Two groups of UCLA student filmmakers advanced in the Campus MovieFest competition at the Western Regional Grand Finale in San Francisco. Read more...
Photo: The Wait List’s “The Butterfly King” won the Best Picture Award at the Western Regional Grand Finale. It advanced to the International Grand Finale, which takes place in June 2010.
Eighty-five minutes of real-time video reporting in the middle of a violent protest has been packaged in the documentary "Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country," which will be screened as part of the UCLA International Institute's second annual Human Rights Film Series. Read more...
The question, at this point, is not whether to take the "Twilight" series seriously "“ if you don't have pictures of Robert Pattinson on your walls, feel free to laugh when the vampires sparkle in the sunlight. Rather, the real question is whether "Twilight" is taking itself seriously anymore. Read more...
Today, environmentalists will come out with the latest method of encouraging Los Angeles to go green. Read more...
Some children have not seen their father in 10 years; he regularly sends money home, and they know he does it to support his family. Read more...
Photo: GETTY IMAGES The effects of immigration from Mexico on the people left behind is the subject of the “Those Who Remain.” This documentary from 2008 will screen on Nov. 18 at the James Bridges Theater and is co-presented by the UCLA Latin America Institute.
In the minds of many Westerners, the end of communism in Eastern Europe was realized when the Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago. Read more...
Photo: AGORA PRODUCTIONS Protestors look on during the Velvet Revolution, which took place in the Czech Republic 20 years ago. The peaceful revolution is the subject of “The Power of the Powerless.”
An aging Holocaust survivor goes head-to-head with Jeopardy's Alex Trebek. Read more...
Photo: courtesy of TODD CHENEY Theater Film and Television playwrights Erica Jones, Jacob Burstein-Stern and Adam Simon stand outside of the Chancellor’s residence on Friday.
