Saturday, June 21

Sundance 2023: Coming-of-age film ‘The Starling Girl’ explores nuances of adolescence, sexuality

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:38 p.m. “The Starling Girl” hits close to home for writer-director Laurel Parmet. In her first feature film as a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program fellow, Parmet said she drew inspiration from her own experience dating an older man. Read more...

Photo: Laurel Parmet smiles off to the side. Her film “The Starling Girl” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)



Sundance 2023: Alumnus Randall Park makes directorial debut with film ‘Shortcomings’

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:28 p.m. Randall Park’s directorial debut is no shortcoming. As a first-time director, the alumnus premiered his feature “Shortcomings” in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Randall Park smiles at the Sundance red carpet. The alumnus’s directorial debut “Shortcomings” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA student Connor Gilbert unites passion for film, music through score writing

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 9:13 p.m. Connor Gilbert is determining what is instrumental to film composition. The second-year global jazz studies student is combining their passions for both film and music in the world of film composition and filmmaking. Read more...

Photo: Connor Gilbert stands against a white wall. The second-year global jazz studies student said they are interested in both filmmaking and score composition. (Photo by Shane Yu. Photo Illustration by Amber Lee)


‘The Last of Us’ season 1 recap – episode 2: ‘Infected’

The unexpected trio begins to venture out of The Quarantine Zone. In its second episode titled “Infected,” “The Last of Us” continues to visually astound audiences while delivering compelling character dynamics that drive the plot forward. Read more...

Photo: A zombie-like creature stands in a dark scenery. The second episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us” premiered on Jan. 22. (Courtesy of Liane Hentscher/HBO)


Q&A: UCLA alumnus Will Forte talks fatherly role in film premiering at Sundance

Extraterrestrials will be abducting the Sundance screens. Will Forte stars in “Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out,” which will premiere Friday in the Kids category at the Sundance Film Festival. Read more...

Photo: A boy and girl stare upwards in field. With alumnus Will Forte playing Cyrus, “Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out” will premiere on Jan. 20 at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of “Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out”)




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