In “John Wick,” Keanu Reeves is the action hero for everybody. He has the overwhelming bloodlust of Mel Gibson in “Mad Max,” the surprising vengefulness of Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill” and the brooding professionalism of Liam Neeson in “Taken.” Like the protagonists in all of the aforementioned films, Reeves’ title character goes on an unbridled campaign to get what he wants. Read more...
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At the height of Andy Warhol’s fame in the late 1960s, artists, poets and musicians crowded his New York City studio space, called “The Factory.” In a haze of smoke, rock groups like the Velvet Underground played as 16 mm films made by Warhol and his peers were projected onto screens. Read more...
Photo: Co-comissioned by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, “Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films” will feature 15 publicly unseen Andy Warhol films, including the 1966 “Color Film of Antoine and Nico.” (The Andy Warhol Museum)
Alex O’Flinn has seen “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” over 50 times since he started editing it, yet he was never the same person for each viewing. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Alex O’Flinn received the 2014 Sally Menke Memorial Editing Fellowship for his editing work for the film “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.” To win the fellowship, O’Flinn said he scoured hours of footage. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
The rise of original online programming has revolutionized the way we consume television. But are any of these new shows actually worth watching? Up Next highlights noteworthy original content from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Studios and examines how the flexible online format functions within each show. Read more...
Photo: “The Killing,” a homicide thriller that was canceled from AMC in 2013, has been revived by Netflix with a six-episode final season. (Netflix)
After spending four years pitching on the mound for UCLA baseball, alumnus Bobby Roe finally completed a pitch of a different kind – one that landed him his directorial debut for the movie “The Houses October Built.” Roe’s film blurs the line between what’s real and fiction by splicing real footage of the actors’ visiting actual haunted houses with enacted scenes. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and former Bruin baseball player Bobby Roe recently released his directorial debut “The Houses October Built,” a horror film that follows five protagonists looking for the most extreme haunted houses. (Courtesy of Karey Rinkenberger)
Through a mildly bizarre world – both dysfunctional yet perfectly credible – director Gregg Araki creates a family trapped between yearning and truth. Based on the book by Laura Kasischke, “White Bird in a Blizzard” is a coming-of-age story about Kat Conner (Shailene Woodley), a girl growing up in the 1980s. Read more...
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Running from Oct. 17 to Nov. 3 at the Billy Wilder Theater, the second “China Onscreen Biennial” presents a collection of Chinese films, complemented with visual art slideshows and panels featuring directors and other special guests. Read more...
Photo: On Oct. 17 to Nov. 3, the second “China Onscreen Biennial” film series will be shown at the Billy Wilder Theater. The series presents a collection of Chinese films, such as “The Sun Also Rises” (pictured above), complemented with visual art slideshows and panels featuring directors and other special guests. (UCLA Film and Television Archive)
