Advertisements for “Taking Woodstock” read, “It’s a trip,” and though the destination is worth it, the road to get there is a long and heavy wait.
Author Archives: Denise Guerra
Screen Scene: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
Watching “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is like overdosing on steroids.
Newcomer optimistic in face of budget cuts
Teri Schwartz always held UCLA in her heart ““ up to this day, she still keeps in contact with her dorm mates and has been a lifetime member of the Alumni Association since graduating in 1971.
The art of title sequences
Many say that the hardest part of writing a paper is the introduction and conclusion ““ synthesizing an entire body of work into five to eight sentences requires nuance, creativity and the ability to capture the reader’s attention until the very end.
Sci-fi film shows Latino influence
The genre of science fiction has taken its audience from “The Matrix” to galaxies far away, but it is rare to see the genre go anywhere south of the border.
Alumni’s films coming to a TV near you
It’s not often that budding filmmakers can screen their student films for an international audience ““ especially when the subject matter is deeply personal. However, three UCLA students are getting that opportunity with KCET’s 12th Annual Fine Cut Film Series.
Festival screens restored moving images
The UCLA Film and Television Archive’s 14th biennial Festival of Preservation includes clips of Alfred Hitchcock making faces at the camera during the Hollywood premiere of “North by Northwest,” gay and lesbian couples speaking about their struggles in the first-ever feature-length documentary about the subject in 1977, and the sole surviving copy of one of Sri Lanka’s most important films, “Gamperaliya.”