Devyani Rana, a third-year economics student, said she covered up her homesickness when she first came to college with a smile to say that everything was fine. It was only after one of her friends asked her if she was really okay that she was able to open up. These experiences inspired the script for […]
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Student film ‘The Martyr’ explores issues of Islamophobia
With concerns about how his art will be perceived on campus, director and writer Ryan Jow said he hopes he has a piece of art with a statement in his hands. With less than a week remaining to reach its Kickstarter funding goal, “The Martyr,” an undergraduate student thesis film project, carries with it multiple […]
Movie Review: ‘The Age of Adaline’
The moment the thunderbolt strikes her car, Adaline Bowman stops aging. Snowflakes swirl in the air, setting the stage for a magical and romantic tale, where nothing is the same again. Set in San Francisco, “The Age of Adaline” follows the fashionable Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) who was born near the turn of the 20th […]
Film and Television Archive holds annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Near Eastern languages and cultures lecturer Latifeh Hagigi uses the UCLA Film and Television Archive’s annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema as a way to connect with her home country, which, for political reasons, she has not returned to since 1978. “It has always been very attractive to me to go and be involved in (the […]
Movie review: “The Harvest”
“The Harvest” Directed by John McNaughton Elephant Eye Films 2 paws While the idea of a creepy organ-harvesting family sounds like a good horror film, “The Harvest” is a dried-up movie-watching experience. The horror-thriller independent film, which will open Friday at the Arena Cinema in Hollywood, starts by introducing two children in socially isolating circumstances. […]
‘Green Screens’ film festival aims to educate on environmental issues
Sports broadcaster and television host Angela Sun has traveled to Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in person. Over a period of eight years, the UCLA alumna created the documentary “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” to separate fact from myth about the notorious […]
CEC to hold post-film talk on ‘American Sniper’ after student outcry
Undergraduate student government officers added a post-film discussion to their Tuesday screening of “American Sniper” after dozens of students plastered its Facebook event page with concerns that the film promotes Islamophobia and glorifies war. “American Sniper,” released in January, is based on the true story of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who has the most […]