Hosted in 1980, the first Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as the “Razzie Awards,” was a humble gathering of people crowded into the small apartment of UCLA alumnus John Wilson for a potluck. Wilson said he set the scene using a cardboard podium and a broomstick with a foam ball taped to the end as […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Out of Focus: Godard’s ‘Pierrot le Fou’ experiments with New Wave
During his brief cameo in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 ultra-cool masterpiece “Pierrot le Fou,” Hollywood renegade Samuel Fuller famously said, “Film is like a battleground. Love. Hate. Action. Violence. Death. In one word, emotion.” His quip occurs during a party, but it perfectly comments on the meaning of cinema, and foreshadows the events that will follow […]
UCLA’s Disney Club hosts voice of Goofy in Moore Hall
Disney’s iconic Goofy giggle has resonated throughout the world since its creation in 1932 and will soon resonate through the hills of the UCLA campus when Bill Farmer, the official voice of Goofy, makes his appearance. The Disney Club of UCLA is presenting “An Evening with Bill Farmer” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Moore Hall. […]
Movie Review: ‘The Wind Rises’
“The Wind Rises” Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Walt Disney Pictures 3.5 / 5.0 paws When Hayao Miyazaki, possibly the world’s most beloved animation director, announced retirement while premiering his latest film, “The Wind Rises,” his hopeful fans noted that this is not the first time he’s expressed such a sentiment. A year later, he has […]
TV Review: ‘House of Cards’
In the new season of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning series “House of Cards,” the delicate house that Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) worked tirelessly to build threatens to collapse. With its signature crisp shots, grey hues and dramatic piano score, “House of Cards” delivers a solid follow-up season that premiered in its entirety for online streaming […]
Out of Focus: 1980s ‘Bad Timing’ is forgotten gem
Sex, lies and obsession play out in the somber streets of a rainy Vienna in director Nicolas Roeg’s 1980 baroque masterpiece “Bad Timing.” From its opening scene, in which paintings by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt appear alongside the jazz-tinged music of singer Tom Waits, “Bad Timing” comes on like a fever dream of Freudian psychoanalysis […]
Movie Review: ‘Winter’s Tale’
Don’t be fooled – “Winter’s Tale” has no association with the often-adapted William Shakespeare play “The Winter’s Tale,” in which one of the supporting characters is indiscriminately chased off stage by a bear. No, what the movie “Winter’s Tale” has in store is far more ridiculous. With it, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who previously won an […]