pipe into our puny realms with the opening of Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios California. Finally, and most excitingly for...

This is the start of a casual monthly piece for the Chronicle’s Art desk to recommend the art that has been connecting with us from music to movies to podcasts

Transcript Luke Jackson: Hi, everybody, my name is Luke Jackson. And I’m the current arts desk editor here at the Chrony. And this is Big Emotions: Episode Two — our arts desk podcast. We have an amazing co-host and our amazing producer with us today. And also one of our wonderful writers is here, and

  In true poetic fashion, Salt Lake’s first real snow of the year falls gently on the opening night of PTC’s “Christmas in Connecticut.” All boot prints lead to the warm and bouncy piano carols of the Pioneer Theatre lobby. Patrons shake off large fluffy snowflakes as they settle in for a favorite holiday tradition....

Porn is nuanced, and there are people out there, like the Ersties team, who want it to be healthier. We deserve real portrayal of pleasure.