For most UCLA students, finals week means pulling all-nighters in a last-minute attempt to learn 10 weeks’ worth of material. For actor and third-year philosophy student Colin Bain, however, finals week last quarter consisted of 14-hour days on the set of crime drama “Cold Case.” Bain’s eight-day shoot happened to fall on the same week as finals. Read more...

For most students, Powell Library is seen as the gate to such works as Shakespeare and Chaucer, not Scorsese and Spielberg. But with the help of the Archive Research and Study Center, located on the second floor, watching classic films and spending time in the halls of Powell are becoming more integrated. Read more...

Ten years ago, anyone who wanted to learn how to archive film had to work in a vault, among canisters and reels instead of human beings. Read more...

“Constantine” Directed by Francis Lawrence Warner Brothers Watching Francis Lawrence’s film “Constantine” feels like a case of deja vu. Take, for example, Keanu Reeves sitting in the back seat of a car with rain pouring down as he contemplates the next move in his twisted life, or a possessed little girl contorting her body into unnatural positions while her mother gasps in horror. Read more...

“Beautiful Boxer” Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham Here! Films Boxing in Hollywood has come a long way since the testosterone-driven “Rocky.” Oscar nominee “Million Dollar Baby” told the common tale of a woman’s struggle to prove that she can fight like a man. Read more...

M83 “Before the Dawn Heals Us” Mute 2003’s “Lost In Translation” may not have won the long-denied Bill Murray an Oscar, but its gloriously shimmering soundtrack reintroduced synthesizers and shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain to the public eye. Read more...

I bumped into an old acquaintance on campus the other day. Though it had been quite a while since I’d seen the guy, he refused to shake my hand. Read more...