Author Archives: Kate Stanhope

While the high wattage of the many current film festivals seems focused on screenings, swag giveaways and celebrity sightings, the Tribeca Film Festival is working to bring the focus back to filmmaking ““ and three UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduates are ready to reap the benefits.

With pie names such as I Hate My Husband Pie and Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying Loser Pie, it’s hard to envision rooting for the main character of “Waitress,” mom-to-be and pie enthusiast Jenna Hunterson (Keri Russell, “Felicity”).

“In the Land of Women” Director Jon Kasdan Warner Bros. Pictures (Out Of 5) Carter Webb (Adam Brody), a naive, nicotine-dependent adult film screenwriter, is getting on a jet plane and leaving for … Michigan. And so “In the Land of Women” begins. After being dumped by his so-called true love, rising Hollywood starlet Sophia, […]

Stepping foot in a movie theater, an audience can be taken anywhere ““ across time and around the world. For the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the next stop across the globe is Iran, as the 17th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema kicks off at the Billy Wilder Theater, copresented by the Bijan and Soraya […]

This Tuesday, grab a nutritional Luna bar at the student union and then head a few floors up to the Ackerman Union second-floor lounge for some even greater food (for thought) at the 2007 UCLA Lunafest film festival. Lunafest, coming to UCLA for the first time, is a nationwide women’s film festival working to bring […]

"Gray Matters" Director Sue Kramer Yari Film Group 3 1/2 Paws Yari Film group As Oscar season officially closes, it’s time to celebrate with a film a little lighter than the average multi-cultural ensemble piece or Irish Mafia blood fest. “Gray Matters,” written and director by newcomer Sue Kramer, is the perfect solution to the […]