Cinema recently revived its search for success across the final frontier. In the next two months, an influx of movies either in or about outer space will be released, including the military-thriller “Arrival,” the Christmas-slated melodrama “Passengers” and the teen romance “The Space Between Us,” in which a boy from Mars falls in love with his Earth-bound pen-pal. Read more...
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Mary Lukasiewicz has seen the new film “Arrival” about 50 times – sometimes four times in the same day. She knows about 80 percent of the dialogue. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Mary Lukasciewicz worked as an editor of the new film “Arrival,” viewing the film about 50 times to perfect timing on scenes. (Courtesy of Mary Lukasciewicz)
The Hebrew word Aliyah means “ascent,” but it can also refer to immigrating to Israel. Filmmaker Rebecca Shore directed the short documentary “Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew” about African-Israeli man Mekonen Abebe to highlight Israel’s diversity. Read more...
Photo: Café Shahor Hazak’s song “Ihiye Beseder” is featured in filmmaker Rebecca Shore’s short documentary “Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew.” (JerusalemU)
Seven digital humanities students found 759 entertainment industry professionals involved in early silent race films and compiled them into a centralized database for the first time. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Marika Cifor helped found a database website for African American silent race films from 1909 to 1930. The database includes relational data and is accessible to the public. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
The events of the 2016 election were so outlandish that they hardly needed satire. However, “Saturday Night Live” still delivered some incisively hilarious election coverage. Larry David frequently appeared on “SNL” as Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Read more...
Photo: Kate McKinnon performed as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on “SNL” during the 2016 election cycle, including the “Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump Cold Open” sketch. (Courtesy of Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
Michael Stuhlbarg wasn’t slated to operate on a patient when he walked into a hospital for a day’s work. He was on set, portraying a neurosurgeon in Marvel Studios’ latest film. Read more...
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Geeta Malik, an Indian-American Colorado native, grew up watching large-scale Bollywood musical numbers with her mother. Malik said the films inspired the Indian roots in her own film work. Read more...
Photo: Screenwriter and alumna Geeta Malik draws inspiration for her scripts from her Indian upbringing in a Western context. Malik received the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship for her latest script “Dinner with Friends.” (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
