This article was updated to include images. “Three Days (of Hamlet)” will leave viewers scratching their heads, not asking “How?” but rather, “Why?” “I’m drawing a map; I have bits and pieces, but the puzzle’s not there yet.” This metaphor, taken directly from the film, may be the perfect representation of the documentary: it is […]
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Daily Bruin writers pay tribute to film critic Roger Ebert
“I’ll see you at the movies.” These were the last words written by iconic film critic Roger Ebert, who passed away April 4 after struggling for years with thyroid cancer. Ebert was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, gaining as much fame as the films he critiqued. Here’s what a few writers […]
‘League of Legends’ club brings gaming experience to a new level at UCLA
A crowd of about 30 students behind computer screens surrounded third-year computer science student Alex Wang as he introduced himself.
Documentary gives voice to silence of Asian American community
In 2009, Vanessa Yee began her graduate film thesis: a documentary that turned the camera not only on an issue in her community, but onto her own personal life.
Movie Review: ‘Emperor’
In the wake of Academy Award winners “Argo” and “Lincoln” comes another film taking a plunge into history books, this time taking viewers into the dark pages of post-World War II Japan.
Aalhad Patankar: Bond tribute at Oscars to honor an icon
He’s ski-jumped off entire mountains, been to the moon and swum into the depths of a frozen lake in a three-piece suit. He’s broken as many hearts as he has bones, all in the name of his country. No he’s not the Dos Equis guy, he’s Bond. James Bond.
Television review: ‘1600 Penn’
The faces of President Obama and Gov. Romney bombarded television screens across the nation through the grueling and ad-filled campaign months.