As a screenwriter and producer, Allison Gryphon’s first instinct after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 was to watch a movie that would provide an accessible account of the disease. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, she decided to create it herself. Just days after her diagnosis, Gryphon went to her […]
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Movie review: ‘Child 44’
“Child 44” is a melting pot of a film in which director Daniel Espinosa throws a dollop of murder mystery, a soupçon of spy thriller, a pinch of political drama and to top it off, a generous dose of gut-wrenching action. The result is a movie which thrills and shocks while keeping the audience engrossed […]
Movie Review: ‘Monkey Kingdom’
Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” opens with a breathtaking view of a fog enveloping the jungles of South Asia at sunrise. Directed and produced by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, the movie premieres this spring and will join the ranks of Disney’s amusing and illuminative films about nature. Disneynature was created in 2008 and […]
TV Review: ‘Game of Thrones’
On Tuesday, dedicated fans waited for hours outside the Regency Bruin Theatre, fat raindrops pelting their heads, with hopes of seeing the season five premiere of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Campus Events Commission hosted the screening of the popular show, a television adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel […]
UCLA alumna, filmmaker fuses documentary with narrative in ‘Below Dreams’
On a 37-hour bus ride from New York to New Orleans, Garrett Bradley held interviews with fellow passengers around her age. The conversations she had during that drive eventually culminated in her first feature film, “Below Dreams.” The UCLA alumna said she began these interviews on the Greyhound buses while on a break from school, […]
Movie Review: ‘Ex Machina’
“Ex Machina” Directed by Alex Garland Universal Pictures 4.0 paws Even before its premiere in the South by Southwest film festival, sci-fi thriller “Ex Machina” picked up some early attention. Tinder users in Austin, Texas for the weekend found themselves swiping right to Ava, a beautiful woman who proved to be a bot, a virtual […]
Alum’s short film ‘Exhale’ to compete at Cannes Film Festival
Director Rock Chang looked over his shoulder as he filmed the last scene of “Exhale” and knew no other takes would be needed. Many of his crew members had tears in their eyes. “This is kind of sadistic, I guess,” Chang said, “But to be able to see the audience cry is an accomplishment for […]