“Knowing Nothing Cold” threw a group of amateur teen actors into the 1970s Midwest. Directed by Jeff Kao, the indie film “Knowing Nothing Cold” examines Kao’s own memories of adolescence in the 1970s Midwest, focusing on the struggles faced by a group of teenagers as they transition into adulthood. While some of the teenagers idolize […]
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Students share filmmaking passions in Campus Movie Fest competition
UCLA student filmmakers will walk the red carpet in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Thursday. Campus Movie Fest, a nationwide film festival that gives college students the opportunity to create and submit their own original short films, launched its 10th year at UCLA on Nov. 1. The event is free and open to all students […]
Alumnus explores conflicted identity in first feature film, ‘The Price’
Anthony Onah’s latest feature film started out in a UCLA classroom. After moving to Los Angeles and enrolling in UCLA’s graduate production/directing program, alumnus Anthony Onah teamed up with fellow alumnus and producer Justin Begnaud to create the feature film “The Price.” The film revolves around the struggles of Seyi, a Nigerian-American man, who must […]
Album review: ‘reputation’
Taylor Swift’s “reputation” is more than just an album – it’s a story, and not the one listeners might expect. In what may be her most deliberate album yet, Swift interweaves two stories: her fall from grace in the public eye and a complex, difficult love story. Each individual track serves as a piece of […]
UCLA alumnus portrays US-Mexico border through contemporary art
This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:29 a.m. Daniel Schwarz compressed the entire 1,954 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border into two parallel accordion photo books. One book starts at the Pacific end of the border while the other starts at the Mexican Gulf end of the border. “For me, the interest is really using […]
UCLA art student created quirky T-shirt line, hopes to grow business
Hannah Kim invented a holiday to advertise her hand-printed chicken shirts. Through her National Chicken Shirt Days, which occur sporadically throughout the year with the support of her friends, Kim grew her own T-shirt line under the name of CHINGOOZ, a word which translates to “friends” in Korean. The second-year art student founded the line […]
Dance Break: ICARUS’ complex jazz routine requires flexibility beyond most novices
Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a daycare-like dance studio until the age of 8. As a personal experiment, she attended workshops and lessons for 10 campus dance groups […]