Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston, a recent graduate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television and Digital Media has decided to stick with filmmaking for the long run despite the career’s difficulties. Her first short film, “Bloodshot,” a cheesy, dark vampire comedy that touches slightly on the issues of Sept. 11, 2001 helped Ramirez-Johnston learn what could […]
Author Archives: CJ Yu
Holmes feigns college life in “˜Abandon’
Depending on what television shows or movies students watch, their expectations of college life probably fluctuate schizophrenically between keg stands seven nights a week and late nights at the library until the sun rises each morning. Despite what most viewers would like to believe, however, the young actors themselves who portray these high school and […]
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The genre of horror films is filled with lasting eerie images like the shower in “Psycho,” the twins in “The Shining” and the mask in “Scream.” Add to that list the cello in … “Killer Cello.” Although UCLA graduate student Lisa Kohn never imagined herself as a director of horror movies, for her short film, […]
Getty showcases Greuze art of family life, inspired films
Imagine scenes of a young woman in ecstasy, a wife about to hit her husband with a bottle, or a daughter stealing from her dying father. While these are usually in the purview of soap operas, 18th century French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze used those same images to create timeless masterpieces. The J. Paul Getty Museum […]
Green is for Go
With its highly publicized on-set snafus of “Real World” proportions, it was a surprise that anything marketable came out of the HBO television series “Project Greenlight.” Nevertheless, as part of a grassroots campaign to promote the reprise of their screenplay competition, this time dubbed “Project Greenlight 2.0″ and to boost sales for the new DVD […]
Film festival aims to raise interest in Dutch studies
In hopes of drawing more attention to the Dutch Studies program at UCLA, the College of Letters & Science will hold the first ever Dutch Film Festival in Los Angeles this weekend. The festival is scheduled to open on Friday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills with an introduction by Dutch director Paul […]