Listening to the iconic film scores of John Williams and other greats struck passion into 7-year-old Justin Freer. He knew he wanted to conduct the sounds accompanying the screen. On Saturday, the UCLA alumnus stood at the podium at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in front of an orchestra and packed theater, conductor’s baton […]
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Love | Hate: Will the “Clue” film remake go down well or not?
“Clue” is a quintessential piece of any household’s board game cabinet. However, it’s not essential to the average homeowner’s movie library – but perhaps that’s about to change. The classic mystery game was first introduced in the 1949, becoming an instant classic and spawning several books, games and a feature film. Although an initial flop […]
Alumna captures LA’s pigeon rolling community in new documentary
More than 50 men stood at street level with their heads raised and eyes trained on the sky. For a brief moment it was empty, until a flock of pigeons swarmed into sight, falling and twirling in somersaulting free falls. UCLA alumna Milena Pastreich watched from behind a camera lens, a bystander among the large […]
Movie review: ‘The Birth of a Nation’
Nate Parker attempts to rewrite the past, comment on the present and influence the future with his new film “The Birth of a Nation.” Few projects have been as ambitious, and Parker certainly outdid himself with riveting monologues, sickening images and haunting symbols — some subtle and others so blatant they flirt with the fourth […]
Alumnus’ sound work sets tone of Emmy-nominated HBO film “All the Way”
Forty-three UCLA staff members and alumni were involved in projects nominated for the 2016 Emmy awards in 16 different categories. Over the course of four weeks, the A&E staff will feature some of these UCLA affiliated nominees and their projects. In Larry Kemp’s profession, the best work is the work that goes unnoticed. Kemp, a […]
Second Take: New format brings true scares to ‘American Horror Story’ sixth season
“American Horror Story” returned for its sixth season Sept. 14, this time with a pig-headed monster and pilgrims instead of the worm rapist and vampire children of “Hotel.” The season, titled “Roanoke,” references a American colony in the late 1600s that mysteriously disappeared without any explanation. Thanks to a new interview and dramatic re-enactment format, […]
TFT professor named 2016 Academy Film Scholar
Ellen Scott spends most her of free time at an archive desk, studying 80-year-old film scripts about slavery to determine how the institution’s cinematic image evolved over the years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Scott, the assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and […]