Hammer Museum’s “˜Materializing the Immaterial’ panel to discuss funerary practices

Head held high and camera in hand, L.A. artist T. Kelly Mason walks deliberately past rows of writers, directors and actors. He takes a few shots without their permission, not caring if he catches their good side, or even any side of them at all.

Q&A: Executive producer Frank Marshall brings 'The Secret World of Arrietty' to UCLA for early screening

“The Secret World of Arrietty” is the newest Studio Ghibli animated film, and will screen tonight at UCLA and premiere nationwide tomorrow. Frank Marshall, the executive producer behind the English version of the film and other works such as the “Bourne” movieseries and “Indiana Jones” films, spoke with Daily Bruin’s Colin Reid about “The Secret World of Arrietty,” its dubbing process, how it differs from a live action film and the appeal of animation in the film industry.

Miniature magic: Melnitz Movies, Terasaki Center to present monthly Japanese film series

Being a few inches tall has never before been such a tall order. In the Japanese animated film “The Secret World of Arrietty,” Arrietty and her family have to find a way to surmount the problems associated with their size, while still remaining hidden from the humans living above them.