Westwood, lock your doors before watching this one. On Friday, writer-director John Lee Hancock’s newest feature “The Little Things“ premiered in select theaters and on HBO Max. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Nicola Goode)
Arts, Film & TV
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January 31, 12:59 pm
‘Cobra Kai’ sparks conversation about Asian American representation in media
“Cobra Kai” shows no mercy when it comes to streaming numbers, but a conversation on the show’s cultural influence strikes hard amid such success. Continuing the story of “The Karate Kid” films more than 20 years later, “Cobra Kai” finds Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) resurrecting their respective karate dojos and getting just about everyone in their lives entrenched in their morally gray rivalry. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 31, 12:46 pm
Maker’s Medium: Art student explores precision, permanence through printmaking
The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions in viewers. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year art student Chereen Tam started off as a sculptor but is now a printmaker. She prefers the medium for its ability to produces many identical copies of one piece. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)
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January 29, 6:51 pm
Video game creates space to discuss mental health, Asian American experience
Emily Pitcher connects love, mental health and the Asian American experience on a star-filled computer screen in “The Space in Between.” As a fourth-year English student, Pitcher said she knew creating video games seemed like an unconventional project for her field of study. Read more...
Photo: Emily Pitcher released her first indie video game, “The Space in Between,” on Jan. 18. As an interactive fiction, the fourth-year English student said players explore themes of love, mental health and the Asian American experience by connecting constellations. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Han and Julia Lee)
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January 29, 2:44 pm
‘Hóllyweird’ challenges stereotypes, lack of diversity in entertainment industry
Hollywood’s absurdity is laid bare in Edwin Porres Jr.’s first-ever feature film. The UCLA Extension alumnus along with his wife and alumna, Jaime Porres, wrote and produced “Hóllyweird,” an independent feature film detailing the struggles of Latinos in Hollywood with a satirical twist. Read more...
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January 28, 5:22 pm
Content Overload: Recognizable content positions HBO Max as powerful new streaming service
With the COVID-19 pandemic, many have seen a drastic change in how and where they consume entertainment. While movie theaters have been the more prominent mode of content consumption compared to streaming services in the past, the latter seems to have caught up, if not exceeded, in relevance lately. Read more...
Photo: (Photo illustration by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor. Clockwise from top: Courtesy of Macall Polay, courtesy of Chiabella James, courtesy of Clay Enos and DC Comics, courtesy of New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, courtesy of Nicola Goode. Center: Courtesy of Glen Wilson. Logo: Courtesy of WarnerMedia)
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January 28, 4:14 pm
Project Memory Co. combines photo books and journaling to create a community
What began as a desire for more aesthetically pleasing photo books has evolved into Project Memory Co. For alumnae Aneri Chouhan and Samantha Chandra, their business, Project Memory Co., has given them a chance to apply their classroom knowledge to the world of small businesses. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Aneri Chouhan)