The world first met Robin Williams as Mork, a fast-talking alien who had come to observe The Fonz and Richie Cunningham in the 1970s hit show Happy Days. The half-hour guest appearance was all it took for America to fall in love. Williams’ brand of comedy was electric; he moved fast, talked fast and thought […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Tribute to Lauren Bacall recalls the star’s shining moments
Sultry, sexy, her voice famously husky and effortlessly cool, Lauren Bacall epitomized the very definition of “movie starlet” for more than half a century. With her passing on Tuesday at the age of 89, Hollywood has lost one of its greatest actresses. Bacall’s meteoric rise to fame began in the early 1940s. As early as […]
Sundance NEXT FEST shows diversity of film styles, influences
Sundance NEXT FEST brings together a collection of visually striking independent films at the Ace Hotel’s theater in Los Angeles. From zombie love stories to a short film based on Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” NEXT FEST represents the disparate influences and vast styles contained within the film industry today. “Life After Beth” Heartbreak […]
Robin Williams remembered for influential movie, TV roles
With the passing of film and television legend Robin Williams, four of the Daily Bruin’s arts and entertainment writers offer perspectives on Williams’ movies and TV roles that influenced them the most. It is through these roles that they will remember Williams and his tremendous comedic and dramatic ability. “Aladdin” (1992) There’s something about “Aladdin” […]
UCLA Quidditch team holds heads, brooms up in documentary ‘Mudbloods’
The best stories are those whose worlds prove so vivid and mesmerizing, that they make us crave to be a part of them. In 1997, J.K. Rowling introduced us to the world of “Harry Potter.” With seven books, eight movies, video games, theme parks and attractions in multiple countries and the 2012 launch of Rowling’s […]
School of Theater, Film and Television rises in rankings
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) ranked third place in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2014 list of film schools this week, moving up one spot from last year. The USC School of Cinematic Arts maintained its position in first place while New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts replaced American Film Institute […]
Second Take: ‘Boyhood’ defines millennial generation’s adolescent experience
I think in our hypermodern yet retro-obsessed world, the phrase “I wish I was born in another era” gets thrown around a lot, mostly as an open rejection of popular culture. I mean why shouldn’t it? The ’60s had Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan. The ’80s had the Smiths. Artists who grab onto and capture, […]