UCLA alumnus Erik Courtney said finding the right person through online dating is as difficult as finding a unicorn. One of his strangest online dating experiences, Courtney said, occurred when he started flirting in a bar with a nearby girl, assuming she was the girl he’d met online. Like a bad joke, Courtney said his […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Movie Review: ‘Cinderella’
“Cinderella” Directed by Kenneth Branagh Walt Disney Pictures 3.5 paws Although Disney’s live-action showcases have never been quite as cherished as its animated features, an exception may have been made with the revitalization of the story about a girl who lost her shoe. Flourishing with color and dramatic exposition, “Cinderella” represents just one of a […]
UCLA film, television archive brings older works to modern audiences
With more than 400,000 holdings in its collection, the UCLA Film and Television Archive stands as the second-largest motion picture archive in the country, behind only the Library of Congress. Coinciding with its 50th anniversary this year, the archive will celebrate its biennial Festival of Preservation, a monthlong series showcasing over 25 feature films, newsreels, […]
Movie Review: ”71′
“’71”Directed by Yann Demange Roadside Attractions 4.0 / 5.0 paws One of art’s most majestic qualities lies in how viewing experiences can be shaped by real-life experiences. “Zero Dark Thirty,” for example, took the trials and hardships of war on both sides and injected them into a hardened premise that fit the mindset of practically […]
Q&A: GEMS CEO Rachel Lloyd discusses documentary ‘Very Young Girls’
When she was 19 years old, Rachel Lloyd finally escaped the life in which she had grown up – commercial sexual exploitation. Four years later, as a survivor, Lloyd founded Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in New York in 1998 in order to help and empower girls and young women like herself who’d been […]
Q&A: Porn star James Deen talks industry, UCLA Porn Panel
James Deen first knew he wanted to be an adult entertainer when he was 6 years old and accidentally discovered an old porn magazine. When he was 18, he entered the adult film industry and has since appeared in thousands of scenes. Deen, who has won Male Performer of the Year multiple times at the […]
Student creates video-sharing app with limited view system ShuutMe
Over the course of six months, Ryan Trihernawan spent more than 1,000 hours sitting in front of his computer, his eyes straining, his fingers aching from typing ceaseless lines of code. He said he hoped that one day, the letters and numbers would perfectly align to form the project that he had envisioned. The result: […]