Category Archives: Film & TV

In the wake of Academy Award winners “Argo” and “Lincoln” comes another film taking a plunge into history books, this time taking viewers into the dark pages of post-World War II Japan.

Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or-winning second feature, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” an intimate drama of two friends forced to seek extralegal abortion under Communist rule, played better as a thriller than a message movie. The same curious quality informs Mungiu’s follow-up, “Beyond the Hills,” a gripping depiction of a remote Romanian monastery that similarly falls short of making a statement.

Kimberly Townes, a 2012 graduate of the UCLA theater department’s graduate directing program, said her motto for her first year at UCLA was to apply for everything with the perspective of trying, working and hoping. For Townes, she said her motto earned her a big break after graduation with the launch of her thesis film […]

Gone are the days of fake IDs and getting turned away at the bar. The big 2-1 has finally arrived for Jeff Chang (Justin Chon), a straight-A student whose birthday falls on the eve of his medical school interview. Chang’s two best friends Casey (Skylar Astin) and Miller (Miles Teller) decide to pay him a […]

Dressed as her character Red Riding Hood, Santefort said she learned playing dead is one of the hardest aspects of acting.

Tonight, Campus Events Commission will host a panel of popular YouTubers, including musicians, producers and journalists.

As Anne Hathaway accepted her award for Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, UCLA’s own Tatenda Mbudzi was there to hand off her golden statuette. Mbudzi, a second-year MFA candidate in the Producers Program at the School of Theater, Film and Television, was one of only six students chosen to […]