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Directing a full-length feature film is not normally in the repertoire of a graduate film student. However, graduate directing students Kyle Laursen and Eric F. Martin are clambering above university standards and jumping into a realm typically tackled by large-scale Hollywood production studios. Read more...

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UCLA graduate directing students Kyle Laursen, left, and Eric Martin, right, are the co-writers, directors and producers of their full-length feature film “Acting Like Adults.”

It is not an uncommon experience for a UCLA student walking to class to catch a glimpse of a Hollywood production in action. The UCLA campus, located just 8 miles from Hollywood, is easily accessible for major motion picture studios and other film enterprises. Read more...

Walking out of the theater in near tears is not something viewers were led to expect from trailers for Focus Features' romantic drama "One Day." Read more...

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After meeting day laborers outside of a Cypress Park Home Depot, artist Yoshua Okón was inspired to do more than hire them. He was inspired to feature their story in a new art installment. Read more...

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A still from the video portion of UCLA MFA alumnus Yoshua Okón’s video and sculptural installation, “Octopus,” which is being shown at the Hammer Museum. Okón is being featured as an artist in residence.

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Somewhere in the middle of a sprawling, tumbleweed-filled desert, a man wakes up with a start. It's Daniel Craig at his most rugged, covered in dirt and blood (his own) and wearing a clunky metal bracelet he has never seen before. Craig's character (who is revealed as Jake Lonergan) goes on to wordlessly kill a group of bounty hunters, steal their clothes and wander into the nearest town. Even if a viewer is worried about whether the film will live up to the hype (it doesn't) or whether this is just another shoot 'em up blockbuster (it is), watching Lonergan try on a dead man's boots is fun. Read more...

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The film opens at UMart "“ a fictionalized Kmart "“ where Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) spends each work day chatting with customers, mentoring his less efficient peers and picking up trash in the parking lot. Read more...

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