As a little boy, David Dong’s musical passions were “spirited away” by Studio Ghibli. Dong said the soundtracks of films from the well-known Japanese animation studio, such as those found in “Spirited Away” and “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” inspired him to study music at the University of California, San Diego. Last year, […]
Category Archives: Film & TV
Movie review: ‘Aladdin’ remake’s whole new world offers an underwhelming new point of view
One of the ’90s’ biggest animated hits is getting a reboot, and who better to lead the way than the biggest movie star of the ’90s – Will Smith. In Disney’s sixth live-action remake of the decade – and the second of four set to release in 2019 – director Guy Ritchie takes on the […]
Q&A: New cinematographer-in-residence talks filming process of ‘Star Wars’ and more
Magic is in the mistakes we make, said Dan Mindel. The recently announced 2019-2020 cinematographer-in-residence at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television has worked on a number of films, including “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Mindel will return to the “Star Wars” franchise in December with “Star Wars: The […]
‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 recap – Episode 6: ‘The Iron Throne’
Winter is here: The final season of “Game of Thrones” is one of the most highly anticipated television events of the last decade. Follow our columnists as they explore students’ weekly reactions as an iconic era of pop culture comes to an end. Beware, spoilers lie ahead. Last week, the bells rang. This week, they […]
Winter has come: UCLA community evaluates ‘Game of Thrones’ impact, explores what’s next
This post was updated May 20 at 1:49 p.m. “Game of Thrones,” Breaker of Records, Last of its Name. Throughout its eight-year run, the HBO series has become heavily embedded in today’s culture, defining an era of epic, ubiquitous fantasy television. The show’s medieval influence and expansive online following skyrocketed its popularity and contributed to […]
Student-directed film considers awkward aspects of college sex life
Watching sex scenes in films can be uncomfortable. Yet Jordan Barger and Anali Cabrera want to highlight all the awkward and cringeworthy aspects of intimacy. First-year film students Barger and Cabrera wrote and directed their film “Let’s Talk About ‘It’” for the UCLA Film and Photography Society. The film, which was finished Sunday, follows students […]
Film explores Chinese culture, generation gap between immigrant parents and kids
This post was updated April 14 at 10:52 p.m. When Lulu Wang first pitched a film about the real-life story of her Chinese family, no one would finance it, she said. She set it aside for years and waited until she received the right offer, which led to a Sundance Film Festival debut, an A24 […]