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 […]

UCLA alum Kevin Doherty puppeteers Olaf in live ‘Frozen’ production

Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Each week, the Daily Bruin will share alumni’s experiences […]

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 […]

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 […]

Esteemed violin professor to perform with chamber orchestra at Royce Hall

Violin professor Movses Pogossian lives for the moments of silence at the end of a concert, the collective hush of thousands of people holding their breaths at the final bow of his string. But when the curtain closes, he returns to his studio and transforms from performer to professor. An internationally renowned violinist, Pogossian will […]