“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. Read more...
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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. Read more...
Photo: Disneynature’s eighth theatrical release, “Monkey Kingdom,” will have its opening week April 17-23, where the money from ticket revenue will be used for making donations to Conservation International. (Disneynature)
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. Read more...
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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, and that at the time, she didn’t know what she was going to do with the material she acquired or that she would eventually transcribe the recordings and turn them into a film script. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Garrett Bradley used interviews she had with passengers on Greyhound buses as the material for her film “Below Dreams.” The film will be screened in select L.A. theaters from Friday to Wednesday. (Courtesy of Milena Pastreich)
“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. Read more...
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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. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Fabienne Maurer co-founded CUBED Productions, whose film “Exhale” was accepted to the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Competition. (CUBED Productions)
Lili bikes through empty streets in a large city. A huge pack of dogs follows her, eventually catching up to her like a river, building a tension that “White God” attempts to evoke through the rest of the film. Read more...
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