Author Archives: Jessica Rothenberg

For most, a college degree marks the beginning of a career. At 89 years of age, Stanley Rubin ““ television’s first Emmy Award winner ““ will graduate nearly seven decades after his career began. Though he started his studies at UCLA in 1933, he will graduate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television […]

Anyone who’s seen a light show or Disney’s “Fantasia” has witnessed the genre of art known as visual music ““ and probably without knowing it. Expanding the reach of visual music is precisely the goal of “Abstraction and Visual Music: Contemporary Animation from Los Angeles Artists,” to be screened by Melnitz Movies on Feb. 28. […]

Contrary to popular belief, Indian cinema is not just about elaborate song and dance numbers. Filmi Melody, a film showcase put on by the UCLA Film and Television Archive beginning Oct. 21, will feature five Bollywood films that, despite using music, dispel this notion. “There was a period in which all the musical numbers seemed […]

From Smith to Lopez, every ethnicity has its version of the everyman name ““ monikers people come across and don’t think twice about. For UCLA alumna Grace Lee, however, the commonness of her name among Asian Americans inspired a film. Lee refers to “The Grace Lee Project” as a personal-journey documentary that explores identity and […]

When his class on queer cinema was listed under three different course names, film Professor Chon Noriega expected confusion and a high drop rate. As it turned out, only the first turned out to be true. “The first quarter the class was offered, there were 110 students enrolled, and up until that point there had […]

There’s a better way to catch free movies than downloading, and all it requires is a trip to campus. Sponsored by the Graduate Students Association, Melnitz Movies offers up free screenings of films every school year at the James Bridges Theater. The wide range of films ““ from retrospectives of silent films to advanced screenings […]

While fifth-year World Arts and Cultures student Francine Maigue may have been this year’s Homecoming “Royal Bruin” Queen, it had little to do with how she ended up on TV. Of all things, her experience as a Resident Assistant has landed her a spot on Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC. Maigue was selected to […]