At first he seems like your typical college professor. In the film “The Human Stain,” Anthony Hopkins portrays Professor Coleman Silk, a Classics professor at a prestigious Ivy League university. Middle-aged, over-educated, and under-paid, he’s even got the tweed jacket complete with elbow patches just to reinforce his scholarly worth. But despite his outward persona, […]
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UCLA grad student wins Goldwyn writing award
For some people, winning comes naturally. Just ask UCLA graduate student Paul J. da Silva. He received first place and a prize of $10,000 in the 49th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Competition, improving on the third-place award he secured in the same competition last year. Held Monday night in the James West Alumni Center, […]
“˜In the Cut’ wounded by editing
Say goodbye to cute and perky. Meg Ryan is back, and this time her orgasms aren’t fake. In the new film “In the Cut,” Ryan plays Frannie Avery, a seemingly conservative teacher living in lower Manhattan, who finds herself taking sexual risks she never imagined. Romanced by a dim-witted detective who goes by the name […]
“˜Best of LA Shorts Fest’ comes to Ackerman
Sometimes a little can say a lot. Capturing the horrors of four years of warfare doesn’t require a three-hour film; director Paolo Ameli only needed ten minutes. His short film, “Rosso Fango,” is one of the many films to be featured in the “LA Shorts Fest Mini Movie College Tour,” which will screen at Ackerman […]