Wednesday, February 4

Students gain reel experience from film fest

Brian Tan, a fourth year political science student, did not eat or sleep for three days last summer. He was too busy shooting and editing the short film "Gig." Read more...

Photo: The Campus MovieFest returns to UCLA on Oct. 14 in the Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge as the first stop on its West Coast tour. The annual competition provides students with the chance and the equipment to make a five-minute film.



Screen Scene: Bronson

"Bronson" aims its spotlight at the illustrious life of Charles Bronson "“ not the American actor, but the human wrecking ball who copped the moniker as his fighting name on the way to becoming the "most violent prisoner in Britain," as the press is fond of calling him. Read more...





Bright Blue Gorilla has big laughs on small budget

If extraterrestrials have been monitoring our pop culture for insight into the human species, their interstellar airwaves would be dominated by the likes of "Hannah Montana" and the "Transformers" sequel. Read more...

Photo: Musicians Michael Glover (left) and his wife, Robyn Rosenkrantz, of Bright Blue Gorilla collaborated with producer and actor Fred Beshid in the 2008 film “Karate Film Cafe,” a comedy about a karate studio, video store and restaurant. The film has received awards in festivals in Venice and Cannes and will have its Los Angeles premiere on Oct. 10 at the Downtown Independent Cinema as part of a tour of U.S. arthouse theaters.