It’s difficult to make a movie unpredictable and authentic when it’s a foreign biopic in English — especially when the plot follows a girl from a developing country with dreams too big for her village. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore)
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September 23, 12:00 am
TFT alum creates comedy web series based on time working as telemarketer
The scribbled notes in Adam Carr’s 6-by-4 inch blue moleskin journal read like a string of nonsense ramblings. His entries span from jokes about prank voicemails to memories of making calls while sipping wine from his coffee mug. Read more...
Photo: Alumni Adam Carr and Nathaniel Meek created a comedic web series based on working as telemarketers at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. One television-worthy moment was when Carr found out his workplace crush was a sex addict and already dating another worker of the call room. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
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September 23, 12:00 am
Movie review: ‘Storks’
For many parents, the standby answers for the awkward question kids invariably ask “Where do babies come from?” is that storks deliver them. In Warner Bros.’ newest animated movie “Storks,” the birds are no longer able to deliver babies because profits have dwindled in the baby industry and running an online package delivery service is a much more lucrative business model. Read more...
Photo: Warner Bros. latest animated film “Storks” brings a modern animated update to the classic folklore of birds as baby deliverers. The family-friendly feature depicts the storks as comedic couriers for a new package delivery service. (Warner Bros.)
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September 22, 2:26 am
Graphic: UCLA staff, alumni involved in projects nominated for Emmy Awards 2016
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September 16, 4:09 pm
Graphic: A guide to campus movie locations
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September 16, 4:01 pm
Incoming student’s high school films nominated for festival awards
Katie Speare filmed herself standing behind a sheet of Plexiglas smeared with makeup at age 16. Sound clips from 1950s makeup commercials droned on while two hands scrubbed the makeup off the sheet. Read more...
Photo: Incoming student Katie Speare was inspired to create a film about her experience speaking with Cambodian locals after taking a trip to the country. The documentary will be featured in the AMC All American High School Film Festival in October. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
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September 16, 3:22 pm
Ariel Winter plans to continue acting career, pursue law at UCLA in 2017
Ariel Winter aspired to attend a university from a young age. But unlike most other college hopefuls, Winter applied to college while filming for a 22-time Emmy-winning television series. Read more...
Photo: Actress Ariel Winter of “Modern Family” said she does not plan on pursuing film classes, theater clubs or student productions at UCLA when she attends in 2017. (Courtesy of Collin Stark)