Sex and money tend to complicate matters of the heart. The fifth episode of “The White Lotus” examines how the characters navigate their respective entanglements following the events of the last episode. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Meghann Fahy, Theo James, Aubrey Plaza and Will Sharpe walk through a rustic vineyard. The fifth episode of Mike White’s “The White Lotus” premiered Nov. 28. (Courtesy of HBO)
“Havana” dives into the intricacies of hiding one’s true self from their society. Alumnus and director Faith Strongheart’s short film “Havana” was selected to run as a part of PBS’ “Fine Cut” – a showcase of short films from up-and-coming Southern Californian filmmakers – in lieu of being awarded Best Student Film at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. Read more...
Photo: Shaofei Chen (left) and Ifeanyi Dike Jr. (right) play Jian and Antonio in “Havana.” The short film, directed by alumnus Faith Strongheart, was recently selected to be part of the PBS “Fine Cut” showcase. (Courtesy of “Havana”)
In the Sicilian sandbox, the web of relationships grows more complex. The fourth episode of the second season of “The White Lotus” follows each character and their individual issues as they become more entangled with each other at the Sicilian resort. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Beatrice Granno, Adam DiMarco and Simona Tabasco stand among a Sicilian beach landscape. Episode four of HBO’s “The White Lotus” premiered Nov. 20. (Courtesy of HBO)
Maya Rose Dittloff is embracing Native tradition on the path toward increased representation in film. The alumnus’s short film “Dogwood,” which was presented at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October, tells the story of a young girl named Rose Home Gun as she embarks on a treacherous mission to gather medicinal plants. Read more...
Photo: Three girls walk along a field in alumnus Maya Rose Dittloff’s film “Dogwood.” Presented at the imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, the short follows Rose Home Gun as she goes on an adventure to harvest medicinal plants. (Courtesy of Dogwood)
Weddings may be the time for family to gather, but there is no vow they’ll get along. On Friday, Amazon Prime Video will be ringing the wedding bells for the release of Claire Scanlon’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” Based on the comedic novel of the same name written by Grant Ginder, the film follows struggling sibling pair Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt) and their mother Donna (Allison Janney) as they travel to London to attend the wedding of their estranged, posh half-sister Eloise (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Ben Platt, Allison Janney and Kristen Bell star in Amazon Prime Video’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding.” The film will begin streaming Nov. 18. (Courtesy of Amazon Studios)
A chamber of works by Robert L. Goodwin will soon be screened in Westwood. On Saturday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will co-present two of Goodwin’s works, “The Upper Chamber’” and “The Death of Simon Jackson” as part of “Lost African American TV: Robert L. Read more...
Photo: Prisoners converse in a scene from Robert L. Goodwin’s “The Upper Chamber.” The UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen the film on Saturday. (Courtesy of “The Upper Chamber”)
This post was updated Dec. 28 at 12:05 a.m. Randa Ali is bringing experiences of isolation and identity to the big screen. The graduate student in directing debuted her short film “Kingdom of Strangers” at the 26th annual Arab Film Festival on Nov. Read more...
Photo: Two black and white figures overlook the ocean. Graduate student in directing Randa Ali premiered her film “Kingdom of Strangers” at the 26th Arab Film Festival. (Courtesy of Kingdom of Strangers)
