When Robert Altman was at the peak of his filmmaking during the days of “Nashville” and “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” he was one of the greatest directors of his day. Read more...
Photo: (UCLA Film and Television Archive) “The Long Goodbye” stars Elliott Gould and tells the story of Philip Marlowe, who looks for a friend who may have murdered his wife.
Supernatural horror movies have gone stale. Following the “Paranormal Activity” craze, imitators have flooded the market with cliché jump scares, overdone mirror scenes and Asian-inspired female ghosts. Read more...
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“Only Lovers Left Alive”Directed by Jim JarmuschSony Pictures Classics4.0 / 5.0 Paws Only Adam and Eve, the two stars of Jim Jarmusch’s new film, “Only Lovers Left Alive,” are cool enough to wear sunglasses at night. Read more...
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“Nymphomaniac: Volume II” Directed by Lars von Trier Magnolia Pictures 3/5 Paws Danish provocateur Lars von Trier has consistently been the subject of controversy because of his divisive body of work. Read more...
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For a few UCLA film students, it’s time to swap out their signature blue and gold with the iconic lemon-lime of Sprite Films. UCLA students Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry from the School of Theater, Film and Television are among this year’s six teams of Sprite Films finalists with their film “What We Need.” The competition gives filmmakers a platform to create and distribute a short film advertising Sprite soda. Read more...
Photo: Finalists in this year’s Sprite Films competitions, filmmakers Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry recently attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas and were mentored by actor Michael B. Jordan. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images)
In 1972, the New Yorker published a review of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris” in which famed movie critic Pauline Kael argued that the film “had changed the face of an art form.” More than four decades later, Bertolucci’s masterpiece stands as one of the great films of its era. Read more...
Photo: (United Artists) Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris” plays this Friday and Saturday at the New Beverly Cinema and stars Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider.
Laura Alsum struggled through writing sections of what would become her award-winning screenplay not as a result of a creative block, but because of the painful memories that resurfaced. Read more...
Photo: Laura Alsum is a graduate student in screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She is also the 2014 recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting for her screenplay “Survival of the Fittest.” The award offers a $30,000 cash prize as well as an additional $20,000 to help develop the screenplay into a film. (Dang-Co Vu/Daily Bruin)
